Colombian folklore mourns. On Saturday, December 23, the Concepción Clinic in Berilejo confirmed the death of the legendary Sabanero singer and composer. Lisandro MezaDue to health complications due to cerebral ischemia causing internal bleeding.
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He had health problems in the town where he lived, and his relatives took him to Beforelejo to be hospitalized. He noticed the ischemia problem in the health institution where the doctors were on duty and started care immediately.
Lisandro Meza was 86 years old and was awarded many awards in Colombia and abroad during his 63-year artistic career.
‘El Rey Sin Corona’, ‘El Macho de América’, ‘El Rey de la Cumbia’, ‘El Rey Sabanero del Acordeón’, ‘El Sabanero Mayor’, ‘El Sabanero del Acordeón’, ‘El Embajador de la Música Colombiana ”, among others.
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‘The Uncrowned King’ is undoubtedly the name that defines him for his duel with Nicolás Elías ‘Colacho’ Mendoza in the final of the second edition of the Vallenato Festival. ‘Colacho’ was the first on the stage, but the public hailed Lisandro Meza as the best, and since then this remoquete has accompanied him in his musical career.
The same will come from ‘El Rey de la Cumbia’, the rhythm with which he travels the world carrying his music, as well as the common sound specific to the savannas of Sucre, where he was born.
He is the creator of a unique style that makes him the ‘king’ of countries such as Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Central American countries and Colombia, where he is known as the ‘King of La Cachaca’.
He was part of Colombia’s most important tropical music group, ‘Los Corraleros de Majagual’, along with Alfredo Gutiérrez, Calixto Ochoa, Eliseo Herrera, César Castro, Nacho Paredes, Lucho Argaín, Julio Herazo, Chico Cervantes, Rosendo Martínez, Enrique Bonfante. , Tobías Garcés and Manuel Cervantes.
He later founded his own musical group ‘Lisandro Meza y su Conjunto’ and the most famous ones ‘Los Hijos de la Niña Luz’.
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He is a singer, a masterful player of the accordion, an accomplished composer, and a man of great charisma.
“Lisandro Meza’s music is woven into the fabric of Latin American folklore, and more specifically the Colombian people, because it expresses our experiences. “That’s why the lyrics of my songs are beautiful, because they have stories,” the teacher once said.
DUVAN ALVAREZ
NATION Editorial – EL TIEMPO
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