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	Compay Segundo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Compay Segundo (November 18, 1907 – July 13, 2003), was a Cuban musician and songwriter.
		Segundo was born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz and brought up in the city of Santiago de Cuba.
		Compay Segundo appeared in the film of the same title, made subsequently by Wim Wenders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Compay_Segundo (353 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Born Francisco Repilado in 1907 in Siboney, a city in the Cuban province of Santiago, Compay Segundo is a vital link with Cuba's musical history and participated in the development of the son tradition.
		Segundo is connected to many notable musicians and groups, including El Conjunto Matamoros, which he joined in 1939 as a clarinetist and stayed with for twelve years.
		Compay Segundo, in his 90s, is a Cuban living legend, a crucial bond with Cuba's rich Spanish and African-influenced musical past.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=767 (1405 words)

	Compay Segundo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Segundo, who rose to global fame in his 90's after decades of obscurity, was the most accomplished of the dozen or so Cuban musicians gathered in Havana in 1996 by the American producer Ry Cooder for a recording session meant to recapture the lost music of the pre-Revolutionary Havana nightclub scene.
		Segundo was nearing 90 at the time, but his rich and resonant baritone was undiluted, and his appearance in the film confirmed that his libido also remained intact.
		Segundo began recording again after a 1994 trip to Spain, where he was seen by a small but excited group of record executives.
	www.salsaroots.com /compaysegundo.htm (460 words)

	Compay Segundo
		Compay Segundo, born in the year 1907 in Siboney, is the oldest of the All Stars.
		Segundo invented his own instrument, the armónico, doubling the guitar's "D" string to produce a cross between the Spanish guitar and the Cuban tres.
		Compay is Cuban slang for compadre, and Segundo refers to his trademark, bass harmony 'second' voice.
	www.jmk.su.se /global02/annalena/buena/musiker/compay.htm (280 words)

	Compay Segundo dies in Havana - smh.com.au
		Compay Segundo, whose real name was Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz, was suffering from a severe kidney infection and had to cancel a series of concerts scheduled for this summer in Europe.
		Segundo had been in poor health for several months and was bedridden with kidney problems, Cuba's communist youth paper said in its online edition.
		Segundo was born in Santiago, Cuba, in 1907, and built a musical reputation before the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/07/14/1058034954308.html (229 words)

	Compay Segundo
		Segundo has chosen songs from his first heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, and perfectly captures their classic flavor without making them sound like museum pieces.
		Segundo lets the guests shine, but it is his harmonies and deft guitar work that holds the disc together, and his flawless musicianship thoroughly justifies this more expansive showcase.
		Compay Segundo is heralded by many as one of the "fathers" of Cuban music.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /compaysegundo.htm (3520 words)

	Salsa Site: Compay Segundo Died at 95
		Compay set audiences dancing from Havana to Paris with hits like ``Chan Chan,'' which brought modern appeal to a musical genre that had largely been forgotten even at home in Cuba.
		Compay had been ailing in recent months and his sons told Cuban news media that his health had deteriorated in recent days.
		Compay was already in his 70s, playing at Havana hotel when a Spanish tourist heard him and invited him to perform in Spain in 1994.
	www.salsasite.com /magazine/compay-segundo.htm (639 words)

	Obituary: Compay Segundo \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		Segundo in his trademark Panama hat in 2001.
		Photograph: AP The cigar-smoked tones of Compay Segundo, who has died aged 95 following kidney problems, were central to the musical phenomenon known as the Buena Vista Social Club.
		By then, Compay had created a unique seven-stringed instrument, which he called an armonico, with an extra G-string that lent a complementary resonance to his voice - both instruments were at their most impressive in harmonies with another higher (primo) voice.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,999066,00.html (968 words)

	Compay Segundo Latin Legends Salsa Bands Los Angeles Artist Bookings Reggaeton Bookings Salsa Artist Bookings
		Compay Segundo's real name was Francisco Repilado who passed away at the age of 95.
		In 1950, Segundo formed his own group, Compay Segundo Y Sus Muchachos ("Compay Segundo And His Boys"), with whom he played until 1960, when he retired from music to work as a tobacconist.
		Segundo has accomplished many other recordings and releases that will always be remembered as the legend leaves a mark in our history of latin music around the world.
	www.solosabor.com /compaysegundo.html (549 words)

