GERRY ROSI

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/trubbino
Band Members:


Influences: Bob Dylan
Woody Guthrie
Guy Clark
JohnStewart
Gordon Lightfoot
Jackson Browne
Eric Andersen
John Denver
Don Mclean
Townes VanZandt
John Prine
Neil Diamond
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Kris Kristofferson
Neil Young
Johnny Cash
Emmylou Harris
Joni Mitchell
Joan Baez
Steve Earle
Suzanne Vega
Gram Parsons
Christy Moore
Pete Seeger
Tom Paxton
and many more

MY DISCOGRAPHY 1999 - Never be blue 2000 - Time of my childhood 2001 - Shades of yesterday 2001 - IL folle ritmo della vita (in italian) 2002 - The man who walked alone 2003 - Spring water 2004 - The big load 2005 - Traces of love 2006 - Dusk 2007 - Another cry from the badlands

MY BIOGRAPHY

In the beginning the name of the band was Babylon (mostly covers), then it turned into Waiting Room (progressive rock) and it's in this period that came some of his best and bigger concerts.In 1982, turning away from the convoluted and complex compositions of Waiting Room and prefering a more visceral approach, he started on a new adventure with the dark gothic SF Project.The band had a promising start, had a devoted group of followers and gained some critical acclaim through some very intense performances; unfortunately it split after a few months due to internal tensions just when a record was in the works.All the while Gerry had anyway been writing songs of other kinds and had played on different kinds of gigs, either by himself or with other musicians, like the acoustic duo Vision (later 703), or the memorable performances of Coma, with songs full of nonsense, shocking lyrics and a somewhat theatrical approach.Partner in most of these projects was Raf Pulejo, a great singer and musician and a very old friend with whom he still collaborates.In 1983 he felt the "call" to become a Troubadour... suddenly stages became too small and meaningless, he needed a more direct contact with the people and the straight share of emotions and opinions.All of the music knowledge he had accumulated until then could finally run free on the road without having to bow to business, where a musician is kept on a leash and stripped of his soul to be used as an instrument, his ego pumped, and finally discarded.Besides most people don't get a chance to know real music because they are constantly fed with the commercial garbage that the music industry keeps churning out motivated only by profit.So there has to be an antidote, there has to be someone to show how great and soulful music can be; people who see playing in the streets as the biggest privilege a man can get; someone who's tirelessly rowing against the current and freely giving out music, just as people who listen are free to donate money to support him in this struggle without violence against the false values of a certain part of society.

Questo/a opera è pubblicato sotto una Licenza Creative Commons .
Sounds Like: New CD 2007
ANOTHER CRY FROM THE BADLANDS
Thanks to:Raf Pulejo = Voice,Bass and arrangements
Andrea Di Tella = Mandolin,Bouzouki and Banjo
Tania Sighinolfi = Voice
Gabriele Tranchida = Voice To listen more songs
from my new cd
http://www.musicfreedom.com/gerryrosi
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None