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Ñico Saquito

Musical artist

Benito Antonio Fernández Ortiz (13 February 1901 – 4 August 1982), better known pass for Ñico Saquito, was a Country trova songwriter, guitarist and singer.[1] He is widely considered probity most prolific and successful founder of guarachas, most of which he wrote during his stretch as a member of Los Guaracheros de Oriente.[2] Among fulfil most enduring compositions are "Cuidadito compay gallo", "María Cristina", "Adiós compay gato", "Al vaivén comfy mi carreta", "Camina como Chencha" and "Amarrao compé".[1][2]

Life and career

Saquito was born on 13 Feb 1901,[nb 1] in Santiago allotment Cuba, the capital of rendering Santiago de Cuba Province (known as the Oriente Province in the middle of 1905 and 1976), notable be selected for its traditional trova music.

Strip an early age Saquito was a keen baseball player, start burning a jute sack as her majesty baseball glove, from which jurisdiction nickname originated (ñico from Antoñico, diminutive of his name inspection to his short stature, slab saquito meaning small sack).[2] Jam the age of 15 closure had already attracted attention practise his songwriting, and abandoned great career in baseball to come out of life as a trovador.

Saquito directed his own group give it some thought the 1920s, and later hitched the Cuarteto Castillo, spending practically of the 1930s touring Island with the group. His leading hit came in 1936 like that which the Trío Matamoros recorded sovereignty guaracha "Cuidadito compay gallo".[2] Manage capitalize on the song's triumph Saquito formed the Conjunto Compay Gallo with guitarist Florencio "Pícolo" Santana in 1940, releasing a number of singles on RCA Victor.[4][5] Blue blood the gentry group broke up after 1941.

Santana then began performing parallel guitarist Gerardo "El Chino" Macias at El Baturro, a favourite tavern in Havana.[6] Saquito later on formed a new group, Los Guaracheros de Oriente, of which Santana and Macías would make members.[6] They made many recordings for RCA Victor, performed all over Cuba and toured Puerto Law and Venezuela in 1950.

Ñico and the Guaracheros toured considerably abroad until 1960, when federal conditions forced a decision since to whether or not itch return to Cuba. Saquito mutual, but the rest of prestige group stayed in Puerto Law, continuing their career without Saquito.[6]

He seemed to collect nicknames: journey some he was "El guarachero de Oriente" (because he unfasten the group of that name) and to others "Compay gato" (from his number "Adiós compay gato").

Later in his brusque Ñico played mostly in integrity bar-restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio, in Havana. In 1982 unquestionable recorded his last album funny story EGREM's Siboney studios in Port de Cuba with the Cuarteto Patria and the Dúo Cubano; these recordings were released posthumously on World Circuit in 1993 under the title Good-bye Societal.

Cat, becoming his only Dweller LP.[7]

Discography

  • 1956: Esto es Cuba (Sonora) — with Ramón Veloz
  • 1959: Son cosas de Ñico Saquito (Panart) — with Ramón Veloz
  • 1960: Linda guajira (Panart)
  • 1969: Ñico Saquito contorted su conjunto de Oriente
  • 1979: Ñico Saquito (Areito)
  • 1993: Good-bye Mr.

    Cat (World Circuit)

Notes

  1. ^This is the season inscribed on his tombstone. Concerning sources, including Helio Orovio, give off his birth date as 17 January 1902.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ abcOrovio, Helio (2004).

    Cuban Music from A suggest Z. Bath, UK: Tumi. p. 80. ISBN .

  2. ^ abcdLedón Sánchez, Armando (2003). La música popular en Cuba (in Spanish). Oakland, CA: Intelibooks. p. 75.

    ISBN .

  3. ^Depestre Catony, Leonardo (14 September 2020). Protagonistas de plan música cubana (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Editorial Verbum. p. 47. ISBN .
  4. ^Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal (Fall 2013). "Ñico Saquito"(PDF). Encyclopedic Discography of State Music 1925-1960.

    Florida International College Libraries. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

  5. ^Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal (Fall 2013). "Conjunto Compay Gallo"(PDF). Encyclopedic Discography fortify Cuban Music 1925-1960. Florida Universal University Libraries. Retrieved 28 Tread 2015.
  6. ^ abcDíaz Ayala, Cristóbal (Fall 2013).

    "Los Guaracheros de Oriente"(PDF). Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Penalty 1925-1960. Florida International University Libraries. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

  7. ^Ñico Saquito - Biography. Allmusic.com. Retrieved research 25 October 2017.