	A Night in Cuba: Compay Segundo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The cameras were rolling at a sold-out concert by Compay Segundo at the legendary L'Olympia in Paris last year.
		In 1927, Compay invented the armónico, his six-stringed guitar with a double strung third string which combines the tonal quality of the traditional Cuban tres and the Spanish guitar.
		At L'Olympia, Compay is accompanied by an all-star band of Buena Vista alums including Omara Portunondo, Benito Suarez and Julia Alberto Fernandez.
	www.ovationtv.com /cuba/compay.html (130 words)

	Calle Salud - Compay Segundo - Song Listings
		Compay Segundo is one of the legends of Cuban music.
		Segundo is a well-respected clarinetist and guitarist, and he's probably been even more widely celebrated in Cuba for his bass vocal harmonies.
		Segundo and his collaborators reprise tunes in the son, bolero-son, merengue, son-afro, and cha cha styles.
	www.mp3.com /albums/380048/summary.html (543 words)

	The World Today Archive - Tribute to musician, Compay Segundo
		HAMISH ROBERTSON: The veteran Cuban guitarist, Compay Segundo, who won fame late in life as the front man for the Buena Vista Social Club has died at the age of 95.
		Compay Segundo, the name was a nickname meaning "brother bass", not only had success in various Cuban bands but also invented a seven-string guitar he called the "armonica", which had a double middle string well suited to the "son" style.
		HAMISH ROBERTSON: And that tribute to Compay Segundo was compiled by the BBC's Arts Correspondent, Lawrence Pollard.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s902780.htm (515 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Compay Segundo: Your tributes
		His group, Compay Segundo y sus Muchachos, was formed in 1956 and was still active at the time of his death.
		Compay Segundo was an inspiration to the world, showing that even in old age, one can continue to live life fully and not give up on one's dreams.
		Compay Segundo was a man whose soul was filled with a love of music, women, cigars and life.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3065441.stm (3237 words)

	Compay Segundo: Calle Segundo
		El Viejo Compay is already onto his second release while the rest of his bandmates from the now legendary Buena Vista Social Club work on their first solo album.
		Compay’s version of "Chan Chan", the theme song of Wim Wender’s "Buena Vista Social Club", is not as moving without the rest of the band.
		Compay Segundo and his fellow musicians deserve to be heard, for sure, but they also deserve to be heard well after the big marketing campaign has passed.
	www.plume-noire.com /music/releases/compaysegundo.html (394 words)

	Compay Segundo
		Compay confessa que "...em Havana, tinhas que ser bom músico, era a única forma de te pagarem.
		Quando Compay Segundo se passeia pelas ruas de Havana as crianças seguem-no e os turistas apresentam-se, respeitosos, para o cumprimentar: aos 92 anos Compay Segundo tornou-se enfim um profeta no seu país.
		Segundo nasceu em Santiago de Cuba, com o início do século XX e o surgimento da música cubana, que alia os sons de influência espanhola aos africanos.
	attambur.com /Noticias/1999/CompaySegundo.htm (934 words)

	Rolling Stone : Compay Segundo Dies
		Compay Segundo, whose good-natured charisma made him one of the most popular members of the Buena Vista Social Club, died of kidney failure this morning in Havana; he was ninety-five.
		A pre-revolution legend in Cuba, Segundo inked numerous compositions and invented his own instrument, a variation on the guitar and tres, a native Cuban instrument.
		With the release of BVSC in 1997, Segundo and several other Cuban musicians enjoyed worldwide renown; one of his compositions, the randy "Chan Chan," was the first and most recognizable cut on the album.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5935321/compay_segundo_dies (409 words)

	Compay Segundo: Duets
		The great Compay Segundo, who is 95-years-old, is one of the most famous, innovative cuban singers and musicians working today.
		Wearing his small hat, a cuban cigar in his mouth, and a beautiful, cultivating smile on his face, Compay Segundo presents us with his newest album “Duets”; (Dro East West, 2002), a compilation of 16 duets Compay Segundo has recorded throughout time with other voices as diverse as gemres there are.
		Compay Segundo, the Cuban viejito who is 95, is a treasure from an island that has given the world such a rich music history.
	www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/july12-02/compay.htm (562 words)

	6moons.com - world music: Compay Segundo "duets"
		Segundo collaborated with Benny Moré, Sindo Garay, and Miguel Matamoros before Castro's rise to rulership saw him roll cigars instead.
		Compay Segundo has authored a steady stream of annual releases since.
		Compay opens this slowly lilting son on armónico before his voice, seasoned with age yet still bursting with vitality and filled with a charismatic playful innocence that recalls Satchmo, intones the first verse.
	www.6moons.com /worldmusic/duets.html (722 words)

