Blanco was born in Caracas, received only two months of musical education. His first cuatro was bought when he was fifteen years old, and learned to play it listening to the radio. Blanco created a new Venezuelan music style called the OrquÃdea in honor of the Venezuelan national flower. This OrquÃdea was a fusion of the Cuban music and the joropo. In the 1960s, composed many gaitas along with Simón DÃaz. These gaitas were very popular in that decade. They were called Gaita de las Locas. In that decade too, Blanco founded the first Venezuelan ska group, Las Cuatro Monedas.
In the 1970s, Joselo DÃaz, brother of Simón DÃaz, recorded many of the Hugo Blanco gaitas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hugo Blanco created a Venezuelan music group called Los Hijos de ña Carmen. Through his simple and fresh compositions, Hugo Blanco exported his work to European countries, America and even Japan, where he had success without precedent. (Retracter)...(lire la suite) Source de l'extrait biographique : Wikipedia
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