Luis Alberto Spinetta

Luis Alberto Spinetta
Spinetta performing with Almendra at Festival Pinap, 1969.
Born(1950-01-23)23 January 1950
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died8 February 2012(2012-02-08) (aged 62)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resting placeAshes scattered in the Río de la Plata, facing the Remembrance park
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • guitarist
  • poet
Years active1967–2012
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[citation needed]
Spouse
Patricia Salazar
(m. 1976; div. 1995)
Children4, including Dante
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
Labels
Formerly of
Signature

Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer, writer and poet. One of the most influential rock musicians of Argentina, he is widely regarded as one of the founders of Argentine rock, which is considered as the first incarnation of Spanish-language rock.[1] Born in Buenos Aires in the residential neighbourhood of Belgrano, he was the founder of iconic rock bands including Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible, Spinetta Jade, and Spinetta y Los Socios del Desierto. In Argentina January 23rd is celebrated as "Día Nacional del Músico" (National Musician's Day) in honor of Spinetta's birth.[2][1][3][4]

Spinetta devoted himself fully to his own music. In his lyrics, there are influences of multiple writers, poets and artists like Arthur Rimbaud, Vincent van Gogh, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Carlos Castañeda and Antonin Artaud, whom the album Artaud (1973) is named after.[5]

In December 2011 he announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer.[6][7] He died on 8 February 2012 at the age of 62.[8] His ashes were scattered in Buenos Aires in the waters of the Río de la Plata, according to his last wish.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Spinetta: el pionero buscador de una poesía en español para el rock". Futuro (in Spanish). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Día Nacional del Músico". www.cultura.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ López, Alberto (23 January 2020). "Luis Alberto Spinetta 'El Flaco', el padre del rock en español". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Spinetta: el indómito instinto de transformación". La Izquierda Diario - Red internacional (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ^ Influencias
  6. ^ Carta pública Archived 30 July 2012 at archive.today (in Spanish)
  7. ^ La carta del Flaco(in Spanish)
  8. ^ Murió Luis Alberto Spinetta (in Spanish)
  9. ^ PAZ(in Spanish)

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