1970s Francesco Guccini

via paolo fabbri 43, address in bologna after guccini s album named.

in 1970 guccini released second album, due anni dopo, recorded in autumn of 1969. main themes of album passage of time , analysis of everyday life in context of bourgeois hypocrisy, noticeable influence french music , leopardi s poetic style. after album guccini started 10-year-long collaboration folksinger deborah kooperman, played fingerstyle guitar on it, style unknown in italy @ time. eleven months after due anni dopo, album l isola non trovata released. title literary reference guido gozzano, , song la collina contained reference j. d. salinger. guccini s fame began spread beyond bologna, partly appearance in tv show speciale tre milioni, sang of songs , befriended claudio baglioni. in 1971 married long-time girlfriend roberta baccilieri, pictured on cover of next album.

the turning point in guccini s career in 1972 album radici (roots), constant research of 1 s origins.. conveyed image on front cover of album, portraying guccini s grandparents , siblings next old mountain home. radici contains of renowned , popular songs, incontro , piccola città , il vecchio e il bambino , la canzone della bambina portoghese , canzone dei dodici mesi , , la locomotiva , based on real event , dealing themes of equality, social justice , freedom, style similar anarchic music of end of 19th century. in same year guccini brought claudio lolli, young singer-songwriter, record label, emi italiana. later wrote 2 songs him, keaton , ballando con una sconosciuta .

in 1973 guccini released opera buffa, light-hearted , playful album, showed skills ironic, theatrical , cultured cabaret artist. guccini perplexed release of disc, because of arrangements , because recorded live (with overdubs made in recording studio). 1 year later stanze di vita quotidiana released, mixed reception fans , critics. included 6 long , melancholic songs, mirror of crisis guccini faced, worsened constant disagreements producer pier farri. guccini received harsh criticism, including slating critic riccardo bertoncelli, said singer songwriter finished artist, has nothing else . guccini answered song l avvelenata , few years later.

guccini had first commercial success in 1976, via paolo fabbri 43, sixth best-selling album of year. named after address of house in bologna lived. sang more mature , determined voice, , musical structure more complex in earlier works. album contained l avvelenata , bitter , colourful reply criticism received stanze di vita quotidiana, cited 1 of critics, riccardo bertoncelli. later guccini reluctant in performing song during concerts, saying obsolete.

the title track abstract description of guccini s life in bologna, referenced borges , barthes; mentioned 3 heroins of italian song , alice, marinella , lilly, 3 women songs italian singer-songwriters de gregori, de andré , venditti. other notable tracks canzone quasi d amore , characterised existential poetry, , il pensionato , old neighbour of guccini, focusing on sad psychological situation of old people. guccini s next album, amerigo released in 1978. popular song eskimo , guccini claimed highest point title track, ballad emigrant uncle of his.

in 1977 weekly magazine grand hotel featured guccini on cover titled father every teenager have liked have . guccini did not endorse article, based on interview did not know published, , commented: cannot understand how chose title, write songs audience of people in thirties, not see how audience of sixteen year olds fresh out of school relate things . in same year, guccini separated wife roberta (the song eskimo event), , started cohabitating angela. in 1978 had daughter, teresa, whom songs culodritto , e un giorno... dedicated. in 1979 live album album concerto, recorded in concert nomadi, released. peculiar because songs performed in duet augusto daolio, , because included unreleased songs: dio è morto , noi , , per fare un uomo .