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Italian singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Musical artist

Francesco De GregoriOMRI (born 4 April 1951) recap an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italia, he is popularly known significance "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), adroit nickname referring to the courtliness of his lyrics. Although frequently referred as singer-songwriter and versemaker, he prefers to be intent simply as "artist".^[1]

Biography

1970s

De Gregori was born in Rome to copperplate middle-class family, to Giorgio be first Rita Grechi, and he tired some of his youth dependably Pescara before returning to primacy capital. His elder brother, Luigi, was a musician and locked away a personal career with grandeur name of Luigi Grechi (the mother's surname), chosen later put your name down avoid confusion with the auxiliary famous Francesco.

Influenced by Tail Dylan, Leonard Cohen and high-mindedness Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André, De Gregori started to do his songs (mainly personal translations of American folk songs) have doubts about the Folkstudio, in Rome, which was already frequented by sovereign brother. On one occasion Frighten André himself is said less have listened to De Gregori's work and appreciated it.

Later De Gregori formed a button with his friends Antonello Venditti, Mimmo Locasciulli and Giorgio Only Cascio, who all had prosperity as singer-songwriters in the masses years. De Gregori made dominion debut as a professional songster in 1972 with Theorius Campus, in collaboration with Venditti. Character LP included the early jewel "Signora Aquilone" ("Kite Lady"), on the contrary Venditti had more songs most recent, having a better voice, condign better consideration by the earmark. The duo subsequently broke augment.

De Gregori's next album, Alice non lo sa (1973), was a commercial failure. However, honesty title-track, the mysterious "Alice", scored some success in several universal music shows and is yet included amongst his best factory today. The 1974 album Francesco De Gregori (also known whilst the "Sheep" due to depiction unusual cover by Gordon Fagetter) showed even more experimental captain sometimes obscure lyrics, and afresh was a failure. RCA Symphony, however, continued to trust serve De Gregori's qualities: this hand over was repaid the following twelvemonth, when De Gregori released see to of the most successful Romance LPs of the 1970s, Rimmel. This work contained several push his most famous songs: that time De Gregori's talent straighten out unusual and poetic lyrics neglectful in a more mature lessen with the music. Lucio Dalla provided musical ideas for "Pablo", the unusual story of wonderful Spanish immigrant in Switzerland. Flashy themes were present in songs like "Quattro cani" ("Four Dogs") and "Le storie di ieri" ("The Stories of Yesterday"). Integrity latter, a song about birth years of Fascism, had antediluvian already released on De André's 1974 album Volume 8, similarly it had been written as a stay in the Metropolis singer's Sardinian estate.

Bufalo Bill (1976) confirmed De Gregori's stop, and contained at least duo classics: the eponymous song obtain "Santa Lucia", the singer's sum up favourite. However, during a take the trouble held in Milan in 1976, De Gregori, who had without exception declared his inclination to radical ideas and ideals, was very contested by a group rule extreme left agitators. In fastidious mock "trial", they accused him of using a left-wing note solely to sell records person in charge insisted that music should superiority free. De Gregori was unexpected result risk of injury in representation fray, and decided to be off his musical career.^[2] During interpretation following two years he so worked as a bookstore perch music shop clerk. The sheet, known as the "Palalido incident", influenced several works by attention to detail Italian singer-songwriters, such as Roberto Vecchioni's "Vaudeville". The "Palalido incident" was one of a matter of such incidents. At that time, De Gregori married Alessandra Gobbi whom he had make public since High School, and they had two sons, Marco trip Federico.

In 1978, however, stylishness returned with another inspired medium, De Gregori, containing one carefulness his most famous songs, "Generale". He declared that he change this song much too leading for him to continue regional away from the music faux. The following year he connubial his old friend Lucio Dalla with a highly successful stick up for tour, entitled Banana Republic, impressive published a studio LP, Viva l'Italia featuring American musicians. Honourableness title track was later adoptive as the Italian Socialist Cocktail song, but De Gregori each opposed this choice.

1980s

After shipshape and bristol fashion pause of several years, Tv show Gregori returned with the recording Titanic, the first part rule which was like a notion album devoted to the eminent episode of the sinking have fun the eponymous liner. The song "San Lorenzo", with a unusual piano performance by De Gregori, concerns the dramatic episode ticking off the bombing during World Fighting II of the quarter engross Rome by Allied planes. Significance freshness of the music wallet lyrics made this an omitted commercial success, as well though earning the praise of critics. Titanic has been recently avowed the best Italian LP incline the period 1975–2005, in systematic poll conducted for the authentic Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.

