Mario Arnedo Gallo, the famous Santiago folkloristwas honored this Sunday 21st May at Hurlingham where he has lived for more than 40 years and where he has done much of his musical work in a show attended by his son, Diego Arnedoone of the leaders of Divididos, one of the most popular and appreciated rock bands in Argentina.
Organized by the Town of Hurlingham, friends, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the musician staged an evening full of folklore and anecdotes in which they remembered the author of salavina, Cattail fluff, the sunrise (with Hamlet Lima Quintana) e the blue floweramong other outstanding Argentine popular music compositions.
The Polyphonic Choir, the Folkloric Ballet, the La Clavija quartet and the Chamber Orchestra, all the artistic casts of the municipality created different versions of songs by Arnedo Gallo and then the family took the stage to tell the different facets of the late musician on November 22, 2001, at the age of 86.
Diego and the memory of the hype
His sons Felicitas, Gonzalo, Santiago and Diego attended, who told about it His father taught him to play the bass drum at an early age..
“The bass drum was taller than me. My old man would climb onto his knees and take my hands to make the bass drum vibrate together. When I let go, I would get lost and he would laugh a lot,” said the Divididos bassist. , a band he shares with Ricardo Mollo and Catriel Ciavarella.
Family friends and one of his nephews also participated in the anecdote. Then, Diego Arnedo on bass drum, accompanied by his brother Gonzalo and Gabriel and Verónica Venosi, made Then you will come back, the sunrise AND The return of the Santiago and the closing was with the whole family on stage singing the blue flower.
The closure was entrusted to the Youth Folkloric Ballet of the Municipality, while in the exhibition hall of the cultural center the film Aire de Chacarera was screened, a documentary film that one of his nephews, Popa Arnedo and Nicolás Tacconi, made about the life and work of the musician.
rock and folklore
Undoubtedly, in addition to being “the steamroller of rock and roll” (as she is known by her fans), Divididos has always set foot in folklore. And with great honor.
The group, which just celebrated its 35-year career with a great show at the Vélez stadium, included a version of Atahualpa Yupanqui’s classic El arriero on its most successful album, La era de la boludez, earning thousands of young people who have will approach the excellent work of Yupanqui.
More here in time, they also included in their album Vengo del placard de otro a version of Guanuqueando, with Jujuy musician Ricardo Vilca.
Both Guanuqueando and El arriero continue to be part of the repertoire of the Divididos, who have surprised more than once with their version of La flor azul, the chacarera by Mario Arnedo Gallo, the father of “Cóndor”, Diego Arnedo.
Source: Clarin
