Saturday, December 31, 2011

Busy 2011...Happy 2012...

(photo by Andy Goldstein)

It's been a very fruitful year,

I played 152 live performances througout 2011:

- 86 with La national Film Chamber Orchestra
- 66 with different wonderful artists and friends such as Maria Eva, Francisco Bochaton, Maxi Trusso, Los Incorporales, Barbara Togander, Pablo Dawidowicz, Fernando Samalea, Pablo Potenzoni, Victoria Zotalis, Paula Shocron, Miguel Bassi, Maia Monaco, Sami Abadi, Carlos Alonso, Mono Fontana, Santiago Vazquez, Alejandro Franov, Paule-Andree Cassidy, Roger McGuinn, Cesar Franov, Una Amiga, Alan Courtis, Burkhard Stangl, Martin Siewert, Matias Mango, Seiichi Yamamoto, Yuji Katsui, Otomo Yoshihide, Ytamo, Marron, Olaibi, Ourotaichi, Haco, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Pika, Kei, Takashi Numazawa, Yasuhiro Yoshigake, Buffalo Daughter, Keiko Ishibashi and many others
- most of these gigs were in Argentina, 16 gigs were in Japan and 1 in Vienna, Austria

… on top of several live performances for Canal 7TV…

I released 3 records, completed the original soundtrack for Pablo Rodriguez Jauregui's animation film Claustropolis (with Matias Mango) and worked with the wonderful Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists.

I played in different kinds of stages such as Malba, Virasoro, Centro Cultural Borges, Parque de EspaƱa, the Ezeiza Prison, Casa Brandon, River Plate Stadium, Luna Park, Una Casa, Ciudad Universitaria de Buenos Aires, Templum, Inboccalupo, Centro Cultural Rojas, and the amazing Shoyukan sake factory in Shiga…

I'm very grateful.

Happy 2012!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Rocking...

Very busy days in Argentina...

I played with Francisco Bochaton at Samsung Studio


reaching the speed of light...



pics by javier lopez uriburu

and with Maria Eva in Boris, and in Elvis (Rio Cuarto), The Roxy (Cordoba) and Pugliese (Rosario)


pic nicolas wsr

pic pablo scavino

I played Metropolis at Malba


Last week Charly and I were invited to an asado with Roger Mc Guinn and his wife here in Buenos Aires. We ended up playing together.



Wonderful!




pic by Felipe Jolly


On Tuesday McGuinn played a superb concert at Teatro Coliseo,



with Charly and myself as guests on 3 songs.


Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Back in Buenos Aires

Very exciting days in Europe...

In London I walked around and visited my friend Juan, also saw Simon Fisher Turner and Alan Courtis...



and walked by the apartment where I used to live almost 22 years ago in Notting Hill...


In Vienna I played at FLUC with Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Burkhard Stangl and Wiener, three superb guitarists!



(pic by Eckhard Derschmidt)

...in San Cugat I worked with The Orchestrina of Crafty Guitarists...


and now I'm back in Buenos Aires, the city where Charly's Kill Gil just won the Carlos Gardel Award as best Rock Album of 2010 (and album cover)



...ultra busy with guitar lessons, live music for silent films, Incorporales,

(pic by Andy Goldstein)


(pic by Andy Goldstein)



...rehearsals and shows with Maria Eva,

Bochaton


...with whom I play faster than the speed of light.....


(pics Javier Lopez Uriburu)


... and Luck.