Rudy Rotta (

Villadossola Villadossola (Piedmontese ''Vila d'Òssola'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Val d’Ossola in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, northern Italy, some northeast of Turin. It stands just south of Domodossola, to the west of the Toce, ...

, 14 October 1950 –

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

, 3 July 2017) was a Swiss-Italian

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ist and vocalist.

Biography

Rodolfo "Rudy" Rotta was born in Villadossola, Italy, in 1950, and grew up in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

where his family emigrated. He started playing guitar and performing in Switzerland at the age of 14, but eventually returned to Verona, where he founded the Rudy's Blues Band. Over his career, he played with a number of well-known blues artists including

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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 ...

Robben Ford Robben Lee Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Rick Springfield ...

and Peter Green. Rotta died on 3 July 2017 in Verona after an illness.

Albums

* 1990 - ''Reason to Live'' 1990 Alabianca -

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(1991 EMI / Toshiba Japan) * 1991 - ''Diabolic Live'' Hot Fok's / In-Akustic – CD * 1991 - ''Blues Greatest Hits'' Hot Fok's / In-Akustic – CD registered in Chicago * 1995 - ''So di Blues'' Rossodisera /

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– CD * 1997 - ''Live in Kansas City'' Acoustic Music Records- CD * 1998 - ''Loner and Goner'' Alabianca / EMI – CD * 1998 - ''Real Live'' LMJ – Vinyl * 1999 - ''Blurred'' Acoustic Music Records - CD * 1999 - ''Montreux Festival'' 'with other artists - CD * 2001 - ''The Beatles in Blues'' Azzurra Music – CD * 2004 - ''Some of My Favorite Songs'' Pepper Cake-ZYX - CD * 2004 - ''Springtime Blues'' with other artists – CD * 2005 - ''Captured Live with Brian Auger'' Pepper Cake-ZYX – CD * 2006 - ''Winds of Louisiana'' Pepper Cake-ZYX - CD registered in New Orleans * 2009 - ''Blue Inside'' Pepper Cake-ZYX - CD registrato in studio ad Imola (Italy), e live a Winterthur (CH) e Castelfranco Emilia (Modena Italy) * 2011 - ''Me, My Music and My Life'' Pepper Cake-ZYX - CD

References

External links

Rudy Rotta.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rotta, Rudy 1950 births 2017 deaths Italian blues guitarists Italian blues musicians People from the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola