Dante Luca Pieretti (born 12 May 1940), better known as Gian Pieretti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and composer, mainly successful in the second half of the 1960s.
Life and career
Born in Ponte Buggianese, in 1963 Pieretti released his first single "Perduto Amor" as Perry, before adopting the name Gian Pieretti for his second single "Ciao", released the same year.[1][2] In 1964, he started performing accompanied by I Grifoni, a band consisting of future Premiata Forneria Marconi members Franco Mussida, Giorgio Piazza and Franz Di Cioccio.[1][2] In 1966, he had his breakout with "Il vento dell'est", a song co-written with Ricky Gianco and influenced by Donovan's and Bob Dylan's style;[1][2] the same year, he served as supporting act in a series of happenings held by Jack Kerouac in Rome, Milan and Naples.[1]
In 1967, Gian Pieretti took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with "Pietre", a protest song co-written with Gianco; the song became a massive hit in the more light heart version of Antoine.[1][2] The same year, he released his first album, Se vuoi un consiglio.[1] In 1969, he got a significant success with "Celeste", lead single of the album Il viaggio celeste di Gian Pieretti.[1] His following works became more politically and socially engaged, touching sensitive themes such as homosexuality and alienation, but failed to achieve positive results in terms of sales, leading to his semi-retirement in 1975.[1] He returned to release a new work in 1989 with Don Chisciotte.[2]
Discography
Album
1967 - Se vuoi un consiglio
1969 - Il viaggio celeste di Gian Pieretti
1973 - Il vestito rosa del mio amico Piero
1975 - Cianfrusaglie
1989 - Don Chisciotte
1992 - Bang
1993 - Il vento dell'Est
1997 - Caro Bob Dylan...
2011 - Tatanka Yotanka
2013 - Cinquant'anni da poeta
2019 - Nobel
References
^ abcdefghCotto, Massimo (1990). "Pieretti, Gian". Castaldo, Gino (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. pp.1339-40.
^ abcdeDeregibus, Enrico (2006). "Gian Pieretti". Dizionario completo della canzone italiana. Giunti. p. 367. ISBN978-88-09-04602-3.
