Nino Tristano

Is an italian author, composer & songwriter born in Cotronei, near Crotone (Calabria) 17 October, 1944. Young moved to Jesi, near Ancona and in the early 60s to Pisa, graduating in law, but coming soon the contract with RCA in Rome where he's also a researcher and popular music singer-songwriter. He writes songs for Francoise Hardy, Gianni Morandi, Ornella Vanoni, Marisa Sannia, Michel Polnaref, Al Bano, Herbert Pagani and many others. From 1964 to 1972 makes 15 singles & an album Suonate Suonatori which is considered by critics as "The first great example of recovery and contamination between Italian folk music and acoustic rock" (1971).