Ignacio "Iñaki" Egaña Azpeitia (born 24 October 1948 in
Portugalete,
Basque Country
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) is a Spanish musician and songwriter, active since the late 1960s in various
rock and
blues
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groups and as a solo artist. He is primarily a
bass guitar player and
vocalist.
Career
After starting his career with Los Tañidores, releasing a single "Cerrado por balance" in 1967, Egaña passed through a number of bands including Combination Five and Los Snobs.
He joined the
blues rock
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group Los Buenos in 1968, who enjoyed a period of commercial success in their native Spain, releasing four singles.
Other members included
organist Rod Mayall, brother of
British blues icon
John Mayall
John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...
.
In 1970, Egaña joined two ex-members of
Los Brincos, drummer
Fernando Arbex
José Fernando Arbex Miró (28 May 1941 – 5 July 2003) was an influential Spanish musician and songwriter from Madrid, who enjoyed success both with his own groups and also with other artists.
While still in his teens, he was the drummer in Lo ...
and Colombian guitarist Oscar Lasprilla to form Alacrán, a Latin rock trio following a musical path similar to that of American band
Santana. They released one self-titled album, which again was successful in Spain.
When Lasprilla moved to England, Egaña and Arbex formed
Barrabás, recruiting several other experienced musicians, and went on to have hit singles across Europe and also in the United States.
Arbex removed Egaña from the group after the recording of the ''
Wild Safari'' album,
and Egaña subsequently played bass guitar for
Miguel Ríos.
He then embarked upon a solo career, working with drummer Kiko Guerrero, releasing a hard rock album ''Karma'' (and two singles) in 1974. He also wrote songs for the first album by Spanish singer Juan Camacho. In 1976, Egaña and Guerrero teamed up with guitarist Manuel Rodríguez to form Imán, releasing several albums during the late 1970s.
In 1983, Egaña returned to Barrabás for the recording of the ''
Prohibido'' album.
In 1999, he began his involvement with Dr Blues Band,and continued performing with the current incarnation of Barrabás, as well as with Basque musician Goio Gutiérrez.
He spent several years working with singer Juan Pardo, recording three albums, and later recorded an album with Los Mitos.
He has also worked with a new group called Caeman including musicians such as Diego Fopiani, Paco Delgado and Blas Lago.
Solo discography
''"Karma"''
#"Tale for Tom" (Johanna McManus, Ignacio Egaña) – 2:21
#"El Maestro" (Egaña) – 3:32
#"You Rock Your Way" (McManus, Egaña) – 2:26
#"Tú Mismo" (Egaña) – 4:04
#"Hostal San Quintín" (Egaña) – 3:10
#"Lack of Relations" (McManus, Egaña) – 3:27
#"How Many Times?" (McManus, Egaña) – 4:16
#"En un Lugar" (Egaña, Francisco Guerrero) – 2:13
RCA SPL-12097, 1974
Singles
*"Tale for Tom" / Hostal San Quintín" (RCA, 1974)
*"Lack of Relations" / "El Maestro" (RCA, 1974)
References
1948 births
Living people
Spanish rock musicians
Spanish songwriters
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