David Lebón

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David Lebón in 2013

David Lebón (born October 5, 1952 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine rock musician .

Lebón came to the United States at the age of eight to treat an asthma illness and there saw the beginning of " Beatlemania ". He played guitar with The Alley Cats and drums with The Lords of London before returning to Buenos Aires in the late 1960s. Here he became a fan of Billy Bond's La Manzana , one of the few rock groups that existed in the city at the time.

In 1970 he became the bass player of Norberto "Pappo" Napolitano's band Pappo's Blues , with whom he recorded a successful album in 1971. He also worked as a guitarist under the pseudonym Davies on an album by the group La Pesada del Rock and Roll , accompanied the singer Carlos Blisso on and traveled with Pappo to Spain, where both performed with Ciro Fogliatta .

In the same year 1971 Lebón became the drummer in Edelmiro Molinari's Color Humano , with whom he recorded an album on the Microfon label . In 1972 he became bassist in Luis Alberto Spinetta's group Pescado Rabioso , with whom he recorded the album Desatormentándonos and in 1973 a double album. In the same year he released his first solo album David Lebón . He also played guitar in the Sui Generis group and keyboards with Espíritu .

In 1974 Lebón founded his own group Lila and participated in the recording of La Biblia by the group Vox Dei . He also worked again with Pappo's Blues and La Pesada . In 1975 he founded the rock group Polifemo with drummer Juan Rodríguez and bassist Rinaldo Rafanelli , whose album of the same name was released the following year. He also formed the Seleste group with Rodríguez and guest musicians such as Pino Marrone and Aníbal Kerpel .

In 1978 Lebón joined Charly García's group Serú Girán , of which he was a member until 1982. In addition, his second solo album Nayla was created in 1980 with Pedro Aznar , Oscar Moro , Rinaldo Rafanelli and Diego Rapoport . After several solo albums in the 1980s, he recorded a studio album and two live albums with Serú Girán in 1992 .

After a two-year hiatus, Lebón appeared in a program in honor of Carlos Gardel in 1995 . In 1999 he gave a concert at the Teatro Coliseo with the most important titles of his career, which was released as an album under the title En vivo en el Teatro Coliseo . After the solo album Yo lo soñé (2002), Lebon's new album DejaVú was released in 2009 after a seven-year break .

Discography

  • 1973: David Lebón
  • 1980: Nayla
  • 1982: El tiempo es veloz
  • 1983: Siempre Estaré
  • 1984: Desnuque
  • 1985: Y si de Algo Sirve
  • 1986: 7 × 7
  • 1999: En vivo en el Teatro Coliseo
  • 2002: Yo lo soñé
  • 2009: DejaVú

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