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From Progarchives.com: "Stefano Testa was born in Rome in 1949. When he was a young child he moved to Porretta Terme, a small town in the
mountains between Bologna and Florence where he resides to this day. At the age of 17 he began playing and writing with the beat group Gli
Scorpioni. In the 1970s, influenced by bands and people such as Genesis, Tull, D'Andre, and Sorrenti, he was driven to continue his musical
journey. First came collaboration with the acoustic group Portici Trio. Then in 1977 came the release of the progressive gem "Una Vita Una
Balena Bianca e Altre Cose". This fa ...read more
From Progarchives.com: "Stefano Testa was born in Rome in 1949. When he was a young child he moved to Porretta Terme, a small town in the
mountains between Bologna and Florence where he resides to this day. At the age of 17 he began playing and writing with the beat group Gli
Scorpioni. In the 1970s, influenced by bands and people such as Genesis, Tull, D'Andre, and Sorrenti, he was driven to continue his musical
journey. First came collaboration with the acoustic group Portici Trio. Then in 1977 came the release of the progressive gem "Una Vita Una
Balena Bianca e Altre Cose". This fantastic acoustic progressive work is a concept album on moments in the life of writer Cesare Pavese.
Featuring stunning songwriting, lots of vibrant, layered acoustic guitars, soft keyboard passages, great vocals and flute, the album will have
huge appeal to fans of RPI, mellower symph, or prog-folk genres. It is still currently available on CD via Mellow Records, and my advice is that
you not wait. People have been snapping up the remaining copies as word of the lost treasure has spread." « hide |
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