Fabrice Palligiano, guitar and vocals.
Immersed in music from an early age, Fabrice took up the guitar at the age of 9 and tried his hand at all the best rock'n'pop songs of the glorious '30s.
He multiplied his training and experience while learning to sing and compose.
He collaborated with various artists, including Jérôme Pigeon and Axel Bauer, and made a name for himself in the charts with the group Les Porte-Mentaux with the song Elsa Fraulein, which opened the doors to international tours and major festivals in the 80s.
He is also involved in production: The Marxmallows, music for TV films and documentaries.
Fabrice arrived in the Genevan area in 2010, joined the group Cholest&Roll, then co-founded the Chris Roy Band, and now performs with Hot Spot.
With the musicians of Hot Spot, he creates an original and varied repertoire that revisits the music of the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's.
It was in 1960, during a music lesson, that young Christian, then a boarding school pupil, gave up the sax and picked up an old double bass.... Two years went by, during which he never stopped banging on the "old lady"...
1963, on a Thursday morning at the Olympia, he took to the stage with his group Les blues Stars (from Noisy-le-Sec) for the springboard competition hosted by Harold Kay of Europe N°1. The performance lasted just one minute, and Les Blues Stars were ejected by the applause meter. A soft vinyl and a carefully preserved medal remain from this experience.
1964 is the starting point of a longer story that begins with Le Golf Drouot, Le Bus Palladium, the Gibus Club and La Locomotive, where he accompanies star artists: Nancy Holloway, Peter Holm, Herbert Léonard, C. Jérôme.
From 1967 onwards, he performed in Paris-area nightclubs with French and Anglo-Saxon groups: Les Jet's, Les Quarrymen, The Whistler's, The Kingstones, les Moondogs, Le Festin Nu, Jean Mareska, Carpet Savers Band, Osmose, The Treatles, Take it Easy, The Gang, Caroline, Quai Ouest, Romain Petite, Ahmed Mouici, covering the Pop Rock repertoire from the 60s to 75
International career
1980 - Accompanies the Salsa Samba Rio Soul Musical Training School at
Plataforma One in Rio-de-Janeiro (Brazil), as well as various local artists
1985/1990 - Club Méditerranée - Animations musicales Villages Afrique, Antilles, Suisse, Italie
1995 - Accompanied the musical CAT'S, on tour at the Théâtre de Paris 2000/2010 - Participated in the Disney Country Music Festival at the Dôme and Billy Bob's with Le
Gang
2015 - Sensor to Sensor (Swiss group) - Recorded an album L'insomnie, with
live performances (Lausanne, Nyon, Montreux...)
2018 - Live accompaniment with Ahmed Mouici, Basile Leroux, Romain Petite, Les Nuits du Blues à Marnaz.
Dennis Watson on keyboards
Known on Geneva's music scene for hosting "The Dr Watson Band", Dennis joins Hotspot at the end of June 2018 to add his touch of Folk and Blues to the keyboards.
Eric Seffar on drums
30 years' experience on stage and in the studio, trained at the Agostini school in Paris and the CMCN in Nancy.
Accompaniment and recording in the Paris region of Jazz, Gospel, Funk, Latin, Afro, Rock and World Music groups.
Opening act for the Wailers, Dany Brillant, Guem and Human Spirit. Concerts in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Slovenia.