international press as one of the
top world's Rock 'n'Roll guitarists.
His brilliant musical background covers many styles, ranging from Rockabilly, Power Surf, R'n'R, Neo Swing, Country and Blues.
His distinctive and innovative playing permitted him to perform in front of all kind of audiences and to be appreciated from Rockers, Heavy Metal fans, Jazz musicians and also alternative Rock listeners. He writes his own music with personality, mixing up an explosive cocktail of different influences.
He has performed in the USA, UK, HOLLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, GREECE, appearing at top meetings as: VIVA LAS VEGAS 2000, 2001 (USA), GRAND OLE OPRY 2001 (USA), JACKSON R'N'R FEST 2000 (USA), GREEN BAY '50's FEST 2002 (USA), THE ROCKABILLY RAVE '98, 2001 (UK), THE EDDIE COCHRAN WEEKEND '99, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 (UK), MUNCHEN R'N'R FEST 2002 (D), THE SUMMER JAMBOREE 2002, 2006 (ITALY) and many more.
Marco collected important collaborations with many r'n'r legends such as: TERRY WILLIAMS (Dire Straits), D.J. FONTANA (ELVIS' DRUMMER), SCOTTY MOORE (ELVIS' GUITARIST), LINDA GAIL LEWIS (JERRY LEE SISTER), ROBERT GORDON, BILLY LEE RILEY, THE GENE VINCENT BLUE CAPS, just to name a few from a list of over 50 artists.
He released 7 official cd's, 1 teaching video, appearing on more than 35 international compilations.
Interviewed by the most important tv and radio channels as the BBC in Uk, from '99 he started to work on soundtrack and music fro spots and many of his songs has been choosen for movies all over the world, including the famous tv series "FRIENDS".
He become popular with his first band, The Di Maggio Bros. and with the Di Maggio Connection Marco opened a new chapter on his music, releasing the album "The Wildest Game", 16 tracks of pure dynamite r'n'r with a lot of influences from NeoRockabilly, Surf, Rock and Swing.
Steve Aynsley, journalist for the important Uk's magazine "Now Dig This", comments: "Marco Di Maggio is a real genius as a guitarist, songwriter and adaptor of music, outside of his genre and inside it. The Wildest Game is a super, super record!"
Coming soon, his third cd with the Di Maggio Bros., "When i Hit My Stride". September, 2006 - At the moment,
Marco plays with 4 different projects:
THE DI MAGGIO CONNECTION (NeoRockabilly, Power Surf, R'n'R)
THE DI MAGGIO BROS. (Rockabilly, early '60 Country/Honky Tonk)
THE THUNDER TWINS (NeoSurf, NeoRockabilly)
MARCO DI MAGGIO & SUE MORENO (Rockabilly, Swing,)
INFO & BOOKINGS:
Marco Di Maggio
www.marcodimaggio.com
marcodimaggio@libero.it
Ph. +39 (0)55 482245
Mobile +39 333 2219539
QUOTES FROM
ARTISTS & MAGAZINES
"Marco Di Maggio is a real genius as a guitarist, songwriter and adaptor of his music, both inside and outside of his genre. The Cd The Wildest Game is a super super record!" (STEVE AYNSLEY - NOW DIG THIS - UK)
"I played with the greatests, MARK KNOPFLER, B.B.KING, ERIC CLAPTON, ALBERT LEE and I can say that MARCO DI MAGGIO is one of them" TERRY WILLIAMS (THE DIRE STRAITS' DRUMMER)
"The cd of the DI MAGGIO BROS. is a killer! These cats from Florence, Italy, really know how to shake that shack. But beyond the good rockin' beat, we have an astoundingly guitar virtuoso throught out this superb record with extremely strong harmonies" RONNIE WEISER (ROLLIN' ROCK RECORDS-USA)
"Very good album with strong vocals and some of the best guitar work I've heard in long time" STEVE AYNSLEY (NOW DIG THIS MAGAZINE-UK)
"The more pure refreshing rockabilly trio I've heard in long time!" BOB TIMMERS (PRESIDENT OF THE ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME)
"HIGH SPEED PICKIN', a manic pickin' instro, just to show the guitarist can play even better than he has done so far" MARC FENECH (SOUTHERN & ROCKIN' MUSIC MAGAZINE-UK/FINLAND)
"They're all great musicians and have fantastic voices. They are going to do somethin' really important" BILLY SWAN (GOLD RECORD in the US with "I CAN HELP" and producer for TONY JOE WHITE)
"This is some high speed stuff, no doubt about it. I predict this will be the CD of '98. Why american groups aren't this good?" JOE WAIGEL - LAS VEGAS
"An incredible italian rockabilly band with a great feeling, guided by an authentic guitar virtuoso" MARTIN ACE (MAN)
"Great album, great voices and he's a hell of guitar player" BOB "GIT IT" KELLY (SONGWRITER FOR GENE VINCENT)
"The DI MAGGIO BROS. are a great band and MARCO DI MAGGIO is one of world's best rockabilly guitar" LINDA GAIL LEWIS (JERRY LEE's SISTER) USA
"Man, that boy can play! ... and what a nice guy. He's gonna go places for sure" DICKIE BE-BOP HARREL (ORIGINAL DRUMMER FOR GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS) USA
"Great album, great musicians" BOB Mc CARVER (JERRY LEE LEWIS MANAGER) USA
"After having the privilege and the pleasure of seeing MARCO DI MAGGIO at the 1999 EDDIE COCHRAN WEEKENDER, i must suggest that you consider to buy all his albums, including the tribute to EDDIE COCHRAN "THANK YOU EDDIE". Marco has the spirit of Eddie but is no slavish copyst. His recording add to Eddie's legacy. He has a Gretsch tattooed on his arm demonstrating his love for this music" BOB HUME (THE COCHRAN CONNECTION) UK
"The title of his last album "SUPERPICKING" is totally justified. He plays all the instruments. The only other artist that could do a work like that maybe would be Darrel Higham" HARRY DODDS (NOW DIG THIS MAGAZINE) UK
"The Superpicker! Marco Di Maggio combines great feeling with overwhelming techniques and he is unbelievably fast!" ROCK AND ROLL UNIVERSE - GERMANY
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