I Gufi

I Gufi ("The Owls", also spelled just as Gufi) was an Italian musical and comedy ensemble, mainly successful in the second half of the 1960s.

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Career

The group formed in Milan between 1963 and 1964, and debuted on stage with the show "I Gufi cantano due secoli di Resistenza" (i.e. "The Owls sing Two Centuries of Resistance"). With a repertoire which mixed cabaret and songs and characterized by satirical themes and black humor, I Gufi had their breakout in 1966 with the show "Il teatrino dei Gufi" (i.e. "The Little Theater of the Owls"), which extensively toured across Italy. The same year they started appearing in a number of RAI television shows, where their blue material encountered some censorship issues.^[1]^[2]

After undergoing a legal complaint for foul language for the song "Sant’Antonio allu desertu" (St. Anthony in the Desert), from which they were acquitted, between 1967 and 1969 the group got further success with the shows "Non so, non ho visto, se c'ero dormivo" (I don't know, I didn't see anything, and if I was there, I was asleep) and "Non spingete, scappiamo anche noi" (Don't push, we are running away too). Following the album Il Balilla, in 1971 the group disbanded because of some personal conflicts among the members. For about a decade, the four Gufi pursued solo projects. Gianni Magni embarked on a successful career as stand-up comedian and film actor. Nanni Svampa recorded a few albums re-interpreting songs by Georges Brassens in the Milanese dialect. Lino Patruno became a full-time jazz guitarist, recording and performing with musicians such as Dan Barrett, Bill Coleman, Bud Freeman and Frank Tate; Roberto Brivio continued to work in theatre. In 1981 Gufi briefly reunited in 1981 for "I Gufi a colori" (The Owls in Colour), a series of television shows on Antenna 3 Lombardia.^[1]^[2]

Personnel

Roberto Brivio (Milan, 21 February 1938 - 22 January 2021) – guitar, accordion and vocals
Gianni Magni (Milan, 16 May 1941 – Milan, 16 July 1992) – vocals
Lino Patruno (Crotone, 27 October 1935) – guitar, banjo, bass and vocals
Nanni Svampa (Milan, 28 February 1938 – Varese, 26 August 2017) - guitar, piano and vocals

Discography

Albums

1965 – Milano canta
1965 – Il cabaret dei Gufi
1965 – I Gufi cantano due secoli di resistenza
1966 – Il teatrino dei Gufi
1966 – I Gufi
1966 - Milano canta n° 2
1966 – Il teatrino dei Gufi n°. 2
1967 – Il cabaret dei Gufi n. 2
1967 – Il teatrino dei Gufi in TV
1967 – Non so non ho visto se c'ero dormivo
1968 – Milano canta n°. 3
1968 – Il cabaret dei Gufi, vol. 3
1969 – Non spingete, scappiamo anche noi
1971 – La Balilla
1981 – I Gufi

References

^ ^a ^b Enzo Giannelli. "Gufi". Gino Castaldo (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
^ ^a ^b Enrico Deregibus. Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN 8809756258.

External links

I Gufi discography at Discogs

This page was last edited on 2 July 2023, at 09:26

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