Camarón de la Isla: three decades without the revolutionary genius of flamenco

Camarón de la Isla: three decades without the revolutionary genius of flamenco

Joseph Monk CruzCamarón de la Isla, remains a legend of the Flemish 30 years after his death.

On this anniversary Saturday, laSexta has remembered the revolutionary artist, genius and innovator born in San Fernando (Cadiz), in 1950.

At just 16 years old, he undertook an adventure in Madrid together with another great, Paco de Lucia. She later took a different path, in which she dared to innovate and explore in the world of flamenco. With “The Legend of Time” he created great controversy among the most purist circles, which prevented him from being a great sales success, but he ended up marking a before and after.

Your drive”I am gipsy” became the best-selling in the history of flamenco.

It was lung cancer that on July 2, 1992 took his life. In just 41 years of life he left an infinite legacy that will continue to be remembered. You can review his career in the video that accompanies this information.

Source: Lasexta

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