Compay Segundo "Lo Mejor De La Vida" 1998
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer...
...Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always second voice in his musical partnerships, was born in Siboney, Cuba, and moved to Santiago de Cuba at the age of nine. His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno. In 1934, after a spell in a quintet, he moved to Havana, where he also played the clarinet in the Municipal Band. He also learned to play the guitar and the tres, which became his usual instruments. Compay Segundo also invented the armónico, a seven-stringed guitar-like instrument, to fill the harmonic jump between the Spanish guitar and the tres.[1] In the 1950s he became well known as the second voice and tres player in Los Compadres, a duo he formed with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo in 1947. Los Compadres were one of the most successful Cuban duos of their time. Greater international fame came later, in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, a hugely successful recording which won several Grammy awards. Compay Segundo appeared in the Wim Wenders film of the same title
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track listing:
1 El Camisón De Pepa 2 Tú Querías Jugar 3 Desdichado 4 La Ternera 5 Para Vigo Me Voy 6 Fidelidad 7 Cuba Y España 8 Es Mejor Vivir Así 9 Frutas Del Caney 10 La Juma Del Ayer 11 Linda Graciela 12 La Pluma 13 Juliancito (Tu Novia Te Botó) 14 Son De Negros En Cuba
of all the stars to be that came from the Buena Vista Social Club album with Ry Cooder and filmed by Wim Wenders amongst several stand out performers came Compay Segundo
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
