Pitura Freska
Pitura Freska in 1992
Pitura Freska was a reggae music group based in Venice, Italy, consisting of "Sir" Oliver Skardy (Gaetano Scardicchio, vocals), Francesco Duse (guitar), Cristiano Verardo (guitar), Marco Forieri (saxophone and vocal), Valerio Silvestri (trumpet), Toni Costantini (trombone) and Francesco "Ciuke" Casucci (bass). The name of the group is Venetian dialect for "wet paint".
The band was formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2002, after selling over half a million records. Their repertoire included many songs in Venetian language, as well as in Italian.
Their greatest hit was "Papa Nero" ("Black Pope"), which made it to the 1997 Sanremo Music Festival.
External links
- The band's official homepage (Italian)
- Biography of Sir Oliver Skardy (Italian)
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