Nino Del Pesco

Nino Del Pesco (born September 6, 1959 – August 14, 2019) was a musician known for playing in various critically acclaimed and groundbreaking bands throughout his career including the Lonesome Strangers, Snake Farm, the Knights of the Living Dead, AntiProduct, and The Black Tongued Bells.

Del Pesco started his career in 1978 with the San Diego avant-garde band, "The Amazing Humans" which featured members of "The Young Americans," most notably multi-instrumentalist Dan Mareen who would go on to play bass clarinet for Harry Partch[1] before finally settling in Zurich.

[5] From 1981 to 1983, Del Pesco played with "Country Dick & the Snuggle Bunnies"[6] before moving to Los Angeles and co-founding "The Lonesome Strangers" with Jeff Rymes, Randy Weeks, and ex-Wall of Voodoo drummer Joe Nanini.

The band's debut album, "Lonesome Pine", was produced by Pete Anderson and featured such notable artists as Chris Hillman and Al Perkins.

[8] Del Pesco also worked as an actor, most notably as the guitar player in David Bowie's video for Day-In Day-Out and This Note's for You by Neil Young & the Bluenotes.