Pappo's Blues
Volumen 2 (black)
Svart Records continues to reissue the discography of legendary Argentinian blues rock band Pappo's Blues with their second album 'Volumen 2.' At the beginning of the '70s, guitarist, singer and composer Norberto Aníbal Napolitano, known to the music world as Pappo, was in the enviable position of being considered among the top guitar players of the fast-growing world of Argentine rock. In fact, a quick look at his resumé, so far, would have revealed that Pappo had been there from the very beginning of the genre: as a member of the first version of Los Abuelos De La Nada, then as guitarist in the second lineup of pioneering -and very successful- Los Gatos, with whom we recorded two albums: 'Beat # 1' and 'Rock De La Miujer Perdida;' and also as a brief but solid contributor to the popular band Conexión Nº 5, cult blues combo Engranaje, and his participation in albums like the self-titled debut of Billy Bond Y La Pesada Del Rock And Roll and 'Spinettalandia Y Sus Amigos,' the first solo album of ex-Almendra's Luis Alberto Spinetta. Amazingly all this activity took place in just three years. If wouldn't be far off the mark to say that you could signalize the development of Argentine rock by following Pappo's early musical footsteps between 1968 and 1971. 'Volumen 2' is the second studio album Pappo's Blues, released in November 1972. On this album guitarist Norberto "Pappo" Napolitano established a style with influences of hard rock, blues rock and acid rock, adapting the power trio scheme inaugurated by Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience to an urban sensibility that integrated naturally into rock of the early '70s. Featuring eight songs all composed by Pappo with each track showing the genius of him as a composer, performer and guitarist, filled with memorable riffs and solos, as well as a lyrical sensitivity that reflects his image as a Buenos Aires guitar hero.