Andres Calamaro
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andres Calamaro |
| Born |
August 22, 1961 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Genres |
Rock Tango Pop rock New wave |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Producer |
| Instruments | Piano, Guitar, Bass guitar, Drums, Synthesizer, Bandoneon, Flute, Violin, Double bass, Arpa, Vocals |
| Associated acts | Los Abuelos de la Nada, Los Rodríguez |
| Website | www |
Andrés Calamaro (Andrés Calamaro Masel, August 22, 1961), is an Argentine musician, composer and Latin Grammy winner. His former band Los Rodríguez was a major success in Spain in the 1990s. He is multi-instrumentalist and he became one of the main icons of the Argentine rock and has sold over 1.3 million copies.
Andres Calamaro was born in Buenos Aires. At 17 years of age he participated as a guest in the recording of an album of the group Raíces, and shortly after he started his own band, the Elmer Band, with guitarist friend Gringui Herrera. This band had an underground hit, Tristeza de la Ciudad (City Blues).
When Miguel Abuelo, leader of Los Abuelos de la Nada, returned to Argentina, he reunited the band and invited Calamaro to play keyboards. The band was a big success; Calamaro wrote some of their greatest hits, such as Sin gamulán, Mil horas and Costumbres argentinas.
Before the dissolution of Los Abuelos de la Nada, Calamaro released his first solo album, Hotel Calamaro in 1984. A second album, Vida Cruel, recorded shortly after his separation from the band, was received warmly by the press but did not achieve commercial success.
After a third album, Por Mirarte (1988), Calamaro started producing for bands such as Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Enanitos Verdes and soloists such as Fabiana Cantilo.
Calamaro closed the 1980s with his own band, featuring old friends Gringui Herrera and Ariel Rot, who recently came back from Spain. The trio recorded the album Nadie sale vivo de aquí (No One Here Gets Out Alive) in 1989 with a number of guest musicians, which obtained the nomination of Best Record of the Year.
Due to the economic situation in Argentina, Calamaro and Rot settled in Spain. Then, they created the band Los Rodríguez with Julián Infante. Germán Villela joined at the drums. The band didn't have a bass player, but Guillermo Martin, Candi Avello and later Daniel Zamora accompanied the band in recordings and tours.
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