The Colombian singer-songwriter Adolfo Pacheco died in the early hours of this Saturday (January 28), in Barranquilla, after being admitted to the General Clinic of the North, in that city. In a brief statement, the organization said: “We communicate the sensitive death of our teacher and minstrel, Adolfo Pacheco, following a severe multiple cranioencephalic trauma.” He was 82 years old.
“He died in the early hours of the morning after having three respiratory arrests,” said the journalist Juan Carlos Díaz Martínez, very close to the family of the artist and author of the text There’s Pacheco for a while.
The composer, accordionist and performer had suffered a car accident on the afternoon of Thursday 19th January when he was leaving San Jacinto, in Bolívar towards Barranquilla, at the height of El Calamar. Apparently, one of the vehicle’s front tires exploded and the driver lost control and crashed into the side of the road.
Pacheco has since been transferred to a care center in Barranquilla for a general examination he had not sustained any serious injuriesHowever, his health deteriorated towards the night of the same day.
Pacheco, born in San Jacinto on August 8, 1940, is the author of emblematic songs such as The Big Hammock, Old Migue, Mercedes, The Cordovan, Your Hair Y the little owl, compositions performed by Carlos Vives and other vallenato artists.
The minstrel developed his music surrounded by the cultural and artistic richness of his native San Jacinto, in Bolívar, to which he added an environment of great Vallenato artists.
Among others, Toño Fernández, founder of the Pipers of San Jacinto, Juan and José Lara, accordionists Andrés Landeros, Ramón Vargas and Rodrigo Rodríguez It was the trigger for Pacheco to become an outstanding composer of the Colombian Caribbean regional music.
For example, in his song The painter recreates the customs and future of its people inserted in an exuberant nature. He has recorded just over 220 songs since 1963, of which around 140 are his.
pacheco he gained notoriety in the musical world in the 1970s, with composing the big hammockperformed by the Andrés Landeros group and which had about 80 versions in different musical rhythms adapted to the idiosyncrasies of not only Colombia, but also Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Panama and Costa Rica.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of maestro Adolfo Pacheco, a music legend from the Colombian Caribbean, with an invaluable musical heritage. He has taken La hamaca grande around the world and for years has been a member of the jury of the Festival de Orquestas ”, reads the statement from the organizers of the Barranquilla Carnival.
For its part, the Society of Authors and Composers regretted what it described as “sad news for national folklore”.
Source EFE
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