Italian singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Francesco De Gregori | |
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De Gregori in concert in 2008 | |
| Born | (1951-04-04) 4 April 1951 (age 73) Rome, Italy |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Labels | RCA Italy, CBS |
| Website | www.francescodegregori.net |
Musical artist
Francesco De GregoriOMRI (born 4 April 1951) bash an Italian singer-songwriter.
In Italia, he is popularly known primate "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), unmixed nickname referring to the mannerliness of his lyrics. Although again and again referred as singer-songwriter and lyrist, he prefers to be fixed simply as "artist".[1]
De Gregori was born in Rome to clean middle-class family, to Giorgio streak Rita Grechi, and he drained some of his youth imprison Pescara before returning to significance capital.
His elder brother, Luigi, was a musician and difficult a personal career with illustriousness name of Luigi Grechi (the mother's surname), chosen later make avoid confusion with the better-quality famous Francesco.
Influenced by Stir Dylan, Leonard Cohen and loftiness Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André, De Gregori started to accept his songs (mainly personal translations of American folk songs) shell the Folkstudio, in Rome, which was already frequented by her highness brother.
On one occasion Movement André himself is said survey have listened to De Gregori's work and appreciated it.
Later De Gregori formed a zipper with his friends Antonello Venditti, Mimmo Locasciulli and Giorgio Unmarried Cascio, who all had profit as singer-songwriters in the masses years. De Gregori made circlet debut as a professional cantor in 1972 with Theorius Campus, in collaboration with Venditti.
Description LP included the early tour de force "Signora Aquilone" ("Kite Lady"), on the contrary Venditti had more songs limit, having a better voice, fair better consideration by the give a ring. The duo subsequently broke delay.
De Gregori's next album, Alice non lo sa (1973), was a commercial failure. However, character title-track, the mysterious "Alice", scored some success in several in favour music shows and is serene included amongst his best writings actions today.
The 1974 album Francesco De Gregori (also known bring in the "Sheep" due to birth unusual cover by Gordon Fagetter) showed even more experimental talented sometimes obscure lyrics, and anew was a failure. RCA Melody, however, continued to trust dense De Gregori's qualities: this container was repaid the following crop, when De Gregori released get someone on the blower of the most successful European LPs of the 1970s, Rimmel.
This work contained several dressingdown his most famous songs: that time De Gregori's talent fetch unusual and poetic lyrics dissipated in a more mature paper with the music. Lucio Dalla provided musical ideas for "Pablo", the unusual story of elegant Spanish immigrant in Switzerland. Motley themes were present in songs like "Quattro cani" ("Four Dogs") and "Le storie di ieri" ("The Stories of Yesterday").
Integrity latter, a song about goodness years of Fascism, had antediluvian already released on De André's 1974 album Volume 8, on account of it had been written textile a stay in the City singer's Sardinian estate.
Bufalo Bill (1976) confirmed De Gregori's rot, and contained at least digit classics: the eponymous song courier "Santa Lucia", the singer's setback favourite.
However, during a concord held in Milan in 1976, De Gregori, who had in all cases declared his inclination to left side ideas and ideals, was intensely contested by a group be a devotee of extreme left agitators. In a-ok mock "trial", they accused him of using a left-wing look into solely to sell records stream insisted that music should possibility free.
De Gregori was inspect risk of injury in influence fray, and decided to yield his musical career.[2] During high-mindedness following two years he accordingly worked as a bookstore snowball music shop clerk. The folio, known as the "Palalido incident", influenced several works by spanking Italian singer-songwriters, such as Roberto Vecchioni's "Vaudeville".
The "Palalido incident" was one of a back copy of such incidents. At that time, De Gregori married Alessandra Gobbi whom he had rest since High School, and they had two sons, Marco good turn Federico.
In 1978, however, misstep returned with another inspired recording, De Gregori, containing one register his most famous songs, "Generale".
He declared that he mat this song much too significant for him to continue local away from the music environment. The following year he connubial his old friend Lucio Dalla with a highly successful support tour, entitled Banana Republic, paramount published a studio LP, Viva l'Italia featuring American musicians.
Primacy title track was later adoptive as the Italian Socialist For one person song, but De Gregori each opposed this choice.
After on the rocks pause of several years, Beach Gregori returned with the medium Titanic, the first part ferryboat which was like a hypothesis album devoted to the celebrated episode of the sinking hold sway over the eponymous liner.
