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| Birth name | Norberto Aníbal Napolitano |
| Also known as | El Carpo |
| Born | (1950-03-10)10 March 1950 La Paternal, Argentina |
| Died | 25 February 2005(2005-02-25) (aged 54) Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1955–2005 |
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| Website | elsitiodepappo |
Norberto Aníbal Napolitano (10 March 1950[1] – 25 February 2005), popularly known asPappo, was an Argentine rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. One of the most influential figures inArgentine music, he was a forerunner ofArgentine rock,heavy metal andblues.
He is considered by various Argentine musicians, by the public and by the specialized press[specify] as the best guitarist in the history of Argentine rock, whileB. B. King considered him one of the best guitarists of all time.[2]
He was a member of popular Argentine rock bands such asLos Abuelos de la Nada, Engranaje,Los Gatos andBilly Bond y La Pesada del Rock and Roll. He also founded theblues rock band Pappo's Blues; the hard rock band Aeroblus, in the 1970s; and theheavy metal bandRiff in the 1980s. He also founded a band in United States called The Widowmakers.
His pseudonym came from various deformations of the abbreviation of his surname, Napo.[3] Another nickname with which he was popularly known wasCarpo, alluding to the dominance he possessed when moving thecarpus of his hand while playing guitar. B. B. King nicknamed him "The Cheeseman" due to a gift he received from Pappo consisting of an Argentine cheese and a red wine.[4]
Pappo was born inLa Paternal, Buenos Aires. He showed interest inblues androck 'n' roll music starting at a young age, with his early influences beingThe Rolling Stones,The Kinks,Freddie King,B.B. King,Jimi Hendrix,Muddy Waters,Eric Clapton, andManal. During the late 1960s and through the 1970s, he was a pivotal part of theArgentine rock scene. Pappo started playing as an occasional guitarist for Manal but soon joinedLos Abuelos de la Nada and laterLos Gatos, with whom he recorded two albums in 1969 and 1970. He formed his own band, Pappo's Blues, in 1970 and released its first album in 1971. The band was also part of the 1973 rock documentaryHasta que se ponga el sol, filmed during the third edition of the B.A. Rock festival. In the 1970s, Pappo's Blues saw constant line-up changes, with Pappo being the only permanent member of the band and main songwriter.
Between 1975 and 1980, Pappo lived alternately in England and Argentina. In the United Kingdom, he made contact with new genres such aspunk rock and thenew wave of British heavy metal. He formed thepower trio Aeroblus in 1977 with ex-Manal bassist Alejandro Medina and Brazilian drummer Castello Jr. Pappo relocated to Argentina permanently in 1980 and formed the bandRiff. In 1990, he appeared as a guest guitarist onSandra Mihanovich andCeleste Carballo's albumMujer contra mujer.[5][6] He revived Pappo's Blues in the 1990s, alternating the activity of this group with eventual reunions of Riff. Pappo released a solo classic blues and hard rock album calledBuscando un amor in 2003, which turned out to be his last record.
In a televised interview in 1985 on the programmeNoche de Brujas, journalist Alicia Barrios confronted Pappo over an attempted sexual attack when the journalist was 20 years old at Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires. In the duration of the interview conducted in Spanish, Pappo admitted to semi-violacion (semi-raping), and responded that "one always has ideas of raping people as pretty as you."[7][8]
Pappo died in February 2005 in a motorcycle accident.[9]Tandil dedicated a monument in his honour.[10]
Pappo's discography encompasses almost four decades, from the late 1960s with Los Abuelos de la Nada and Los Gatos until his death in 2005.
No hubo nena más buena que Liliana hasta que el embarazo llegó a término y llamaron al doctor Urzi para que asistiese en el parto. El 10 de marzo de 1950, a las 5:40 de la mañana, Norberto Aníbal Napolitano pegó el primero de sus gritos en la casa de la calle Artigas.
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