ATTILIO PANISSIDI III

A lifetime avoiding 'real' work. Attilio lives in Barcelona near the Picasso Museum. Previously he lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, close to the Salvador Dali Museum. Before that it was Portland, Oregon very near having a pre-suicide sale. You try living in rain all the time!
As a musician with a penchant for avoiding "real' work, the slow spiral downward started at the tender age of 13 in Salem/Portland, Ore., where he played with numerous bands. He opened for The Shangri-Las, Beau Brummels and War, before he detoured off into a solo one-man band project opening for Thomas Dolby and Bruce Hornsby. He also performed on ads for Nike, etc. Still, survival dictated new strategies as he again changed into a solo pianist playing in hotels and 12 years in the cruise industry. He quit just about the time they stopped hiring him. Through out all of it, he kept a private life of composing and recording.