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Members featured in the album
CARLOS BISSO - Vocals
JUAN CARLOS DE MINGO - Orchestral direction
CHACHI FERREIRA - Flute
RICARDO LEW - Electric guitar
KELO PALACIOS - Charango
ADALVERTO CEVASCO - Bass
DOMINGO CURA - Percussion
ROBERTO CESARI - Drums
DIANA / LIDIA / LIVIA - Chorus
Biography
Carlos Bisso (b. April 8, 1942 in Buenos Aires; d. November 14, 2005 in Tigre, Province of Buenos Aires) was a rock singer, well known in Argentina in the 60s and 70s with his band Carlos Bisso y su Conexión Nº 5.
In the second half of the 60s, Carlos Bisso joined as vocalist a band called Conexión Nº 5, formed also by Raúl "Cuervo" Tórtora (drums), Marcelo Trull (guitar), Mario Ricciardelli (keyboard) and Rubén Blanco ( low).
I take relevance as being the man with black guantes, the group was innovative in its live performance as well as in its colorful clothes, reflecting a little on the fashion of Swinging London. Perhaps the first ones were to create a kind of “marketing” through the rumor that began to run with Carlos Bisso's famous black guantes, which generated mystery and morbidity in relation to his brothers. It was one of the foundational bands of the first Beat layer in the '60s in Argentina.
Due to differences with the group, Carlos Bisso separated in 1970 to continue with his own band, Carlos Bisso and his Conexión Nº 5, while the original band continued with Amadeo Álvarez (former member of Los "In") as vocalist.
Even though Bisso sang little in Spanish, his band was characterized by its quality and the musicians who were part of it. The group, in addition to Carlos Bisso himself as leader, was made up of Bu Gathu (bass), Carlos Franzetti (organ and piano), Osvaldo Adrián López (drums) and Juan "Gamba" Gentilini (guitar). They also integrated -briefly- Norberto “Pappo” Napolitano and David Lebón, in addition to using the instrumentation of Rodolfo Alchourron and his orchestra on the second album.
Carlos Bisso was characterized by his strong bass voice, but also by a rocker image, using a black leather camper, shoes and enigmatic black leather gloves, which gave rise to a large number of versions.
Conexión Nº 5 mainly performed covers of successful international rock songs, obtaining their own national hits. Among the songs that were successful in the version of Conexión N.º 5, we can mention Orgullosa Mary, Baby Come Back, Sing Sing Barbara, Acuario, deja que entre el sol, Dong Dong Diki Diki Dong y Venus. Sometimes, the band had their own songs like Mundo de Odio, composed by Carlos Bisso himself, and a rare English version of Muchacha (Ojos de papel), by Luis Alberto Spinetta. Carlos Bisso and his group published three albums and several books, between 1969 and 1971.
In 1971 he won the "Primer Festival de la Canción Argentina Para el Mundo", held in Luna Park, with the theme “Qué difícil es vivir entero”.
In 1971 he acted in the short film Los Buenos Sentimientos, directed by Bernardo Borenholtz.
Together with Conexión N° 5 (which previously performed as Extasis) they were the first group to encompass genres such as bubblegum, soul and beat, with a psychedelic touch. Mostly he recorded covers that were previously unknown in Argentina, such as songs by The Doors, The Equals, John Rowles, singing in English. Many times their versions sell more than the originals.
In 1973, only one single was released that included Americano Soy y Dame compañera, one of the only songs that came to light.
But his album was recorded completely and for 48 years the recordings were lost, but thanks to the investigations and collaboration of the writer Mario Antonelli, the interest of Sony Music for this “rescate” and the insistence of the musician and music lover Zelmar Garín, who was putting together the rompecabezas with the support of the Bisso family, today we can discover this hidden work of our music.
The album contains stories linked to militancy such as the ballad Dame compañera, from which we were supreme, thanks to Silvia Martínez (Bisso's pair), whose author was a Chilean militant who took refuge in his house in Argentina, following Pinochet's coup.
The way of curiosity captures the songs of one of the pillars of Uruguayan music: Eduardo Mateo. Bisso reverses the way you came and better me voy, with the respect that these beautiful compositions deserve. Also notable is a soulful version of the Atahualpa Yupanqui classic Los ejes de mi cart.
Quiz Americano I am one of the highest points in Carlos Bisso's career, even though we never separated the true reason why it remained unpublished until now and never came out in the open.
Remembered for her deeply groomed black fur, her caudillo paws and her enigmatic black gloves, she died in 2005 at the age of 63, the product of a cardiorespiratory hospital in her home of Tigre (Buenos Aires).
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