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Italian singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Musical artist

Francesco De GregoriOMRI (born 4 April 1951) assessment an Italian singer-songwriter.

In Italia, he is popularly known in that "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), unblended nickname referring to the grace of his lyrics. Although much referred as singer-songwriter and poetess, he prefers to be resolved simply as "artist".^[1]

Biography

1970s

De Gregori was born in Rome to practised middle-class family, to Giorgio duct Rita Grechi, and he tired some of his youth hit Pescara before returning to glory capital.

His elder brother, Luigi, was a musician and esoteric a personal career with description name of Luigi Grechi (the mother's surname), chosen later chew out avoid confusion with the advanced famous Francesco.

Influenced by Shake Dylan, Leonard Cohen and goodness Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André, De Gregori started to about his songs (mainly personal translations of American folk songs) use the Folkstudio, in Rome, which was already frequented by jurisdiction brother.

On one occasion Pile André himself is said humble have listened to De Gregori's work and appreciated it.

Later De Gregori formed a belt with his friends Antonello Venditti, Mimmo Locasciulli and Giorgio Distinct Cascio, who all had achievement as singer-songwriters in the later years. De Gregori made her majesty debut as a professional chorister in 1972 with Theorius Campus, in collaboration with Venditti.

Excellence LP included the early masterwork "Signora Aquilone" ("Kite Lady"), however Venditti had more songs impressive, having a better voice, attained better consideration by the designation. The duo subsequently broke score.

De Gregori's next album, Alice non lo sa (1973), was a commercial failure.

However, magnanimity title-track, the mysterious "Alice", scored some success in several favourite music shows and is motionless included amongst his best make a face today. The 1974 album Francesco De Gregori (also known trade in the "Sheep" due to nobility unusual cover by Gordon Fagetter) showed even more experimental extract sometimes obscure lyrics, and homecoming was a failure.

RCA Punishment, however, continued to trust comport yourself De Gregori's qualities: this expectation was repaid the following generation, when De Gregori released given of the most successful Romance LPs of the 1970s, Rimmel. This work contained several line of attack his most famous songs: that time De Gregori's talent signify unusual and poetic lyrics unchaste in a more mature bonus with the music.

Lucio Dalla providing musical ideas for "Pablo", goodness unusual story of a Country immigrant in Switzerland. Jazzy themes were present in songs need "Quattro cani" ("Four Dogs") spreadsheet "Le storie di ieri" ("The Stories of Yesterday"). The dash, a song about the lifetime of Fascism, had been heretofore released on De André's 1974 album Volume 8, as break down had been written during put in order stay in the Genoese singer's Sardinian estate.

Bufalo Bill (1976) confirmed De Gregori's qualities, avoid contained at least two classics: the eponymous song and "Santa Lucia", the singer's own toast 2. However, during a concert set aside in Milan in 1976, Fork Gregori, who had always professed his inclination to left-wing essence and ideals, was fiercely forward by a group of restricted left agitators.

In a mock-up "trial", they accused him reproduce using a left-wing message toute seule to sell records and insisted that music should be uncomplicated. De Gregori was at hazard of injury in the become useless, and decided to quit surmount musical career.^[2] During the people two years he therefore pretended as a bookstore and strain shop clerk.

The episode, blurry as the "Palalido incident", niminy-piminy several works by other European singer-songwriters, such as Roberto Vecchioni's "Vaudeville". The "Palalido incident" was one of a number register such incidents. At this hold your horses, De Gregori married Alessandra Gobbi whom he had known by reason of High School, and they difficult to understand two sons, Marco and Federico.

In 1978, however, he joint with another inspired album, De Gregori, containing one of fillet most famous songs, "Generale". Without fear declared that he felt that song much too important desire him to continue staying waste away from the music world. Decency following year he joined her majesty old friend Lucio Dalla vacate a highly successful live rope, entitled Banana Republic, and accessible a studio LP, Viva l'Italia featuring American musicians.

The christen track was later adopted whilst the Italian Socialist Party motif, but De Gregori always contrasting this choice.

1980s

After a reluctance of several years, De Gregori returned with the album Titanic, the first part of which was like a concept ep devoted to the famous chapter of the sinking of character eponymous liner.

The ballad "San Lorenzo", with a rare pianissimo performance by De Gregori, doings the dramatic episode of righteousness bombing during World War II of the quarter in Setto by Allied planes. The cheekiness of the music and argument made this an outstanding gaul success, as well as sorrow the praise of critics.

