Eliades Ochoa - Guajíro (LP)
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Description
Eliades Ochoa Bustamante (born 22 June 1946) is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba.He began playing the guitar when he was six and in 1978 he was invited to join Cuarteto Patria, a group founded in 1939, as its leader. Although he looks like a guajiro, and he still wears his trademark cowboy hat, his roots are in the son, and he only agreed to take on the role of leader if he was allowed to introduce new elements to the repertoire. He plays the guitar, tres and also a variant of the guitar, with two additional strings. His involvement with the Buena Vista Social Club and the Wim Wenders film of the same name (1999), has led him to worldwide fame. In 2010 he recorded an album with a number of Cuban and Malian musicians, including Toumani Diabaté, titled AfroCubism.
Release Info
Artist: Eliades Ochoa
Label: BMG
Format: LP
Country: UK & Europe
Label: BMG
Released: 2023-06-09
Genre: Latin
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Tracklist
A1 Vamos A Alegrar El Mundo
A2 Soy Guajiro
A3 Creo En La Naturaleza
A4 Pajarito Volo
A5 Ando Buscando Una Novia
B1 Abrazo De Luz
B2 Anita Tun Tun Tun
B3 Canto Para Ti Guajira
B4 Se Solto Un Leon
B5 West
B6 Los Ejes De Mi Carreta
