Patrick Esposito Di Napoli


Patrick Esposito Di Napoli was a musician and member of the Quebec musical band Les Colocs, for which he played harmonica.

Early life and education

Di Napoli was born to a family of Italian descent in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in France.

Career

He started making music in the 1970s, sometimes writing his own lyrics and melodies. For a time he lived with other musicians in an artist's loft in Montreal.
Di Napoli wrote the song "Séropositif Boogie", which appeared on the band's first album in 1993, about living with HIV. He had contracted the virus from a tainted needle. He died on November 13, 1994, of complications from AIDS.
Les Colocs paid homage to him by using pictures of him during live shows. They dedicated their final album, Dehors Novembre , to Di Napoli. It is considered their best album. .