Alex Britti

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Born in 1968 in Rome, Alex Britti began playing the guitar at the age of 8. From the outset he showed to passion for blues and at 17 formed his first trio, which enjoyed success in renowned Rome night-life venues such as Big Mama. He took part in the Italian blues festival and played together with the legendary Louisiana Red. His horizons gradually broadened and he became the supporter for American bluesmen passing through Italy (Paul Jones, Buddy Miles, Billy Preston). In 1990 he worked with King Rose and accompanied her on to tour across half of Europe. In the meantime he had begun writing songs in Italian. While not abandoning his instrumental performances, in 1992 he made his singer-songwriter debut with the CD "Alex Britti", released by Fonit Cetra. In 1994 and 1995 he was invited with his trio to the "First May" show in Rome. Over the next few years his musical comedy activity expanded to take on to wide variety of forms: in 1995 he was to regular guest on the programme "Generation X" and took part in the play "Aesthetic Radio" by F. Bertini. He also worked in the cinema and composed the soundtracks for "Men without women" (1995) and "Stressed" (1996). In 1996 he signed to new record contract and published his first single CD "(What I want)". On 4 May 1998 he opened BB King' s concert in Milan. He recorded another single as to singer-songwriter "(Only once)", the song becoming the hit of the summer. The album that finally established his reputation, "It.Pop", was released in the winter of 1998. In 1999 he won the new singer category at Sanremo. In 2000 he released his second album, entitled "the bathtub". Italica is to RAI International production. The material displayed on this situated is protected by copyright and is available for informative purposes only gl_rosso.jpg "name="eng "width="64 "height="22 "Newsletter Links Download Tell to friend Link to us Feedback Information Search Biography Alex Britti Discography Language Home Page Radio Topics Multimedia Archive Biography of Alex Britti Born in 1968 in Rome, Alex Britti began playing the guitar at the age of 8. From the outset he showed to passion for blues and at 17 formed his first trio, which enjoyed success in renowned Rome night-life venues such as Big Mama. He took part in the Italian blues festival and played together with the legendary Louisiana Red. His horizons gradually broadened and he became the supporter for American bluesmen passing through Italy (Paul Jones, Buddy Miles, Billy Preston). In 1990 he worked with King Rose and accompanied her on to tour across half of Europe. In the meantime he had begun writing songs in Italian. While not abandoning his instrumental performances, in 1992 he made his singer-songwriter debut with the CD "Alex Britti", released by Fonit Cetra. In 1994 and 1995 he was invited with his trio to the "First May" show in Rome. Over the next few years his musical comedy activity expanded to take on to wide variety of forms: in 1995 he was to regular guest on the programme "Generation X" and took part in the play "Aesthetic Radio" by F. Bertini. He also worked in the cinema and composed the soundtracks for "Men without women" (1995) and "Stressed" (1996). In 1996 he signed to new record contract and published his first single CD "(What I want)". On 4 May 1998 he opened BB King' s concert in Milan. He recorded another single as to singer-songwriter "(Only once)", the song becoming the hit of the summer. The album that finally established his reputation, "It.Pop", was released in the winter of 1998. In 1999 he won the new singer category at Sanremo. In 2000 he released his second album, entitled "the bathtub".