L'auto targata TO

This song, L'auto targata TO, transports us to a key moment in the career of Lucio Dalla. It is part of Il giorno aveva cinque teste, an album that marked a before and after, released in April 1973. What's interesting is that this record marked the beginning of a fundamental artistic collaboration with the poet Roberto Roversi. This creative partnership, which would extend for four years and three more albums, including Anidride solforosa and Automobili, is considered a pillar in the history of Italian music. Dalla, at that time, decided to set aside his usual collaborators for the lyrics, Sergio Bardotti and Gianfranco Baldazzi, and bet on Roversi's pen.

Lucio Dalla, born in Bologna in 1943 and passed away in Montreux in 2012, was a multifaceted artist. His career, which spanned nearly five decades, established him as one of Italy's most recognized singer-songwriters. With roots in jazz, where he worked as a clarinetist and saxophonist, Dalla explored a variety of styles. He started very young in a jazz group in Rome, sharing space with figures like music critic Fabrizio Zampa and comedian Massimo Catalano, with the support of maestro Carlo Loffredo. His vocal style, influenced by the energy of James Brown's rhythm and blues, was characterized by sometimes dissonant and bold expressiveness, with a marked jazz inclination for improvising over melodies. It was Gino Paoli who encouraged him to try his luck as a solo artist. The duration of this piece is 4:29.