ABOUT ME
"Play it," he'd say. "It's a good guitar. Worn but good. See how the head is wore. There's many a million songs wore down that wood an' scooped her out"
Guitarist singer and self-taught composer from Pistoia, Italy, Giacomo Ferretti dedicated himself to blues, inspired by 40s and 50s Chicago Old Style and Swing & Jump Blues from California and Texas.
Over many years of performing experiences in various groups, in 1998 he joined the historic band Chicago Blue Revue with which he had the chance to collaborate with musicians from United States: Andy Just, Anthony Paule, Barry Melton, Joel Zoss.
With the CBR he also played in Palestine, Serbia and in the main Jazz and Blues festivals throughout Italy: Torrita di Siena, Blues a Balues (Bologna), On the Road Festival in Pelago (Florence), Chianti Folk Blues Festival (Greve in Chianti, FI), Scandicci Blues, Trasimeno Blues, Pistoia Blues, Festival Blues Brindisi, Blues DiVino (Siena), Italian Blues River (Lecco), Blues Made in Italy (Verona).Three instrumental tracks written and played by Giacomo are included in the soundtrack of "Maccheroni Amari" a short film published in 2002 and another piece is also included on the compilation "Italian blues for MEΙ" in 2007.
In 2011 he self-produced album EP with three original songs.
The meeting with the American rocker Jono Manson, followed by a lifelong friendship, has been fundamental in developing his desire to experiment different musical genres: sounds which take shape in Giacomo's debut album "Open", released in 2019 and published by "Il Popolo del Blues".
In 2024 he stayed for 40 days in San Francisco, where he had the opportunity to meet and play with some of the best musicians of the Californian blues scene: Mark Hummel, Steve Freund, Johnny Burgin, Aki Kumar, Wendy DeWitt, Johnny Cat Soubrand, Dennis Dove, Mike Phillips, Randy Bermudes, Jimmy Mulleniux and many others
Chitarrista pistoiese di talento, cantante e compositore autodidatta, si dedica principalmente al blues ispirandosi al Chicago Style anni 40 e 50 e allo swing californiano. Nel 1998 entra a far parte della band Chicago Blue Revue con la quale ha occasione di collaborare insieme a Andy Just, Anthony Paule , Barry Melton, Joel Zoss.
Con la band si esibisce in Palestina, Serbia e nei principali festival di settore in tutta Italia. Due pezzi strumentali di Giacomo sono inseriti nel cortometraggio "Maccheroni Amari" e un altro brano nella compilation "Italian blues for MEI" Nel 2011 autoproduce un EP con tre brani originali.
L'incontro con il rocker americano Jono Manson, con cui instaura una solida amicizia, contribuisce ad accrescere il suo desiderio di sperimentare diversi generi musicali, ben rappresentati nel suo disco di esordio, "Open", pubblicato nel 2019 dall'etichetta Il Popolo del Blues.
Nel 2024 soggiorna per 40 giorni a San Francisco, dove ha occasione di conoscere e suonare con alcuni tra i migliori musicisti della scena blues Californiana: Mark Hummel, Steve Freund, Johnny Burgin, Aki Kumar, Wendy DeWitt, Johnny Cat Soubrand, Dennis Dove, Mike Phillips, Randy Bermudes, Jimmy Mulleniux e molti altri.