Author of songs like "La donna cannone", "La valigia dell'attore",
"Alice", "Il bandito e il campione", "Rimmel" and "Titanic".
In 2002 prepared two great live tours: one with Ron, Pino Daniele and
Fiorella Mannoia. The second with the folksinger Giovanna Marini (with the album "Il
fischio del vapore") based upon traditional Italian songs.
De Gregori was born in Rome to a middle-class family, to Giorgio and Rita Grechi, and he spent some of his youth in Pescara before returning to the capital.
De Gregori made his debut as a professional singer in 1972 with Theorius Campus, in collaboration with Venditti.
In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics.