Nito Mestre

Born in Buenos Aires (August 3, 1952) Nito Mestre showed an inclination towards folklore since he was young.
He also istened to classical music, played the flute and participated in choirs.
Time later Nito would acquire Please Please Me of The Beatles and he would decide to sing rock.

In high school he would form Sui Generis together with Charly Garcia, Alberto Rodríguez, Carlos Lareu, Alejandro Correa (Later replaced with Hugo Alfredo Negri), Juan Bellia, Carlos Piegari. But later most of its members deserted, it would become a duo with Charly.
The group would release five LPs during the 70s, acquiring nationwide popularity thanks to Charly's melodies and Nito's vocals.
In 1975 the group disbanded and Mestre formed Nito Mestre Y Los Desconocidos De Siempre, along with Maria Rosa Yorio and others.
Their first album was successful but they would lose popularity in later releases, because of the creative stagnation.
With three LPs release, they disbanded in 1980.

Nito then decided to pursue a solo career, and release 20/10 in 1981, considered by many his best album.
He would then proceed to release En Vivo (Live) and Escondiendo los Ojos al Sol in the consecutive years.
In 1984 he would tour with Juan Carlos Baglietto, Celeste Carballo and Oveja Negra, and release the live album Porque Cantamos in 1985.
He would release Nito the next year, then moved to Chile where he would collaborate with Eduardo Gatti on his album Entrada de Locos.

In 1991 Mestre released Tocando el Cielo and Nito Mestre Canta Sui Generis (Nito Mestre Sings Sui Generis) the following year.
By 1999 Nito released Colores Puros while, in 2000, he reunited with Charly Garcia to reform Sui Generis, which released a studio CD that year and a live album in 2001.
In 2005 Nito released Mestre, and Completo: En Vivo in n 2007.