Compay Segundo

Legendary Cuban guitarist Compay Segundo was created in 1907; collaborating with famous brands Sindo Garay, Miguel Matamoros and Benny Moré, he surfaced among the most respected music artists from the pre-revolution period, and in the past due ’20s developed the armónico, a acoustic guitar customized having a dual third string to fuse the tonal characteristics of the original Cuban tres acoustic guitar and its own Spanish counterpart. Pursuing Fidel Castro’s rise to power, Segundo worked well like a cigar roller before time for music through the past due ’80s; in his early nineties he drawn worldwide interest in 1998 for his efforts to Ry Cooder’s wildly effective Buena Vista Sociable Club recording, issuing the single Calle Salud the next 12 months. Buena Vista Connection was released in fall 2000. Flores de la Vida adopted later on that same 12 months; Trova Cubana surfaced in early 2001. The torrent of produces, both fresh and reissues of traditional pre-fame Segundo classes, continuing throughout 2001 with Yo Vengo Aqui, Que Lio Compay Andres and into 2002 with Yo Soy del Monte and Dos Leyendas de Cuba. On July 13 of the next 12 months Compay Segundo passed away of kidney failing at his house in Havana.