Luis Alberto Spinetta for prog related

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This guy has been suggested for inclusion as a solo artist twice before:

Edited by yam yam - November 13 2024 at 07:58

In December 2009 Spinetta celebrated his 40 years in music with a five-and-a-half-hour concert called "Spinetta y las Bandas Eternas" (Spinetta and The Eternal Bands) in front of 40 thousand fans at Vélez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires. It was subsequently described as "the greatest gig of the decade" by Argentinian music critics.

This is his solo debut, a sort of missing link between Almendra and Pescado Rabioso

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Heart of the Matter wrote: Solo discography (Studio only)     Spinettalandia y Sus Amigos - La Búsqueda de la Estrella (1971)     A 18´ del Sol (1977)     Only Love Can Sustain (1980)     Kamikaze (1982)     Mondo Di Cromo (1983)     Privé (1986)     La La La (1986, with Fito Páez)     Téster de Violencia (1988)     Don Lucero (1989)     Pelusón of Milk (1991)     Fuego Gris (1993, soundtrack)     Silver Sorgo (2001)     Para los Árboles (2003)     Camalotus (2004)     Pan (2006)     Un Mañana (2008)     Los Amigo (2015, posthumous)

Edited by ThyroidGlands - November 17 2024 at 15:24

BIO

Luis Alberto Spinetta (Born January 23, 1950 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, widely considered as a prominent figure of the rock music in Spanish, due to the great level of lyrical sophistication, vocal and instrumental dexterity, and compositional complexity achieved with his work, both as part of his several bands, and as a solo artist.

In 1967 Spinetta founded his first band, Almendra, which split in 1970, after two studio albums and some singles. Being a free agent again, he released his solo debut, under the title Spinettalandia Y Sus Amigos. Between 1972 and 1973 he put together a new outfit, Pescado Rabioso, soon to be broken by the clash of individualities. Invisible was his next group, initiated as a trio, but turned to quartet and finished in 1977. That same year, he released A 18’ Del Sol, second solo album, with a band which was going to serve as prototype for Spinetta Jade, a fusion outfit with two keyboardists and the most amazing series of bass players coming and leaving.

In 1980 he made, entirely in the U.S, Only Love Can Sustain, and in 1982, before the end of Jade (and after a second run with Almendra), he launched a more continued string of solo releases with the acoustic Kamikaze, following then Mondo Di Cromo (1983), Privé (1986), La La La (1986, with Fito Páez), Téster de Violencia (1988), Don Lucero (1989), Pelusón of Milk (1991), Fuego Gris (1993, soundtrack), Silver Sorgo (2001), Para los Árboles (2003), Camalotus (2004, EP), Pan (2006) and his last, Un Mañana (2008).
Between 1994 and 1999, feeling he was living in plain desert (cultural and artistically speaking), he leads a new power trio, called Spinetta y los Socios del Desierto, releasing (after a fierce fight with the labels involved) two studio, and two live albums.

Plenty of musical influences can be mentioned: The Beatles, Astor Piazzola, Jimmi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, John McLaughlin, Weather Report, and many more. In Poetry, Arthur Rimbaud and Antonin Artaud. In Literature, Carlos Castaneda. In Philosophy, Michel Foucault. Nevertheless, his attitude towards the artists he admired would always be something like: Great, but that’s already done, let’s see the possibilities beyond. Also, he said once in an interview that he used to look at his songs as if they were pictures, each one needing its own materials and procedures (rather than a formula or style) in order to be brought to life. A single new chord would be more valuable then, than sheer virtuosity, since it brings a new shade to the canvas.

Diagnosed with lung cancer, caused by cigarette adiction, Luis Alberto passed away in 2012, barely 62 years old. He is survived by two sons, Dante and Valentino and two daughters, Catarina and Vera.

Dante with Dad


Catarina with her Mom


Luis with Valentino


Vera and Luis



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