Biography (Fabrizio De André)

Fabrizio De André (1940 - 1999) was a leading Italian singer-songwriter. In his works he often told stories of marginalized and rebellious people, above all prostitutes, that were seen by De André as an answer to the bourgeois prissiness.

De André was born in Genoa on 18th February 1940. His father was an anti-fascist, and during the war the De André family had to seek refuge in a country farm near Revignano d'Asti, in Piedmont.The family returns in Genoa in 1945. Fabrizio studied law at the University of Genoa, but left before graduating.

His first instrument was the violin, and then he took up the guitar, playing in local jazz bands. In 1958 he recorded his first two songs: Nuvole barocche ("Baroque Clouds") and E fu la notte ("Then Night Came"). In 1962 he married Puny Rignon, a Genoese woman nearly ten years his senior. The same year the couple had their first and only son, Cristiano De André, who...

Album Records (Fabrizio De André)

Bocca Di Rosa La Guerra Di Piero Via Del Campo Un Giudice La Canzone Di Marinella La Città Vecchia Il Testamento Di Tito Il Pescatore Andrea Dolcenera Il Bombarolo Verranno A Chiederti Del Nostro Amore Volta La Carta Il Suonatore Jones Un malato di cuore Un Chimico Fiume Sand Creek Amico Fragile Se Ti Tagliassero A Pezzetti Canzone Dell'Amore Perduto