Roberto Rondelli, songwriter, poet, actor and performer , was born 18 March 1963 in Livorno, a city that has always inspired his career. From the beginning engages in cover bands in creating the trio Les Bijoux, and then form the Ottavo Padiglione (psychiatry department of the Civil Hospital of Livorno), a band that was successful enough outside of Tuscany mainly due to the texts of Rondelli. The result is the single called Ho picchiato la testa, produced by Pirelli, that rages in the radio and sells over 30, 000 copies. The artistic life of the Ottavo Padiglione continues with a series of albums until 1999-2000, when the band broke up and Bobo began his solo career. In 2001, in fact, is published Figli del nulla a record that expresses the personality of Bobo, followed a year later by Disperati Intellettuali Ubriaconi, produced and arranged by Stefano Bollani. For critics it is a real success. Many newspapers, including The Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica, speak in tones commendable and that's how Bobo Rondelli wins, in 2001, the Premio Ciampi for the best arrangement. In subsequent years, released A best of the Ottavo Battiglione and gives movie soundtracks such as South Side Stori which is the protagonist. Followed by a period of silence which ends in 2009, the year of the publication of Per amore del cielo produced by Philip Gatti, album contains nine songs are characterized. On May 2009 the road movie L'uomo che aveva picchiato la testa that the director Paolo Virzi dedicate to Bobo, who is leading actor. After a long season of concerts in theaters and squares, in October 2011 out of the now time, which contains twelve songs and a poem by the poet Franco Loi. In March of 2013 recording A Local Famous Singer, an international album born from the meeting with the brass band Orchestrino, produced by Patrick Dillett, due out in late spring to Ponderosa Music & Art.