CABALLO VIEJO

Created on 30/04/2008
Latest update on 17/07/2023

Artist: Simon Diaz
Author: Simon Diaz
Label: Palacio
Year: 1980

From Venezuela. When at 52 he felt like an 'old horse' indeed (born in 1928).

Covers:

1981:

Roberto Torres [exiled Cuban; accordion version with worldwide appeal]

1987:

Gypsy Kings [several elements in their international hit Bamboleo along with elements from Carmen Miranda's Bamboleo]

1994:

Estudiantina Invasora [Cuban danson & son brothership established in 1927; the version on Rough Guide To Cuba borrowing elements from Paco Paco's Taka Takata ('72)]

1995:

Enrique Jorrin

2003:

Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán

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