Dodi Battaglia

Studio Pack

Donato “Dodi” Battaglia was born in Bologna in June 1st, 1951. He has
4 children. Coming from musicians family, at the age of 5, Dodi gets his
first instrument, an accordion. At the age of 13, after almost 9 years
playing the accordion, the passion for electric guitar explodes, thanks
to the discover of the Shadows, led by the guitarist Hank Marvin,
source of inspiration of artists like Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Brian
May, George Harrison, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Jeff Beck, Pete
Townshend, and Ritchie Blackmore.
Dodi buys a classic guitar and starts taking lessons. A year after, he
starts playing in various groups of the Bolognese area: Nobles, Rigidi
R&B and, at last, Judas. The next step is to join Meteors orchestra, that
had the opportunity to be the opening act for Jimi Hendrix.
When 17, he was asked the be part of Pooh. He accepted enthusiastic.
During those early years Pooh had a great success with “Piccola Katy”
and Dodi, despite the natural shyness, had an excellent stage presence
added to the outstanding virtuosity with the instrument.
Almost immediately, his singing skills are discovered, bringing him to
debut almost immediately as leading voice in “Buonanotte Penny”.
When the group moved on to CBS, under the aegis of the producer
Giancarlo Lucariello, Dodi accepted to sing in “Tanta voglia di lei” (the
group greatest success): it showed his great voice, not only his guitar
ability.
The great hits in which his voice is essential are countless, from “Noi
due nel mondo e nell’anima” to “Infiniti noi”, from “Parsifal” to “Dove
sto domani”, from “Che vuoi che sia” to “Canterò per te”, Pooh’s first
single signed by him which testify his growth also as author.
Dodi signed the music of some of the most intense and singular songs
of the Pooh: “Io in una storia”, "50 primavere", "Buona fortuna e buon
viaggio", "Ci penserò domani", "Comuni desideri", "Danza a distanza",
"Dietro la collina", "Diritto d'amare", "Due donne", "E arrivi tu",
"Gitano", "I bambini ci guardano", "Il cuore tra le mani", "In diretta nel
vento" , "Io sto con te", "Io vicino io lontano", "Isabel", "La ragazza con
gli occhi di sole", "Lei e lei", "Mai dire mai", "Mezzanotte per te",
"Padre a vent'anni", "Quel che non si dice", "Santa Lucia", "Scusami",
"Senza musica e senza parole", "Stella", "Una donna normale", "Venti",
"Vienna", "Vita" and "L'altra donna". The good work in tandem with
other songwriters of the group is well represented by songs like "Air
India", "Dialoghi", "Mediterraneo", "Orient Express", "Una domenica
da buttare", "Uno straniero venuto dal tempo" and "L'anno, il posto,
l'ora". Dodi signed songs also for Riccardo Fogli, Irene Fargo, Mia
Martini, Lena Biolcati, Lorella Cuccarini, Massimo Ranieri, Alice,
Daniele Battaglia and Annalisa Minetti. Dodi Battaglia has on the asset
side more than 140 song published, of which more than 70 have been
composed for Pooh.
As musician Dodi counts many awards. In 1981 German journal Die
Zeitung declared him the Best European Guitarist, attested in 1986 by
the “Stern” magazine.
Also Italian journalists ratified him as the best Italian guitarist, among
all others and then as pop guitarist. In 1986 he was bestowed from the
President of the Italian Republic, Francesco Cossiga, to the title of
Knight of the Italian Republic. On july the 24th, 2017 he achieved the
second degree Honoris Causa Academic Diploma in “jazz electric
guitar” at Conservatory “Egidio R. Duni” in Matera.
He is a guitar collector, Fender and Maton dedicated to him two
“signature” guitars, realizing models based on his specific requests.
Fender produced in 1997 Fender Dodicaster, a signature model in
limited edition on Dodi’s specifications, maple single block neck with
satin veneer, two “single coil” pickup and a splittable “humbucker” and
“Floyd rose” bridge.
As solo artist, Dodi recorded two albums. The first one in 1985, “Più in
alto che c’è?!”, entirely written with his brotherly friend Valerio Negrini
with the only exception of the title-track written by Vasco Rossi, that
appears also in the record as guest, repeated in 2003 in the
instrumental acoustic album “D’assolo”, printed again in 2012 with a
bonus track dedicated to the friend and fellow citizen Lucio Dalla
passed away that year. Other proof on record of Dodi’s activity beyond
Pooh is the album “Walzer d’un blues” recorded by the super-group
“Adelmo e i suoi Sorapis ”, composed by Dodi, Zucchero, Maurizio
Vandelli, Umbi from Nomadi, Fio Zanotti and Michele Torpedine.
“Dov’è andata la musica” is from 2015, recorded with Tommy
Emmanuel. Among the numerous partnerships in the Italian sphere,
Dodi appears in works by Vasco Rossi (he recorded the guitar in songs
“Una canzone per te”, “Va bene va bene” and “Toffee”), Al Di Meola,
Tommy Emmanuel, Gino Paoli, Enrico Ruggeri, Raf, Gianluca Grignani,
Mia Martini, Giorgio Faletti, Gianni Fiorellino, Alice, Capsicum Tree,
Chitarre d’Italia, Delia Gualtiero, Irene Fargo, Lena Biolcati, Lorella
Cuccarini, Massimo Ranieri, Riccardo Fogli.
His last success is a double cd and dvd “e la storia continua…”. He
performed with his band in more than 60 live in Italy in a year.
 In this incredible pack you will find a fine selection of Dodi’s amplifiers.

12 great amps:

Amplifier Name Seeking to re-create the sound of Number of profiles

A&R60 AER Compact 60 1
DZM38 Dr Z Maz 38 Senior Ltd Edition 4
ES120 Engl Savage 120 5
ESE100 Engl Savage SE100 4
MJ800 Marshall JCM 800 80’s 15
MJP Marshall JMP MK2 1
MJ45 Marshall JTM45 3
MLBO Marshall Lead Bass Organ 1973 3
R45 Randall RD45 4
VA15 Vox AC15 60’s 3
VA301 Vox Ac30 Early 70’s 3
VA302 Vox Ac30 Late 70’s 3

49 amazing Kemper Studio Profiles (1 DI profile for acoustic & classical

guitar + 48 profiles for electric guitar).

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Gaetano Simone was born in
Foggia on october 10, 1967.
Guitar, Bass and Keybord player,
he is Dodi Battaglia’s Guitars &
Sound Technician for Studio
Sessions and Live Shows since
1993.

He profiled these great amplifiers with Dodi after 3 years of deep study to
replicate exactly the sound and the feeling of these amazing amps.