Eduardo Bort

Eduardo Bort Garcera (January 2, 1948 – February 26, 2020) was a Spanish progressive rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer.

Life and career Born in Valencia, Bort started his career in the late 1960s as guitarist in such bands as Los Exciters, Los Bodgies, and La Oveja Negra, before working as a session musician in Switzerland, Germany, Britain and France. After an unsuccessful collaboration with the Paris band Out, he returned to Spain.

Bort also worked as a record producer in the 1970s, on albums by Pau Riba and the band Iceberg. In 1983 he recorded his second album, Silvia, dedicated to his daughter who had died at a young age. It was released on Bort's own label, Bambule. He continued to perform and tour in Europe, Latin America, and Japan,

Over several decades, Bort's debut album acquired a cult reputation, and copies changed hands for high prices. In 2019, the Teatro Principal de València hosted a tribute concert in his honour.

Bort died in Valencia in 2020, aged 72, from lung cancer.