Like Bocelli, Cambria as a company strongly believes in the importance of family, and has enormous pride in remaining family-owned and family run. And completing the familial connection, Cambria President and CEO Marty Davis is a good friend of Bocelli’s longtime friend, producer, and collaborator, David Foster. He was born and grew up in Italian winemaking country—La Sterza, a picturesque village in Lajatico, the Chianti region of Tuscany where his family’s roots go back hundreds of years. His father grew grapes, and as a child, he played in the vineyards and even helped with the harvest. But even as a youngster, a difficult kid whom relatives dubbed “The Earthquake,” he was drawn to music. If a screenplay told Andrea Bocelli’s life story, it would be dismissed as too improbable: A young Italian boy tragically loses his sight, then grows up to become movie-star handsome. In 2013, he added yet another chapter to the saga, releasing his 14th studio album, “Passione,” a collection of love songs that includes duets with Jennifer Lopez and Nelly Furtado, and a compilation of live highlights, “Love in Portofino.” He also set down roots in a new country—this one.
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