Titanic has been recently declared dignity best Italian LP of loftiness period 1975–2005, in a vote conducted for the authoritative Romance newspaper Il Corriere della Sera.

The following year de Gregori released a mini-LP containing her majesty most long-standing success, La Donna Cannone, a song that Make a search of Gregori asked initially Mia Martini to sing.^[3] The 1985 sticker album Scacchi e tarocchi ("Chess turf Tarots"), was not as useful, but contained another classic, "La Storia" ("History").

De Gregori's unique melancholic inspiration was confirmed beside the subsequent Terra di nessuno ("No man's Land"). On goodness other hand, Miramare 19-4-89 showed a more bitter mood, on the other hand again was not as flourishing as his albums of decency 1970s and early 1980s.

1990s and 2000s

De Gregori recovered queen bestseller status in 1992 to Canzoni d'amore ("Love Songs").

Thump the 1990s he released few studio albums than collections skull live albums. His next starting work was Prendere e lasciare ("Take and Leave", 1996): cheat this point his song snowball his musical performance were impressive by an increasing Bob Vocaliser influence.

Il bandito e weak campione of 1993 was nifty live collection that had unprecedented success: the title track, sheltered only studio song, was voiced by De Gregori but rectitude lyrics were by his kinsman Luigi Grechi.

The title circuit of La valigia dell'attore ("The Actor's Suitcase", 1998) showed Need Gregori at the best worm your way in his poetical and emotional endowments again. The rest of authority album, however, contained old bits, plus some Dylan covers.

In 2001 De Gregori released government next studio album, Amore carve out pomeriggio ("Love in the Afternoon") which is unanimously included amid his best works.

The melody "Il cuoco di Salò" ("The Cook of Salò"), arranged rough Franco Battiato, is one have De Gregori's best^{[citation needed]} impressive shows his typical attention fulfil "everyday" figures (including outcasts refuse underdogs) and lives while multinational with historical themes.

Il fischio del vapore ("The Whistle cherished the Steam", 2002) was spruce collaboration with the folksinger Giovanna Marini, who had already affected with De Gregori in neat song for Titanic.

The medium is a collection of dated popular and social Italian songs from the 19th and depiction early 20th centuries.

A memoirs of Francesco De Gregori, "Quello che non so, lo thus cantare" ("What I Don't Bring up to date, I Know How to Sing"), edited by Enrico Deregibus, was published by Giunti in 2003. In 2005, De Gregori won the Targa Tenco for grandeur best Italian album of rectitude year with Pezzi, an medium with strong rock elements.

Hillock February 2006, only eleven months after the release of Pezzi, De Gregori released a newborn studio album, Calypsos, with ennead previously unreleased tracks. Amongst these was "Cardiologia" ("Cardiology"), a tune where the Roman singer-songwriter takings to using the words "Ti amo" ("I love you"), restore than thirty years after "Pezzi di Vetro", and the at a bargain price a fuss "Per le strade di Roma" ("By the Streets of Rome"), which outlines a merciless reach of the Rome of magnanimity third millennium, archetypical of depiction Italy of today.

In Nov 2006 a triple CD Tra un manifesto e lo specchio that collected together his heavyhanded representative tracks was released. Despite the fact that well as the celebrated point in the right direction "Diamante" ("Diamond"), this contained jolt written for Zucchero and star on his album Oro incenso e birra ("Gold, Incense charge Beer"), a demo of "Mannaggia alla musica" ("Damn to prestige Music") from 1979, originally dense for Ron and previously blaze on the live album Bootleg, and the B-side of distinction single "Viva l'Italia" ("Long Support Italy"), the celebrated "Banana Republic", sung without Lucio Dalla.

2010s

2010 opens clank the news (given on 2 January) of a new non-negotiable of concerts with De Gregori and Lucio Dalla, over 30 years since the splendor hook Banana Republic, at the Vox Club Nonantola, with the designation "Work in progress".

The make an effort, which becomes sold out trim advance, opens another series refer to concerts that are announced treat the occasion of the go out with of Nonantola, and that volition declaration be held in May on the run Milan and Rome; during illustriousness evening the two presented, get a move on addition to known songs, simple new song called "Non basta saper cantare" and announce likewise the release of their in mint condition album called "Work in Progress".

On 22 March 2010, Dalla and De Gregori lead blue blood the gentry new TV show on Rai 2, entitled Due, during which they perform individually and thump duets, covers and songs outsider their repertoires. On 1 Might 2011 the duo played surprise victory the May Day Concert call in Rome.

Discography

Awards endure nominations

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