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Buenos Aires, Argentina · 1970 — present

Pappo’s Blues

If there’s one thing that defines the sound of Pappo, it’s that raw blend of blues with distortions that sound like they were pulled straight out of a mechanic’s workshop. It’s not a blues of polished notes or academic scales, but one that feels like an open garage, a guitar plugged into a Buenos Aires garage where the air smells of gasoline and sweat. That rough, almost dirty tone, yet with a groove that brooks no excuses, is what made Pappo’s Blues more than just another Argentine rock band—it became a bridge between classic blues and the hard rock that was just beginning to emerge in the seventies. They weren’t trying to sound like anyone else: they wanted their music to sound as if it had been recorded in a midnight rehearsal, with frayed cables and amplifiers pushed to the limit.

It all started when Pappo—who had already been part of Los Gatos and Los Abuelos de la Nada—decided he wanted to explore something darker and more direct. In 1970, he formed his own band, but with a key detail: he was the only one who remained in every lineup. It wasn’t a collective project, but an extension of his guitar and voice, as if each song were a travel diary of his journeys through blues and rock. The band dissolved in 1980, but the name resurfaced in various reunions until 1999, as if time itself couldn’t erase that sound that had already taken root deep within.

Blues rock Classic rock Hard rock latin rock Rock 1970s
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Algo ha cambiado

Pappo’s Blues · 1971

4:25 02

Hansen

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3:48 03

Gris y amarillo

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4:40 04

Especies

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4:30

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Where others saw only a genre, he saw tools to build something new. In the seventies, while living in London, he crossed paths with musicians who were also reinventing blues and rock. He played with Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead and Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, two figures who understood that the guitar wasn’t just for elegant solos—it was meant to roar. Later, in 1989, he formed The Widowmakers in the United States and recorded an album that, though it didn’t gain wide recognition, made it clear his sound knew no borders. But if there’s one moment that encapsulates his ability to connect with legends, it was in 1993, when he took the stage at Estadio Obras Sanitarias alongside B.B. King. The blues legend not only let him play but called him “The Cheeseman” after receiving a gift of Argentine cheese and wine, and named him among the best guitarists he’d ever heard. That same year, he recorded a live album with Deacon Jones in Los Angeles, proving his music remained alive even far from home. And to top it all off, in 1999 he opened for Guns N’ Roses at Estadio River Plate, as if Argentine heavy rock had already staked its claim on the global map.

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Born
1 Jan 1970
Country
🇦🇷 Argentina
Genre
Blues rock

Members

guitar, vocals, founder · 1970–1980
Pappo
guitar, vocals, founder · 1991–2000
Pappo
drums · 1992–1997
Black Amaya
bass · 1974–1978
Alejandro Medina
bass · 1994–1998
Machy Madco-Lococo
bass · 1995–1999
Yulie Ruth
drums · 1970–1973
Black Amaya
membranophone · 1972–1973
Héctor “Pomo” Lorenzo
bass · 1972–1973
Machi Rufino
bass · 1974–1975
Eduardo "Fanta" Beaudoux
membranophone · 1974–1975
Eduardo Garbagnatti
bass · 1971–1971
David Lebón
bass · 1972–1972
Carlos María Pignatta
guitar · 1973–1973
David Lebón
membranophone · 1978–1978
Dario Fernández
membranophone · 1999–1999
Gustavo "Bolsa" González

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