Alfredo Gómez was born in 1952, in San José, Uruguay, but grew up in the neighboring town of Santa LucÃa, Canelones. The son of ElÃas (Raúl) Gómez, a tango singer, who recorded with the Monzeglio tango orchestra in the 50's, Alfredo was exposed from an early age to tango, milonga and candombe music. Alfredo began taking piano lessons at age four, but at the age of eight he switched to the guitar. During his teenage years, he was part of the rock scene in Uruguay, playing lead guitar/voice with After Life, and bass/voice with Misión Tiempo. He participated in numerous rock bands together with Beto Satragni, BenjamÃn Medina, Carlos Irigoyen, Ricardo Sacco, Juvenal López, Armando Perez, Gastón Santurio and Jorge Arce, among others. Parallel to this, he kept performing with Benjamin Medina as an acoustic duo, and began writing songs lyrics and music. With Gastón Santurio (bass) and Armando Pérez (drums) formed Maitu Trio, bossa nova style group.
At age 21, Alfredo moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended the Conservatorio Municipal Juan Manuel de Falla for a couple of years. In 1976, he formed the group Cantaliso, together with Kano Alonso, Cacho Tejera and Juan Descrescencio, pioneering the new candombe movement in Buenos Aires. The same year, Alfredo participated in recordings and live performances with author/singer Alfredo Zitarrosa, as a member of different guitar quartets formed by guitarists such as Ciro Perez, Vicente Correa, Gualberto López, Alfredo Sadi and Eleodoro Villada, recording El Candombe del Olvido, Mi Tierra en Invierno, El olor a Leña, and Tres Figureao (with the participation of Cecilia Todd.) During the following years in Buenos Aires Alfredo Gómez took part of recording sessions with Ma. Teresa del Corral, and Edda Garlando (under the direction of Virgilio Espósito). Also recorded a live album with Yabor, and was part of the band of author/singer Alejandro del Prado, sharing stage with musicians Hugo Romero, Binelli, and Horacio Mederos.
Together with Jorge Nasser co-lead the band "Picado," performing original songs, candombe-milonga-rock style.
In the 1980's after Zitarrosa returned from exile, Alfredo was part of his guitar quartet, and together with Naldo Labrin, Hugo Coria, Alberto Azcarate, and Alejandro Del Prado, performed and recorded live in the Estadio de Obras Sanitarias where Mercedes Sosa made an unexpected appearance on stage to sing Violin de Becho along with Zitarrosa. Alfredo went on touring Argentina with Zitarrosa. He was part of Zitarrosa's first live performance in Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, at his return to Uruguay, where Zitarrosa was accompanied by two different quartets: one from Argentina (Luis Chazarreta, Hugo Coria, Vicente Correa, Alfredo Gomez), and one from Uruguay (Cobelli, De los Santos, Mendez, A. Gomez) Alfredo Gomez was in both formations. In Buenos Aires, Alfredo Gomez worked with Zitarrosa on the creation of "MelodÃa Larga", today considered as one of his masterpieces.
Alfredo Gomez also was part of the band that toured Uruguay with Jose Carbajal "El Sabalero", formed by Etchenique, Ferrero, Magnone and Jaime Roos, after his return from exile in Mexico. José Carbajal recorded one of his compositions, "Mi pueblo, Santa LucÃa".
For the past 23 years, Alfredo resided in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has performed and recorded as a guitarist/singer, and shared stage with renouned musicians such as Claudio Ragazzi, Hector del Curto, Fernando Huergo, Julio Santillan, Franco Pina, and singers Marta Gomez, Millie Bermejo, and Katie Viqueira, among others.
He will start recording his album "Padretango" this summer (2008), featuring his original songs.
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