	GRANMA INTERNAtIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA ENGLISH
		BY VICTORIA M. WITH the death of Compay Segundo, Cuban music has lost one of its most unique interpreters, a man who reached fame at 90 and although he came close, was not granted his wish to live to 115.
		Máximo Francisco Repilado, born in the east of the island in Seboney on November 18, 1907, was recently the most active musician of his age in the world and, at 90-plus performed his sones and guarachas on countless stages without abandoning his smile or his cigar.
		The composer of more than 100 pieces, Compay Segundo studied clarinet, an instrument he played for a number of years, although he was always to be seen playing a version of an eight-string guitar that he crafted himself.
	www.granma.cu /ingles/2003/julio/lun14/28compay.html (402 words)

	USATODAY.com - Grammy-Winner Compay Segundo dies at 95 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Compay set audiences dancing from Havana to Paris with Buena Vista Social Club hits including Chan Chan, which brought modern appeal to a musical genre that had largely been forgotten even at home in Cuba.
		In the late 1950s, Compay formed a group called "Compay Segundo y sus Muchachos" (Compay Segundo and his Boys) for a tour of the Dominican Republic.
		Compay already was in his 70s, working at Havana hotel in the late 1980s when a Spanish tourist heard him and invited him to perform in Spain.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2003-07-14-segundo-obit_x.htm (551 words)

	Compay Segundo / RootsWorld Recording Review
		Compay began his 75-year career as a teenage student of the clarinet in Santiago in the early 1920s.
		Recruited as a clarinetist by the famed Matamoros conjunto in 1942, Compay worked with his cousin and Santiago native Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, later forming the eminent Los Compadres duo with him in 1948.
		(Compay's deep bass voice made him the "second compadre" or compay, hence his nickname.) He formed his own group in the 1950s, working in the Dominican Republic for some time, but returned to Cuba's bohemian scene, singing occasionally with emerging younger trovadores such as Sara González and Pablo Milanés.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/segundo.shtml (316 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Buena Vista maestro dies
		Segundo, who played the clarinet and a Cuban string instrument called the tres, came to worldwide attention in 1999 with the release of Wenders' film, which followed the legendary Buena Vista Social Club musicians as they played in Cuba and abroad.
		Segundo had been bedridden at his home in the Miramar district of Havana, according to local reports, where he was being looked after by a doctor and his family.
		Born Francisco Repilado in Santiago in 1907, Segundo learned his musical skills in the 1920s, but did not pick up his nickname until the 1940s - Compay was slang for compadre and Segundo referred to his bass harmony voice.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/3064557.stm (286 words)

	Amazon.com: Calle Salud: Music: Compay Segundo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		When Compay died a couple of months ago, I was not surprised to see on the news thousands of people in the streets to pay their respects and celebrate his life, which--from what I see in the movie and hear in the music--must have been incredible.
		Compay has stiff competition within the Buena Vista Social Club which also claims such voices as Ibrahim Ferrer and Eliades Ochoa (both reviewed a few months ago right here), but it's his voice that is my personal favorite.
		Compay was giving another elderly gent his recipe for avoiding hangovers and maintaining overall health --- it's your basic chicken soup.
	www.amazon.com /Calle-Salud-Compay-Segundo/dp/B000021XT6 (1921 words)

	A Night in Cuba: Compay Segundo Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Moderation in "sex, rum and cigars" is the secret to long life according to Compay Segundo.
		A prominent musician before the Cuban revolution and a cigar roller for the years after, Compay returned to music full-time in the late 1980s.
		In the late 1920s, Compay invented the armónico, his six-stringed guitar with a double strung third string which combines the tonal quality of the traditional Cuban tres and the Spanish guitar.
	www.ovationtv.com /cuba/compay2.html (134 words)

	Workers World July 31, 2003: Compay Segundo
		Compay Segundo, one of the best-known singers/songwriters of traditional Cuban music died recently in Havana after performing for over 80 years.
		It was only after he turned 90 that Compay received international recognition for his authentic interpretation of Son, the music of his native Eastern Cuba that combines harder African rhythms with Spanish lyricism.
		Born Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz in 1907, Compay Segundo emerged in recent years as a cultural ambassador for Cuba, packing concert halls in Europe and around the world.
	www.workers.org /ww/2003/compay0731.php (468 words)

	Amazon.ca: Duets: Music: Compay Segundo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Compay Segundo is 95 years young, and Duets is here to prove it.
		With American singer Lou Bega, Compay generates comedy; with Antonio Banderas he creates seduction.
		But all this is not so out of keeping with Compay's background--or even his name, which implies another voice, a "primo".
	www.amazon.ca /Duets-Compay-Segundo/dp/B00005UCEX (411 words)

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