EL QUE CANTA SUS PENAS ESPANTA
(HE WHO SINGS HIS SORROWS FRIGHTENS)
JORGE VELOSA Y LOS HERMANOS TORRES
Discos Fuentes, 1988, 201648
Discos Fuentes are a Colombian label founded in 1934 by Antonio Fuentes and located in Medellin.
Here we have a quartet led by Jorge Luis Velosa Ruiz born in 1949. He is a singer and plays the raspa or guacharaca in the band along with requinto and guitar; the solo instrument, held by Juan de Jesus Torres Camacho, is the tiple a typical Colombian stringed instrument also played in some parts of Ecuador. There were three different line-ups between 1984 and 1990. The present quartet is the first formation that was active between 1984 and 1988.
All the songs are in fact dance rhythms : merengue, rumba and paseo. Most of the lyrics are Velosa's works.
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