Mick Pini

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Mick Pini , actually Michele Giovanni Ferrari Pini (born September 11, 1949 in Leicester ), is an Italian-born guitarist, singer and composer. He was discovered by producer Mike Vernon .

Life

Mick Pini is the son of Italian immigrants who emigrated to England in the 1940s . He was born and raised in England. He started playing the guitar when he was nine years old. He founded his first band at the age of 15, played in various formations, many times with the band Baby in the Cavern Club in Liverpool , where his name was immortalized in the brickwork. He also had some appearances at the Marquee Club London.

His first LP, released in 1988, was Unamerican Activities . It was produced by Mike Vernon. Also represented on this LP are Mick Clarke , Chris Farlowe and Blues N`Trouble . His first own CD Mick Wildman Pini was also produced by Vernon and awarded five stars by the German music magazine Musikexpress . Guest musicians were Paul Jones , Adrian Burns , Chris Youlden and Les Morgan . Europe-wide tours followed, including the blues festival in Budapest in front of 20,000 spectators. In 1998 the Mick Pini band won the Talking Blues Award for the month of November.

In 1999 Vernon produced another CD with Mick Blues Gonna Be My Way . In 2000 Mick Pini met Jimmy Carl Black (member of the Zappa band The Mothers of Invention ) and they recorded the CD Hamburger Midnight , on bass Roy Estrada (FZ, Little Feat, Captain Beafheart). Mick Pini and Jimmy Carl Black toured together in the Route66 Allstars Band . In 2003, Blues Survivor was released , on which all songs come from Mick Pini's pen.

Mick Pini has lived in Germany with his wife Claudia and stepdaughters Daniela and Yvonne since 1997. He is a close friend and an inspiration to Scottish songwriter Simon Kempston .

Discography

  • 1988: Unamerican Activities (producer Mike Vernon ), Bedrock Records
  • 1989: Mick Wildman Pini - Blue Horizon, Brand New Records (Mike Vernon)
  • 1995: Big Boss Man, Bloomberg Records
  • 1997: Ain`t No Foolin - Stormy Monday
  • 1999: Blues Gonna Be My Way, Brand New Productions (Mike Vernon)
  • 1999: Come into My Kitchen (acoustic), Ton Art Creation
  • 2000: Route 66 Allstars Band (live), Inkanish Records
  • 2001: Route 66 Allstars Band (live), Inkanish Records
  • 2001: Live in Steinbach (Pini, Black, Jesdinsky), Inkanish Records
  • 2002: Hamburger Midnight (Pini, Black, Estrada), Inkanish Records
  • 2003: Blues Survivor, GT Blues
  • 2004: Live in Stuttgart
  • 2005: How Blue Can You Get? (Pini, Black, Gillard), Inkanish Records
  • 2005: Acoustic Solo, Mick Pini
  • 2006: Live Wilbarston Hall, Mick Pini Band
  • 2007: Live in Banbury, Mick Pini Band
  • 2007: Moonshine (acoustic, Pini, Hartmann, Jesdinsky)
  • 2008: Still Live, Mick Pini Band
  • 2014: Pini Shopf, Jesdinsky, PSJ
  • 2015: Happy with the Blues, Mick Pini
  • 2016: Highfields Boy; Mick Pini (double acoustic CD)
  • 2017: Jumping Blues; Uwe Jesdinsky, Mick Pini
  • 2017: Well Kept Secret; Mick Pini & Strange Blues (EP)
  • 2019: Into the Distance; Mick Pini
personal data
SURNAME Pini, Mick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pini, Michele Giovanni Ferrari (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Leicester , UK