Is dead Albert RadiusShe was 80 years old. Radius was one of the greatest Italian progressive rock guitarists. Celebrate your relationship with Lucio Battistia long musical career that began in the 1950s, last public appearance a San Remo in 2021 next to the Coma_Things.
“It is with deep sorrow and sadness that Maestro Alberto Radius’ family shares the news of his passing. After a long illness, he passed away peacefully surrounded by his dearest relatives. Maestro Radius’ family, at this difficult moment, asks that the privacy that has always distinguished him be respected.”
Lucio Battisti with his wife while listening to Alberto Radius play the guitar, in a photo from the 1960s
The beginnings
Alberto Radius was born on June 1, 1942 in Rome. His career began in the late 1950s with White Booster, a band with which he performed in dance halls. After that he was a member of the orchestra for two years Mario Perrone.
After a hiatus from military service, he began performing in clubs in various Italian cities along with his two brothers gigi And Franco Campaninowith the Campaninos, a complex (as it was then called) that opened on a few nights of the 1965team 84.
With the Pfm
He then moved to Milan, where he played for the English Simon & Pennies shortly afterwards change with i This (the band that later becomes this pfm Premiata forneria Marconi) where it was brought as a replacement Franco Mussida active in military service. With this group Radius recorded his first songs and developed his own way of playing the guitar.
The meeting with Battisti
With the return of Mussida, he left the formation and, along with Tony Cicco And Gabriel Lorenz founded the formula 3. After meeting with Lucio Battistithe band debuted on the singer-songwriter’s newly formed label, the Number onerecorded a song by Battisti himself, This Crazy Feeling, which ranked fifth in the ranking of best-selling singles in Italy.
The first album Dies irae was released in 1970 and it is precisely the sound of Radius’ guitar that sets the album’s plot. While the guitarist continued his activities in the band, two years later he recorded his first solo album “Radius”. Some famous Italian rock instrumentalists of the seventies contributed to the realization of the project, including Demetrio Stratos, Giulio Capiozzo, Patrick Djivas (who will give birth shortly after Area), Franz DiCioccio And Georgsplatz of the Premiata forneria Marconi, Gianni Dall’Aglio And Vince Tempera.
In 1974, after the dissolution of Formula 3, Radius became – along with Mario Lavezzi (former chameleons And Flora Fauna & Cement), Vince Tempera, Gianni Dall’Aglio (former rebels), Bob Callero and on the other ex Formula 3 Gabriel Lorenz – form a new band, The flightthat records two albums and is characterized by Mediterranean sounds.
After Il Volo disbanded, Radius recorded his second solo album Che cosa sei in 1976, which marked a musical turning point in his career.
The following year saw the release of his most successful album, Carta straccia, largely thanks to Nel ghetto. At the same time, he begins an intense career as a session man that sees him alongside the great Italian singers, including Lucio Battisti, Mino Di Martino, Marcella Bella, Goran Kuzminac, Pierangelo Bertoli, Cristiano Malgioglio, Franco Battiato and the various artists the Sicilian singer-songwriter collaborated with at the time: Alice, Milva, Sibilla, Giusto Pio And June Russo, of which he was also sometimes a producer. In 1978 he opened it study radiusin which he will record his subsequent albums.
The reactions
“Goodbye my friend…I will miss you…bon voyage,” he wrote on Facebook Ricky PorterGuitarist and founder with Gaetano Curreri of Stadion.