Thousands of people took part in a funeral procession on Tuesday, singing one of Segundos songs as he was lowered into his grave. Cuban guitar maestro Compay Segundo has been buried in his hometown of Santiago de Cuba. R.A.P (Ritos Al Peligro) R.A.P (Ritos Al Peligro) La Democracia De Los Nomades. Segundo was widely regarded as a national emblem. Chan-Chan: El Fuego de la Noche: Fonarte Latino: Compay Segundo,Santiago Auserón: Virgen del Pino (con Santiago Auserón) Virgen del Pino (con Santiago Auserón) WMG - WM Spain: Compay Segundo: Cuba Y España: Gracias Compay (The Definitive Collection) WM Spain: Juan Perro: Fonda De Dolores: Raices Al Viento: SME - Ariola: Camarón de la Isla. Now the Buena Vista Social Club gets to show one of the most exclusives audiences on earth how timeless its music is. Top Songs By La democracia de los nomades. There's very few numbers that you can sing the whole song with four notes. In an interview with PBS, Segundo said: 'It's a number that has four notes, and four chords. He recorded it himself and it became a very popular song among Latin musicians. In 1998, a bomb threat forced the evacuation of a Miami performance by the late Buena Vista star Compay Segundo.īut that was another time. Cuban bandleader Compay Segundo wrote this in 1987. This may not be welcomed by hardline Cuban exiles in South Florida. tour, which finishes October 22 in Miami at the Arsht Center. As part of his effort to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations, President Obama has asked them to perform there October 15 on the tail end of their U.S. So it’s fitting that the Buena Vista Social Club will be the first Cuban group invited to play at the White House since the 1959 Cuban Revolution. charts. Their 1997 album “Buena Vista Social Club” – and a 1999 film by that name – featured tracks like the elegant, haunting song called “Chan Chan.” And it introduced rich strains of Cuban music like son to millions of Americans cut off from the communist island by the U.S. In March 1996, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa and other veteran Cuban. In November 1995, Compay recorded a new version in Madrid for his Antologa, released on CD the following year. However, EGREM did not release these recordings until the second half of the 1990s. In 1987, he approached Eliades Ochoa, who agreed to record a version with the Cuarteto Patria. It was first recorded in 1985 by Compay Segundo's own group. But los cubanos will take the stage there Thursday night – and it turns out many Americans will recognize the tunes.Įighteen years ago, a group of mostly elderly Cuban musicians known as the Buena Vista Social Club hit the top of the U.S. 'Chan Chan' is a 1984 son composition by Cuban trovador Compay Segundo. It’s been more than half a century since any musical artists living in Cuba have performed at the White House.