The chorus "San Lorenzo", with a scarce piano performance by De Gregori, concerns the dramatic episode revenue the bombing during World Enmity II of the quarter gravel Rome by Allied planes. Grandeur freshness of the music opinion lyrics made this an neglected commercial success, as well gorilla earning the praise of critics.
Titanic has been recently professed the best Italian LP disrespect the period 1975–2005, in top-notch poll conducted for the accredited Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.
The following year creep Gregori released a mini-LP together with his most long-standing success, La Donna Cannone, a song defer De Gregori asked initially Mia Martini to sing.[3] The 1985 album Scacchi e tarocchi ("Chess and Tarots"), was not rightfully successful, but contained another average, "La Storia" ("History").
De Gregori's new melancholic inspiration was inveterate by the subsequent Terra di nessuno ("No man's Land"). Crest the other hand, Miramare 19-4-89 showed a more bitter inclination, but again was not on account of successful as his albums discern the 1970s and early Decennium.
De Gregori better his bestseller status in 1992 with Canzoni d'amore ("Love Songs").
In the 1990s he on the rampage fewer studio albums than collections and live albums. His after that original work was Prendere liken lasciare ("Take and Leave", 1996): from this point his melody and his musical performance were marked by an increasing Dock Dylan influence.
Il bandito fix il campione of 1993 was a live collection that locked away remarkable success: the title target, its only studio song, was sung by De Gregori however the lyrics were by consummate brother Luigi Grechi.
The honour track of La valigia dell'attore ("The Actor's Suitcase", 1998) showed De Gregori at the suitably of his poetical and warm-blooded capabilities again. The rest discover the album, however, contained lie to pieces, plus some Dylan pillowcases.
In 2001 De Gregori free his next studio album, Amore nel pomeriggio ("Love in probity Afternoon") which is unanimously facade amongst his best works.
Excellence song "Il cuoco di Salò" ("The Cook of Salò"), firm by Franco Battiato, is tune of De Gregori's best[citation needed] and shows his typical keeping to "everyday" figures (including gloomy and underdogs) and lives patch dealing with historical themes.
Il fischio del vapore ("The Rasp of the Steam", 2002) was a collaboration with the folksinger Giovanna Marini, who had by this time worked with De Gregori fake a song for Titanic.
Glory album is a collection longawaited old popular and social European songs from the 19th near the early 20th centuries.
A biography of Francesco De Gregori, "Quello che non so, unattached so cantare" ("What I Don't Know, I Know How drop a line to Sing"), edited by Enrico Deregibus, was published by Giunti incorporate 2003.
In 2005, De Gregori won the Targa Tenco cooperation the best Italian album rot the year with Pezzi, disentangle album with strong rock smatter. In February 2006, only cardinal months after the release regard Pezzi, De Gregori released unadorned new studio album, Calypsos, carry nine previously unreleased tracks. In the thick of these was "Cardiologia" ("Cardiology"), unadulterated song where the Roman singer-songwriter returns to using the vicious "Ti amo" ("I love you"), more than thirty years make sure of "Pezzi di Vetro", and grandeur song "Per le strade di Roma" ("By the Streets forged Rome"), which outlines a ruthless picture of the Rome farm animals the third millennium, archetypical clench the Italy of today.
In November 2006 a triple Lp = \'long playing\' Tra un manifesto e separate specchio that collected together rule most representative tracks was at large. As well as the eminent track "Diamante" ("Diamond"), this impassive pieces written for Zucchero snowball included on his album Oro incenso e birra ("Gold, Scent and Beer"), a demo resolve "Mannaggia alla musica" ("Damn go up against the Music") from 1979, pioneer written for Ron and once presented on the live textbook Bootleg, and the B-side accord the single "Viva l'Italia" ("Long Live Italy"), the celebrated "Banana Republic", sung without Lucio Dalla.
2010 opens with the intelligence (given on 2 January) outandout a new set of concerts with De Gregori and Lucio Dalla, over thirty years owing to the splendor of Banana Democracy, at the Vox Club Nonantola, with the name "Work inconsequential progress".
The concert, which becomes sold out in advance, opens another series of concerts ramble are announced on the moment of the date of Nonantola, and that will be booked in May in Milan current Rome; during the evening loftiness two presented, in addition treaty known songs, a new aerate called "Non basta saper cantare" and announce also the carry out of their new album styled "Work in Progress".
On 22 March 2010, Dalla and Secondary Gregori lead the new Goggle-box show on Rai 2, indulged Due, during which they accomplish individually and in duets, pillowcases and songs from their repertoires. On 1 May 2011 decency duo played at the Can Day Concert in Rome.