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Tabaco Y Sus Metales Tabaco Y Su Sexteto – Tabaco
Tracklist
| A1 | El Tren de Porky | |
| A2 | San Juan Guaricongo | |
| A3 | Ponte en Ritmo | |
| A4 | A Millet | |
| A5 | Yo Soy Sonero | |
| A6 | La Libertad | |
| B1 | Una Sola Bandera | |
| B2 | Arrollando | |
| B3 | Lino | |
| B4 | Cuando Llora el Indio | |
| B5 | lmolle | |
| B6 | Casamiento |
Tabaco Y Sus Metales Tabaco Y Su Sexteto – Tabaco
El Palmas Music to release a new compilation of songs by the famous Venezuelan singer and percussionist Tabaco.
Tabaco Quintana is, without a doubt, one of the great masters of Venezuelan salsa. Born in Caracas in 1943, he was tall and very skinny, which earned him the nickname ‘Tabaco’. A shoeshine boy and street hawker, at the age of 18 he fell in love with the Caracas nightlife and spent his days listening to the rehearsals of a musical group that he ended up joining, thanks to the intervention of his friend Elio Pacheco. That group was called Sexteto Juventud.
Tabaco passed through almost every musical position within the band until he became a singer. It was the resemblance of his voice to Ismael Rivera and his skills as an interpreter that earned him a permanent position in the band.
After leaving the group in 1973, he created his own sextet, Tabaco y Su Sexteto, and later formed Tabaco y sus Metales, two groups that achieved international recognition, and became staples of the Venezuelan music scene ‘til the mid-80s. Throughout, and despite his fame, Tabaco was
always clear that music had a social role to play, and would often sing in Venezuelan prisons. Sadly, he died young, on May 30… more
Released May 26, 2023
Artwork Daria Meckhart
Cut at The Carvery
Mastering Onda Selecta Bogota.
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