Chamaco rivera biography of abraham

Sunday, November 4, Alive And Kicking. They are some of the best salsa tunes ever put to wax.

Te acuerdas de mí'' in english

And yet he seems to languish in semi-obscurity. All the more strange since the Olivencia recordings were not his only output. Some contend that record labels, journalists, radio DJs, salseros, and others in the industry have purposely ignored or downplayed his achievements because for them, his personal demons overshadow his artistry. This is a pity because Chamaco is an artist well worth giving credit where credit is due.

Contrary to popular belief, in cases like this, one must not confuse the artist with his art, though the two are of course intertwined. And as with all of his more famous compatriot singers, Chamaco had trouble with drugs. According to one small mention in a New York newspaper, he had gunshot wounds to the head and cheek, and died while he was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

Apparently he tried to live up to that image by his actions off the music stage as well. All the pain and suffering in his life, as well as his playful and manly spirit, becomes manifest in his soaring, minor key, adenoidal vocal style, reminding one of the traditional West-African griots or bluesmen of the Mississippi Delta.