Pappo's Blues

Pappo's Blues

Norberto Aníbal Napolitano (March 10, 1950 – February 25, 2005), popularly known as Pappo, was an Argentine rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was and is one of the most influential figures in Argentine music, and in addition to being one of the forerunners of Argentine rock. Besides, he was one of the first to venture into heavy metal in his country and blues of the same. He is considered by various musicians in his country, by the public and by the specialized press as the best guitarist in the entire history of Argentine rock, while B. B. King considered him one of the best guitarists of all time.He was a member of important Argentine rock bands such as Los Abuelos de la Nada, Engranaje, Los Gatos and Billy Bond y La Pesada del Rock and Roll. He also founded the blues rock band, Pappo's Blues, another hard rock band, Aeroblus in the 1970s, and the historic heavy metal Riff band in the 1980s. He also founded a band in United States called The Widowmakers. His pseudonym arose from a deformation of an abbreviation of his surname (Napo), which was mutating until it reached the stylized Pappo. Another nickname with which he was popularly known was Carpo , alluding to the dominance he possessed when moving the carpus of his hand to execute Guitar. Likewise, the popular guitarist B. B. King nicknamed him "The Cheeseman", due to a gift made by Pappo to the American guitarist, consisting of an Argentine cheese and a red wine.

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