GAROLFALO HAS BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE THE YOUNG AGE OF 6 YEARS OLD AND BEGAN PERFORMING PROFESSIONALLY AT 14. HE WENT ON TO STUDY MUSIC AT SAINT LOUIS MUSIC COLLEGE IN ROME, ITALY, EARNING HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ROCK & BLUES AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN BRITISH BLUES. FROM THERE HE DEVELOPED HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE AND ‘BLUES EXPERIENCE’ THAT INTERTWINES ELEMENTS OF BLUES, ROCK, AND AMERICANA. GAROFALO’S INFLUENCES INCLUDE ERIC CLAPTON, BUDDY GUY, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, BB KING, AND MORE.

GAROFALO HAS TOURED IN ITALY, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND, AS WELL AS PLAYED NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS. INCLUDED AMONG THEM ARE SANREMO JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL, EXPO MILANO, STRATOCASTER DAY CORONA CALIFORNIA, DIWINE JAZZ FESTIVAL, PISTOIA BLUES FESTIVAL, CASA SANREMO, AND SOUTH ITALY BLUES FESTIVAL.

ARISTIDE HAS OPENED FOR RENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS AVRIL LAVIGNE, EVANESSANCE, ANA POPOVIĆ, SAMANTHA FISH, AND PFM.

GAROFALO IS THE CO-FOUNDER OF A CULTURAL MUSIC EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED ITALIANS AND AMERICANS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM IN EACH OTHER’S COUNTRIES THROUGH A UNIQUE EXCHANGE OF CULTURE, MUSIC, AND LANGUAGE.

IN 2020, GAROFALO MADE WAVES WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS FIRST ORIGINAL SONG & FOOT-STOMPIN’ ANTHEM TITLED ‘WOMAN’, AND HAS AN ALBUM SET TO RELEASE SOON.