In part because he chose to keep a low profile, Italian singer/songwriter and rocker　Pierangelo Bertoli never reached the level of fame of his fellow Reggio-Emilians Vasco Rossi, Lucio Dalla, and Ligabue (even though he acted as a kind of mentor to Dalla and Ligabue). Still, in the 30 years he released records, he managed to make a permanent and important spot for himself in minds of many of his countrymen. Born November 5, 1942, in Sassuolo, Bertoli worked with a variety of other artists before releasing a full-length album in 1976 -- Eppure Soffia featured a number of elements that the musician would become known for: leftist, socially aware (and often critical) lyrics; respect for roots and traditions (two of the songs were sung in the dialect of Sassuolo); and far from perfect characters.