Dead Marciano Cantero, the leader of Los Enanitos Verdes: the story of how he married his girlfriend from youth, after 32 years without seeing each other

Marciano Cantero, the leader of Enanitos Verdes, the rock band from Mendoza that has become a Latin American phenomenon, died at the age of 62. The musician had a kidney and part of his spleen removed during an operation, but he was unable to recover and died on Thursday 8 September.

But, in life, in addition to beautiful songs, Marciano Cantero He left us a wonderful love story, who was crowned with marriage to a girl from his youth, whom he hadn’t seen for 32 years. And to which he had written one of the band’s hits, your old letters.

Let’s remember that story.

he counted it Martiano Tagliapietreleader of Los Enanitos Verdes, a everything else toothe program conducted by Bebe Contepomi on Mega 98.3. It is his love story with Vivianathe woman who inspired him to compose the song your old letters and who married after 32 years without seeing each other. Novel, definitely.

Cantero wrote your old letters, one of the classics of Los Enanitos Verdes, in the 80s. “I was reading your old letters, where you talked to me about love…”, begins the lyrics of the song.

Who were the singer and bassist referring to? To Viviana, whom she met in 1981, at the age of 21, in her native Mendoza. And he fell in love with it completely. But the relationship could not continue.

Shortly after that crush, the group (with Felipe Staiti on guitar and Daniel Piccolo on drums) was chosen as a “revelation” at the Festival de la Falda.

that pushed them to move permanently to Buenos Aires, with the aim of recording their first album. This new project was incompatible with Cantero and Viviana’s courtship.

“When we went with Los Enanitos in Buenos Aires, we stopped dating Viviana because I had to continue with my career, but we never had a fight, we ended up well,” the composer recalled.

In other words: the couple is over, but not love.

love by mail

At a time when there was no email or whatsapp, contact between them was maintained via email.

Thus it was that, during a tour in Bogotá, one day the composer was inspired by those letters to write one of his most memorable songs.

“I’ve always wondered why everything that happened happened, the lyrics reflect the pain of that moment”explained the artist.

The song, which was included on the hit album stopwatchof 1986, has a sentence that clearly refers to that breakup: “And where is that beautiful illusion now??”, He says.

The illusion, it is visible, has remained intact for more than 32 years. In 2018 Marciano and Viviana met again in Mendoza. And they were able to give that story a happy ending.

“Luckily we met again and got married last year”said Cantero, who decided to settle again in the city that saw him grow with his love for youth.

In parallel, the band led by Mariano continues to work actively. On the verge of turning 40, they have become the most listened to Argentine rock group on Spotify.

And, despite the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted tours, Cantero will have to resume his travels as soon as mass shows are enabled. With the possibility, yes, that Viviana will accompany him.

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