Locanda delle Fate (The Fairy Inn) is an Italian

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band from the end of the Italian progressive rock movement. The band formed in 1974 and in 1975 the vocalist Leonardo Sasso entered the group.Enzo Giannelli. "Locanda delle Fate". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Despite good reviews, they encountered little success with their first album '' Forse le lucciole non si amano più'' (

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, 1977, reissued 1994 with bonus track) and disbanded in 1980 after releasing two further singles. Decades later the band reunited without their lead vocalist, releasing the album

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(1999).

Original line-up

* Leonardo Sasso: lead

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Ezio Vevy:

12-string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in o ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

, vocals,

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* Alberto Gaviglio: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals * Michele Conta: piano, Moog,

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* Oscar Mazzoglio: Hammond, piano, Moog, synthesizer * Luciano Boero:

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, Hammond * Giorgio Gardino:

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Discography

*'' Forse le lucciole non si amano più'' (1977) (LP) * ''Vendesi Saggezza / Non Chiudere A Chiave Le Stelle / Cercando Un Nuovo Confine'' (12" Promotional) * ''Non Chiudere A Chiave Le Stelle / Sogno Di Estunno'' (7") * ''New York / Nove Lune'' (1978) (7") * ''Annalisa / Volare Un Pò Più In Alto'' (1980) (7") *''Live'' (1993) (recording of 1977 performance) (CD) *''

'' (1999) (CD) *'' Live In Bloom - Progvention - Nov 6th 2010'' (2010) (limited edition LP) *'' The Missing Fireflies'' (2012) (CD/LP) *'' Bloom Live - Nov 6th 2010'' (2013) (CD+DVD) *''Mediterraneo'' (video/single) (2016) *''Lettera Di Un Viaggiatore'' (video/single) (2017)

References

External links

ItalianProg.com entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Locanda delle Fate Italian progressive rock groups

Original line-up

Discography

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