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Nito Mestre finished recording his most recent album which has still to be given a name. The songs were carefully chosen : Ven Al Jardin (Come to the Garden) was written and recorded with the lead singer of La Ley, Beto Cuevas; as in previous works, Leon Gieco is also present in the album in Veo Tus Ojos (I See Your Eyes) with his characteristic voice and the magical notes that spring from his harmonicas. Alejandro Lerner also did his part in the song "Me
Dijeron" (They Told Me So) as did Eduardo Cautinio from Puerto Rico and Cris Zalles from Chile who wrote the music and lyrics of "Recordando lo que Tengo que Olvidar" (Remembering That Which I Have To Forget) song in which Ale Lerner also contributed with the piano and harmonies, and the lyrics of "Hay formas de llegar" and "El fin del mundo". Nito Mestre wrote the music of 5 songs in this album, and a couple of lyrics, too.
526:, (Hiding My Eyes from the Sun) and concluded a series of national and international tours, in 1984 he joined Juan Carlos Baglietto, Oveja Negra and Celeste Carballo on a tour designed to explain: "Por Qué Cantamos" (Why We Sing), inspired in the words of the Uruguayan Poet Mario Benedetti. This performance made a significant contribution to the meaning of Rock ‘n Roll in Argentina: "We sing in the name of love, freedom and life". The spirit behind the tour took them all around the country and abroad. In November of that same year, the tour was consolidated in a doble album of the same name, "Por Qué Cantamos" recorded live at Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires.
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Ensemble amongst other virtuosos in the world of music. This album gave Mestre the opportunity of a lifetime to record the old Sui
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It was awarded the prize for the best folk group of the year and Nito won the Best Rock Singer title for his third consecutive year. The departure of
Osvaldo Calo from the band – he was invited to play with Astor Piazzola in France - marked the arrival of a series of pianists like Alejandro Lerner, Eduardo Zvetelman and finally Ciro Fogliata, ex keyboard player for the renowned Los Gatos.
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September 6 in a show at the Estrellas Theatre with a series of performances that lasted for two months. The band was one of the few rock groups to play such a significant number of live gigs during those days.
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December 13 at the Teatro Coliseo to an audience of 1800 spectators. The album was released three days later and had already sold over 30,000 copies before it hit the stores. During the winter of 1975, Charly and Nito went on the PorSuiGieco Tour with María Rosa
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Salgueiro was present throughout the recording sessions in Argentina on guitar, Andres Dulcet on base and Diego Ferrar played drums on two of the tracks. The album – produced by Pablo Manavello – was recorded in two separate phases: the first in the Miami Studios of Iker Gastaminza and the
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Argentina released a doble album commemorating Nito’s 30th Anniversary with music, a doble album called ‘Anos” (Years). The record was performed at the Billboard on Miami’s Ocean Drive in 2002. Nito Mestre has just concluded work on his album number 22, in Miami, USA. Only recently,
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Nito released a New E.P. with 4 new songs that he recorded in
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105:1952-08-03
51:improve it
41:verifiable
925:Flautists
874:Interview
543:Fito Páez
305:violinist
247:Biography
239:on bass,
213:keyboards
135:Folk rock
125:Argentina
55:citations
860:Facebook
639:("Life")
427:Espíritu
363:Santa Fe
869:Twitter
841:1989 -
834:1985 -
827:1980 -
813:2014 -
806:2010 -
799:2007 -
795:Mestre.
793:2005 -
786:1999 -
779:1993 -
772:1991 -
766:1986 -
759:1983 -
752:1982 -
746:1981 -
732:1979 -
725:1978 -
718:1977 -
702:1976 -
688:2001 -
681:2000 -
674:1993 -
667:1992 -
660:1975 -
651:1974 -
642:1973 -
633:1972 -
498:in 1982
351:Córdoba
45:neutral
217:guitar
161:guitar
157:Vocals
131:Genres
117:Origin
748:20/10
508:20/10
504:20/10
229:drums
221:flute
199:– of
165:flute
768:Nito
636:Vida
605:Nito
545:and
531:Nito
429:and
414:moog
377:and
361:and
330:and
301:Vida
139:rock
99:Born
43:and
867:on
858:on
57:to
886::
553:.
541:,
537:,
425:,
357:,
353:,
273:.
219:,
163:,
159:,
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