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8 unusual facts about Francesco Guccini


Ares Tavolazzi

He has played in all Francesco Guccini's albums from 1983 to 2004, as well as all his concertoes.

Claudio Lolli

Francesco Guccini introduced him into the music company EMI Italiana, who edited his first four LP from 1972 to 1976.

Fausto Amodei

The singer Francesco Guccini cited Amodei in interviews and books as one of his principal influences as a composer.

Folgóre da San Gimignano

Both Folgóre and Cenne are mentioned in Francesco Guccini's "Canzone dei dodici mesi" ("Song of the Twelve Months"), from the album Radici (1972).

Lo Sconosciuto

The series and its eponymous character was created by Magnus after a series of trips abroad and was defined together with his friend, the singer and writer Francesco Guccini.

Loriano Macchiavelli

More recently, Macchiavelli has written a series of detective novels in collaboration with singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini having a Carabinieri maresciallo, Benedetto Santovito, as the protagonist.

Progetto Babele

A number of writers have been hosted so far, among which are Corrado Augias, Valerio Evangelisti, Michael Hoeye, Fernando Sorrentino, Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti, Francesco Guccini, Tullio Avoledo, Nanni Balestrini, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Piersandro Pallavicini.

Silvia Baraldini

Notable from this respect is the famous Italian singer Francesco Guccini's song "Canzone per Silvia", expressing solidarity with the prisoner in view of freedom of thought and general condemnation of the prison system, addressed to the United States as a nation.



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