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Considered one of the most important and respected musicians in Argentina, Latin America and the Spanish language for the instrumental, lyrical and poetic complexity of his musical works, both in his multiple groups and as a soloist, Luis Alberto Spinetta would turn 74 on January 23. .
“Living in the discontinuity of life and death, the only thing we want is to prevail and pass,” words that resonate in the collective unconscious of “Flaco” Spinetta,”
It is in this context that the CABA ROCK FEST Vol.1 Homage to Argentine Rock was born, the musical meeting will be held in Santiago and Concepción to pay special recognition to the Argentine musician.
The initiative was born from the national producer and musician Keko Hermosilla and Caro Caselli, owner of the El Clan bar, who come together to give life to what will be the most important Argentine rock event in Chile.
“Spinetta began to come to Chile late, in the second half of the 80s, therefore, there were very few Spinettian seventies classics (such as Irregular or Postcrucifixion) that he played on Chilean soil,” comments the organizer and musician. Keko Hermosilla, who together with Joaquín Navarro and Pablo Mangas form, in 2023, El Diluvio y los Pasajeros, a band that will be in charge of performing classics by Invisible and Pescado Rabioso.
On the other hand, Charly García, living legend and master of trans-Andean rock, cannot be missing from this celebration and will be present through his band “Los Chilenos de Charly” in this historic recognition to perform his greatest hits such as “Demoliendo hotels” and “They keep hitting us down.”
“In 2009 we shared the stage with Spinetta at the Subacuático concert. On that occasion we performed “I pray for you” with him, therefore, being part of this festival and also with the presence of his daughter Cata is something that fills us with great joy.
Every show of ours always has something new, some novelty or surprise and this time will be no exception,” says Toño Silva, the band’s drummer.
During the entire meeting, DJ CATNIP’s warm up will not stop playing and to close the night, the prestigious DJ Catarina Spinetta, daughter of this founding father of Argentine Rock, will be in charge of sealing this celebration with a party to the rhythm of soul, funk and the best of the dance rhythms of the decades of analog music.
The invitation is on Friday, January 19 from 9 p.m. at Sala Metrónomo, located at Ernesto Pinto Lagarrigue 179, Providencia.
And on Saturday, January 20 at La Bodeguita de Nicanor, at Aníbal Pinto 1661, Concepción to celebrate Flaco’s birthday and enjoy this music as it returns to local stages.
Luis Alberto Spinetta was born in Buenos Aires on January 23, 1950 and died in the same city on February 8, 2012.
In his initial years, Spinetta would form various rock bands in the 60s and 70s that would be extremely influential and important in the evolution of Argentine and Latin American rock, such as Almendra, Pescado Rabioso and Invisible, which would introduce genres such as hard rock, blues and progressive rock in the Argentine music scene.
In 1985, 1995 and 2005 he obtained the Platinum Konex Award as the most outstanding male rock soloist of the decade in Argentina, as a rock author/composer and male rock singer respectively. His song “Muchacha ojos de papel” was considered in 2002 by the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone magazine and MTV as the second best song of all time in Argentine rock and the twenty-eighth in Latin American rock.
Tickets for the tribute in Santiago can be purchased through the Portaltickets platform at the following link:
