Buenos Aires Loves to Rock

The musical inspiration of one of Argentina’s brightest and boldest shining stars, Charly Garcia.

Charly Garcia is perhaps the biggest rock star that Argentina has ever produced and on March 17 and 19th he will be performing two shows at Luna Park. Garcia formed many bands in the 70s, 80s and 90s including Sui Generis, Máquina de Hacer Pájaros, and Serú Girán and since then has maintained a successful solo career. Coming from the US I wasn’t familiar with Charly Garcia before arriving in Buenos Aires but I’ve since gotten to know some of his music…………

It’s immediately evident after spending some time in Buenos Aires that porteños not only enjoy having a good time, but they love to rock. The number of Rolling Stones t-shirts and tattoos that porteños sport is alarming—I even saw a girl walking to school with a backpack on with a giant Rolling Stones logo across the back.  Classic rock blares from car radios on the streets. Just last week some friends and I went to a bar called Makena Club in Palermo Hollywood to check out two cover bands perform songs by Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin called “La Experiencia