“I Always Feel His Presence Around Me”- Asamoah Gyan Talks More About Castro
Speaking to Dan Kwaku Yeboah, Asamoah Gyan has opened up more about Castro and Him. Gyan and Castro, whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, were close friends who even collaborated on a number of songs.
While on vacation at the Ada Estuary with Gyan, his brother Baffour, and others in July 2014, the singer went missing along with a woman named Janet Bandu.
After taking a Jet Ski ride at the Ada Estuary, Castro and Miss Janet Bandu drowned in an accident.
Castro hasn’t recovered since he drowned, and Asamoah Gyan has said that he misses him every day even though he tries to disguise it.
These were some of the information Asamoah Gyan shared concerning the friend “I met Castro in Italy. He came there with KK Fosu for a show in Udine and while performing, he spotted me in the crowd and invited me on the stage to dance, the veteran striker told Dan Kwaku Yeboah in a YouTube interview”.
“So it was at that time that we clicked and this was in 2005. After the show, I took their numbers and when they arrived in Ghana, Castro called me to inform me they are back in the country”.
“I asked him to perform some freestyle, so as he was performing, I was harmonising, and at that moment he knew I had some musical talent. We went to the studio and made the hit record African Girls”.
Asamoah Gyan further said:
“I miss him every day but I just don’t show the emotions. I always feel his presence around me”.
“In his memoirs Legyandary, Asamoah Gyan described the lengths he had to go to in order to find Castro after the guitarist vanished, including visiting a shrine”.
“As we contemplated our next line of action, a man from the town showed up. He claimed there was an oracle in Ada which could help us find the missing persons, Gyan wrote in his book”.
He added that “the oracle was very powerful and such matters can be easily handled by it. Though I wasn’t very superstitious, I felt obliged to go along since we were in a fix”.
“What else could we do? I was a little scared of the ensuing encounter with a priest so I declined to join them at the shrine. I had a little money on me so I decided to return to the hotel and gather some money in case we had to make any payments later on”.
“I was in a dilemma, lost in thought and wondering if perhaps this oracle could help. One returned with news that the consultation would cost Ghc 100 and a bottle of schnapps. I wondered silently if the schnapps was for the gods or for the priest”.
“Even though he didn’t believe in voodoo, Asamoah Gyan quickly added that Castro was worth making such a sacrifice for. He admitted that at first, he was hesitant to accompany the group to the shrine”.