CARRETERO, EL

Created on 11/05/2001
Latest update on 27/07/2023

Artist: Guillermo Portabales
Author: Guillermo Portabales
Label: Gema
Year: 1939

Cuban guajira pioneer, born Juan Guillermo Quesada (1911-1970). This hymn to the landsman is known all over Latin America and even in West Africa.

Covers:

1940s:

Ramón Veloz [the version on the cd Raices (with all the roots of the songs on the Buena Vista Social Club cd)]

1960s:

Victor Jara

1960s:

Calchakis

1980s:

Africando

1980s:

Etoile 2000

1980s:

Orchestra Baobab

1995:

Alfredo de la Fé

1996:

Alfredo Gutierrez

1997:

Buena Vista Social Club [with Ry Cooder]

1998:

Celina González

2000:

Maria Ochoa [Eliades' sister]

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