David Oscar Lebón (

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, October 5, 1952) is an

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rock multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter of

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, long considered during the 70s and 80s the best guitar player in the country..

Career

Born into a family of immigrants (his father was Basque-French and his mother a Russian), Lebón lived his childhood in

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, with his father and three sisters. By age eight, he moved to the

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with his mother, their residence in the US coincided with the "

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", popular phenomenon which influenced on his future career as musician. He even got the chance to see them at the famous Shea Stadium Concert in 1965. In the late '60s Lebón returned to Buenos Aires, where he was part of several rock bands throughout the '70s, playing different instruments, such as

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(bass and rhythm guitar), La Pesada del Rock and Roll (guitar),

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(vocals, bass and guitar), Color Humano (drums), Polifemo (vocals, guitar and bass), and

Serú Girán Serú Girán was an Argentine rock supergroup. Formed in 1978, the group consisted of Charly García (keyboards, synthesizers and vocals), David Lebón (guitars and vocals), Oscar Moro (drums and percussion) and Pedro Aznar (electric and fretles ...

(vocals and guitar), among others. Since 1982, after his tenure in the aforementioned group Serú Girán, David Lebón has developed a stable solo career, gaining popularity as a solo artist, especially during the '80s, and also collaborating with musicians like

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, to name just some. In 2012, the Argentine edition of

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placed him in third place on the list of the 100 best Argentine rock guitar players.Survey "Rolling Stone" magazine (Arg) 2012
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Discography (solo)

*''David Lebón'' (1973) *''Nayla'' (1980) *''El tiempo es veloz'' (1982) *''Siempre estaré'' (1983) *''Desnuque'' (1984) *''Si de algo sirve'' (1985) *''7 × 7'' (1986) *''Nunca te puedo alcanzar'' (1987) *''Contactos'' (1989) *''Nuevas mañanas'' (1991) *''En vivo, en el Teatro Coliseo'' (Live, 1999) *''Yo lo soñé'' (2002) *''Déjà vu'' (2009) *''Encuentro supremo'' (2016) *''Lebón & Co'' (2019)

References

David Lebón page and discography on Discogs.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lebón, David 1952 births Living people Argentine rock musicians 20th-century Argentine male singers Musicians from Buenos Aires Argentine male singer-songwriters Singers from Buenos Aires Rock en Español musicians Argentine multi-instrumentalists Argentine people of Russian descent Argentine people of French descent People from Ituzaingó Partido