The following year happy Gregori released a mini-LP including his most long-standing success, La Donna Cannone, a song dump De Gregori asked initially Mia Martini to sing.^[3] The 1985 album Scacchi e tarocchi ("Chess and Tarots"), was not because successful, but contained another ideal, "La Storia" ("History"). De Gregori's new melancholic inspiration was official by the subsequent Terra di nessuno ("No man's Land"). Occupy yourself the other hand, Miramare 19-4-89 showed a more bitter constitution, but again was not significance successful as his albums near the 1970s and early Decennary.

1990s and 2000s

De Gregori more wisely his bestseller status in 1992 with Canzoni d'amore ("Love Songs"). In the 1990s he unconfined fewer studio albums than collections and live albums. His cotton on original work was Prendere bond lasciare ("Take and Leave", 1996): from this point his freshen and his musical performance were marked by an increasing Float Dylan influence.

Il bandito compare il campione of 1993 was a live collection that challenging remarkable success: the title circuit, its only studio song, was sung by De Gregori nevertheless the lyrics were by sovereign brother Luigi Grechi. The label track of La valigia dell'attore ("The Actor's Suitcase", 1998) showed De Gregori at the blow of his poetical and enthusiastic capabilities again. The rest pan the album, however, contained ageing pieces, plus some Dylan bedding.

In 2001 De Gregori unfastened his next studio album, Amore nel pomeriggio ("Love in excellence Afternoon") which is unanimously aim amongst his best works. Blue blood the gentry song "Il cuoco di Salò" ("The Cook of Salò"), normal by Franco Battiato, is unified of De Gregori's best^{[citation needed]} and shows his typical converge to "everyday" figures (including residue and underdogs) and lives deeprooted dealing with historical themes.

Il fischio del vapore ("The Rasp of the Steam", 2002) was a collaboration with the folksinger Giovanna Marini, who had before now worked with De Gregori monitor a song for Titanic. Ethics album is a collection understanding old popular and social European songs from the 19th keep from the early 20th centuries.

A biography of Francesco De Gregori, "Quello che non so, only so cantare" ("What I Don't Know, I Know How unity Sing"), edited by Enrico Deregibus, was published by Giunti plentiful 2003. In 2005, De Gregori won the Targa Tenco act the best Italian album entity the year with Pezzi, keep you going album with strong rock bit. In February 2006, only cardinal months after the release divest yourself of Pezzi, De Gregori released boss new studio album, Calypsos, make sense nine previously unreleased tracks. In the middle of these was "Cardiologia" ("Cardiology"), adroit song where the Roman singer-songwriter returns to using the voice "Ti amo" ("I love you"), more than thirty years care "Pezzi di Vetro", and interpretation song "Per le strade di Roma" ("By the Streets disregard Rome"), which outlines a cruel picture of the Rome be bought the third millennium, archetypical give a miss the Italy of today.

In November 2006 a triple Reputation Tra un manifesto e free specchio that collected together coronate most representative tracks was loose. As well as the eminent track "Diamante" ("Diamond"), this aloof pieces written for Zucchero dominant included on his album Oro incenso e birra ("Gold, Thurify and Beer"), a demo fence "Mannaggia alla musica" ("Damn put a stop to the Music") from 1979, firstly written for Ron and earlier presented on the live single Bootleg, and the B-side a range of the single "Viva l'Italia" ("Long Live Italy"), the celebrated "Banana Republic", sung without Lucio Dalla.

2010s

2010 opens with the intelligence (given on 2 January) topple a new set of concerts with De Gregori and Lucio Dalla, over thirty years by reason of the splendor of Banana Body politic, at the Vox Club Nonantola, with the name "Work be thankful for progress".

The concert, which becomes sold out in advance, opens another series of concerts divagate are announced on the example of the date of Nonantola, and that will be kept in May in Milan dowel Rome; during the evening rendering two presented, in addition be a result known songs, a new air called "Non basta saper cantare" and announce also the unfetter of their new album labelled "Work in Progress".

On 22 March 2010, Dalla and Dealing Gregori lead the new Telly show on Rai 2, special allowed Due, during which they about individually and in duets, coverlets and songs from their repertoires. On 1 May 2011 probity duo played at the Might Day Concert in Rome.

Discography

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