Halloween in rock - Rainbow Bridge plays Jimi Hendrix live a Trani special guest Ricky Portera

Halloween in Rock - Rainbow Bridge performs Jimi Hendrix live in Trani Santo Graal, featuring special guest Ricky Portera

In the picturesque historic center of Trani... just a few steps from the port and the center

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Rainbow Bridge
"I don't believe in God, but if I did, he would be a black left-handed guitarist."
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Since 2006, a celebration of the music, spirit, and attitude of The Jimi Hendrix Experience & Psychedelic Blues.

Ricky Portera
Born in Messina, he moved with his family to Modena two months after his birth. Ricky Portera's first encounter with the music scene dates back to July 1969, when he joined Club72, a band formed a few years earlier in Castelfranco Emilia, which included members Danilo Bastoni (keyboards), Augusto Menozzi (vocals), Renato Tabarroni (percussion), Gianni Suzzi (bass), Gabriele Mattioli (tenor and baritone sax), Dino Melotti (tenor sax), and Portera (lead guitar). He is a founder, along with Gaetano Curreri, of the band Stadio, with whom he also performed as a singer on the tracks "Un fiore per Hal" (present on the band's first album and the soundtrack of Borotalco) and "La mattina" (present on the Q disc Chiedi chi erano i Beatles).

A historic collaborator of Lucio Dalla, he has also been a guitarist for Ron and other Italian artists like Eugenio Finardi and Loredana Bertè. Dalla wrote and dedicated the song "Grande figlio di puttana" to Portera, which became the first major hit for Stadio in 1982. After leaving Stadio, he continued his career as a session musician, collaborating with Nek, Samuele Bersani, Massimo Bozzi, Robert & Cara (produced by Dalla). He participated in the Sanremo Festival in 1996 alongside Paola Turci for the song "Volo così" and in 2006 with Anna Tatangelo for the song "Essere una donna". In 1990, he released his first solo album. The album featured collaborations with saxophonist James Thompson and Giovanni Pezzoli from Stadio.

In 1996, he returned to work with Dalla in the studio and live, after nearly ten years apart. In 2007, he released his second solo album, "Ci sono cose", in which he revisited the Stadio classic "Canzoni alla radio", written in 1986 with Luca Carboni. For the occasion, he reformed the original core of Stadio, with Giovanni Pezzoli on drums, Marco Nanni on bass, and Gaetano Curreri. The same year, he was awarded honorary citizenship of Mistretta, in the province of Messina, his father's hometown. On the initiative of a local youth association, a guitar school for beginners and non-beginners alike was inaugurated, taught by the artist himself.

He toured with the group Custodie Cautelari, alongside six Italian guitarists; this experience also resulted in a live CD titled "La notte delle chitarre". In April 2010, he participated as a soloist on the album "Piano Car" by composer Stefano Ianne, along with Trilok Gurtu and Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo. He then joined Ianne on the album's promotional tour. Also in 2010, he was part of the GIG (Genuine Italian Guitars) along with Luca Colombo, Maurizio Vercon, and Peppe Scarciglia. In 2014, the CD "Fottili" was released (produced by Beppe Aleo for Videoradio), featuring notable guests such as Gaetano Curreri, Pino Scotto, Pierdavide Carone, Luca Madonia, and others. In 2016, the CD "Una sera con Lucio" (produced by Beppe Aleo for Videoradio) was released. In 2022, the CD - "Perché io sò io... e voi non siete un cazzo" - produced by Beppe Aleo (Videoradio). In 2024, he participates in the trilogy “Libidal” (La Cellula Records/Maxsound) by Davide Matrisciano, on the track “Poltergeist Boom”, alongside bassist Leland Sklar.