Born at the end of the 1960's in Rome, Free Love only released two good rock singles in their short career, one of which was used as the soundtrack to the spaghetti-western film “Roy Colt and Winchester Jack”. The original line-up featured the brothers Carl and Steve Stogel, Gianni Caia and singer Tony Gizzarelli, and they recorded both the band's singles, appearing on their cover photos. Later, towards the end of 1969, the group was joined by Canadian violinist John Picard and, for just a few months, singer/percussionist Ricky Cellini. In 1970, after Gizzarelli and Cellini had left, they played many concerts in Northern Italy, Switzerland and Sardinia, and participated in Rome's Caracalla Pop 1970 and 1971 festivals, with the entrance of keyboardist Stefano Sabatini, later replaced by Fabio Cammara
It was in February 1972, while coming back from a concert in Sicily, that the musicians' van was involved in a road accident: two of them, Gianni Caia and Steve Stogel, died while the others, Stefano Sabatini and Mauro Montaldo were severely injured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ba_4XfzaNU
I FREE LOVE (Free Love) (Tony Gizzarelli (Anthony Gizzarelli) (vocals) [6/25/1948,
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. – 1/8/2000, Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.], Steve
Stogel (guitar, vocals) [1949, U.S.A. – 2/1/1972, Salerno, Reggio Calabria,
Italy (car accident)], Carlo Stogel (Carolo Stogel) (bass) [1/20/1947,
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A. – 10/10/2004, Venice, California, U.S.A.], married
to Lauren Sheila Taines [1953-2013] (19??-1972), Gianni Caia (drums) [1950,
Italy – 2/1/1972, Salerno, Reggio Calabria, Italy (car accident)]) – Italian
singing group [1970-1972].
Roy Colt and
Winchester Jack – 1970 [sings: “Roy Colt”]
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