Jorge Cafrune
Jorge Antonio Cafrune ( born August 8, 1937 in Jujuy, † February 1, 1978 in Tigre ), called " El Turco " ( the Turk ), was one of the most popular Argentine folklore singer as well as a researcher, collector and disseminator of Argentine culture.
Life
Jorge Cafrune was born in Estancia " La Matilde " of El Sunchal, in Perico, a city in the province of Jujuy. Because of its descent, his grandparents were Syrian and Lebanese Inmigranten, he was nicknamed " Turco " (Eng. Turk ). He completed his education from San Salvador de Jujuy, where he took guitar lessons from Nicolas Lamadrid.
In 1957 he recorded his first album with the band Las voces de Huayra, in 1960 renamed to Los Cantores del Alba and Ariel Ramírez had to manager. Starting in 1962, initiated Cafrune in Cosquín the "Festival Internacional de Folklore de Cosquín ". At his suggestion Mercedes Sosa took part in it in 1965. In 1966 he met during one of his visits to the smaller villages on the young singer José Larralde, he also promoted.
In 1967, he went under the motto " De a caballo por mi patria " as a tribute to Vicente Ángel " Chacho " Peñaloza on tour. Modeled after the Gauchos Cafrune traveled across Argentina to wear their art throughout the country.
After living several years in Spain, where he married Lourdes López Garzón, he returned in 1977 to his country back. At that time, Argentina was under the military dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla. The government was in the music Cafrunes a threat, especially in his political songs Zamba de mi esperanza and Luna Cautiva he intoned at the Festival de Cosquin shortly before his death: "Even if it is not one of the approved repertoire when my people are demanding, I'll sing it. ".
On 31 January 1978 he began Fino Gutiérrez a ride that was to lead 750 km from Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to Yapeyú, the birthplace of the national hero José de San Martín. On the Ruta Provincial 27 ( Tirso de Molina and Av. Benavidez ) they were approached in the late evening of a Dodge pickup. Cafrune suffered by the fall and Huftritte injuries to the chest and head, which he still died the same night. At the wheel sat the 19 -year-old Emilio Héctor Díaz, who was later acquitted.
Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Enrique Villanueva, who was engaged at the time in the concentration camp " La Perla " in the province of Cordoba, was quoted by the held there Liliana Geuna: " you had to kill him in order to forestall another [ opponents of the government ] ." Lieutenant Horacio Salvador Paino quoted the former prime López Rega: " This Turk does not deserve to die in a bed ... you have to break up with him before his voice and his guitar cursed to do it with me."
Film version of his life
His life has been filmed several times: