The historic drummer Rodolfo García, brain dead after stroke
One of the fundamental pieces of national rock as the drummer Rodolfo García (who had an important step for Coven, Tantor or Almendra with Luis Alberto Spinetta), was brain dead after having a stroke.
Unfortunately, the picture presented by the musician is irreversible, according to the confirmation by the family to the TELAM agency.
The artist of 74 years he was a key figure in the dawn of national rock in the 60, and founded the seminal Almendra together with Luis Alberto Spinetta, Edelmiro Molinari and Emilio del Guercio.
Invited by Luis Alberto Spinetta, as part of the acoustic concert that he gave for the MTV chain
Then he was a drummer for Aquelarre and Tantor, collaborated with Litto Nebbia en Nebbia's Band, with Victor Heredia, with Pedro and Pablo and, closer in time, again with Spinetta on his latest solo album. He also formed his own band, La Barraca, in 1989.
Closer in time he participated together with other historical, as Dhani Ferrón and Lito Epumer, by Jaguar, the group that maintained the spirit and sound created in the early days of national rock.