says one of the great songs The ticks that “later when you die, they cry for you for four days…”. But let’s not start with those because The ticks are very alive. His friend is already half a century old. “This is a beast,” he snaps. Julio González Gabarre to your brother. These “beasts” have been on the road and cassettes for 50 years. many cassettes. “Before, what did you take in the car? Well, the Los Chichos cassette states without hesitation the youngest member of this trio, Emilio González García.

With ‘El Jero’ in memory

Gold records, platinum records, CDs, vinyl, online reproductions… The format doesn’t matter. They have always sounded the same… ‘No more, no less’, ‘They are illusions’, ‘El vaquilla’, ‘I want to be free’… and we could continue like this until tomorrow. Gunshot after gunshot, it is impossible to escape nostalgia. And then you remember ‘Jero’. “For the love of God, ‘el Jero’,” Julio recalls melancholy. “He was a composing machine,” he admits. For his part, his brother, Emilio González Gabarre He remembers that “whenever we go to do concerts, we always dedicate his song to him.”

An unexpected debut

Yes, ‘Jero’, the one in the middle of Los Chichos who sang Estopa. He was a mainstay of the group in his time, but for many years that medium has been occupied by Emilio Júnior. The first time he went on stage with his father and his uncle was when he was 14 in Montjuic. Jero did not arrive (and he did not arrive) and Emilio Sr. did not doubt it. He brought him up on stage. Everything shook him, but he passed the test.

Musical freedom yes, but don’t take Camarón away from me

“The fans know all the songs. They sing until the silences.” This is how the little boy from Los Chichos experiences the fan phenomenon. Because in what will be their last tour, none of them will be missing. They have grown up listening to their great songs and although they have always preached freedom in their songs and in life… with the musical tastes of their younger fans, they cannot. The two brothers, the talluditos, know what they like and they won’t change it for anything: “Wherever Paco de Lucía and Camarón are… let them all get out.” If they say it The ticks…as if to contradict them.