2000s Francesco Guccini

francesco guccini during concert

in 2004 guccini released ritratti. of songs contained in album imagined dialogues historical figures, such odysseus, christopher columbus , che guevara. first track of album, odysseus , on theme of travel, , contains references odyssey, dante (canto 26 of inferno), , poem foscolo. song in album, piazza alimonda , death of carlo giuliani during demonstrations @ g8 summit in genoa. ritratti received critical acclaim , commercial success, reaching number 1 spot in fimi albums chart, holding 2 weeks, , remaining in chart eighteen weeks. in same year, lyrics canzone per piero included in final upper secondary school exam ; guccini claimed embarrassed , glad being alongside cicero , raphael. in 2005 live double-album anfiteatro live, recorded in amphitheatre in cagliari, released; included dvd of concert. anfiteatro live commercial success, holding number 1 spot in fimi chart 1 month, , remaining in chart twenty-two weeks. in 2006 guccini received 1 vote in 2006 italian presidential election. same year, triple-album platinum collection, containing 47 songs, released celebration of fortieth year musical artist. in october guccini s official biography, portavo allora un eskimo innocente massimo cotto, published.

on 21 april 2008, article on la stampa affirmed guccini had stopped smoking, , had caused him gain weight , lose inspiration. denied on 18 may 2008, in tv show che tempo che fa. in 2010 mondadori published non che viso avesse, book contains guccini autobiography and, in second part of book, critical essay edited alberto bertoni. luciano ligabue, friend , colleague of guccini, entitled him song, caro il mio francesco on album arrivederci, mostro!. on 28 september 2010 collection storia di altre storie released, songs selected guccini himself. in same year botanist davide donati named new species of mexican cactus, corynopuntia guccinii, after him. in article discovery on botanical magazine piante grasse, donati explained discovered unknown plant whilst listening guccini s incontro , adding: not have named after else . on 25 april 2011, guccini married second time , raffaella zuccari, had been partner in last fifteen years.