Argentine Multi-Instrumentalists

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Charly Garc a, Gustavo Cerati, Nito Mestre, Cachorro L pez, Gustavo Santaolalla, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Litto Nebbia, Miguel Abuelo, Andr?'s Calamaro, Pedro Aznar, Christian Basso. Excerpt: Charly Garc a (born Carlos Alberto Garc a Moreno on October 23, 1951) is a singer-songwriter pianist and keyboardist from Argentina with a long career in rock music, forming successful groups such as Sui Generis and Ser Gir n, cult status groups like La M quina de Hacer P jaros, and as a solo musician. Charly Garc a was the eldest son in an upper-middle class family. His father taught mathematics and physics in elementary school, while his mother produced radio music shows, mainly shows featuring folkloric music. Charly began to show musical talent at an early age. At three, he received a toy piano as a gift, and soon he surprised his mother with his ability to compose and play coherent melodies, leading her to enlist him in a prestigious conservatory, the Thibaud Piazzini. At age twelve, he graduated as a Music Professor. Charly developed absolute pitch as a child. The Beatles appeared in Charly's life when he was thirteen. Having previously only been exposed to classical music and folk, he would describe the Beatles as "classical music from Mars." In high school he met Carlos Alberto "Nito" Mestre and the two fused their bands to give birth to Sui Generis. Sui Generis bandmates Charly Garcia and Nito Mestre, 1975.The band at first experimented with psychedelic rock, but its style would quickly establish as folk-rock with some little influence from the symphonic rock of the day. At their first big gig, the band's bassist, guitarist and drummer all failed to appear. Only Charlie (Garc a spelled his name with "ie" back then) and Nito showed up, playing piano and flute respectively. They were forced to play on their own, and were a...