Occupation bluesman Name Roberto Ciotti | Role Guitarist | |
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Born 20 February 1953 ( 1953-02-20 ) Rome Died December 31, 2013, Rome, Italy Albums Troubles & Dreams, My Blues - Best Live Songs Music director Marrakech Express, On Tour Similar People Fabio Treves, Maurizio Giammarco, Herbie Goins, Demetrio Stratos, Rudy Rotta | ||
Roberto ciotti me and the wind live macchia blues molise international blues festival
Roberto Ciotti (20 February 1953 – 31 December 2013) was an Italian bluesman, composer and professional guitarist.
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- Roberto ciotti me and the wind live macchia blues molise international blues festival
- Roberto ciotti bluesman baby please don t go sugar blues
- Life and career
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Roberto ciotti bluesman baby please don t go sugar blues
Life and career
Born in Rome, Ciotti began playing the guitar at the age of 12. From 1970 to 1972 he was a member of the jazz band Blue Morning, then he started a solo career as a bluesman, a composer and a professional guitarist, collaborating with Chet Baker, Francesco De Gregori and Edoardo Bennato, among others.
His debut album was Supergasoline Blues, released in 1978. In 1980, he opened the Italian concerts of Bob Marley. In 1989 he got critical and commercial success with the musical score of Marrakech Express by Gabriele Salvatores, with whom he collaborated again two years later in On Tour. After the 2002 album Behind the Door he devoted himself mainly to the live concerts. In 2006 he published an autobiography, Unplugged, in which he recounted the difficulty of coherence in doing blues without ever yielding to the lure of show business and easy money.
Ciotti died, aged 60, following a long illness, on December 31, 2013.