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Compay Segundo (Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, Siboney, Cuba 18 November 1907 – Havana, 13 July 2003) was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.
Compay Segundo, so called because he was always second voice in his musical partnerships, moved to Santiago de Cuba at age 9. His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno. After a spell in a quintet he moved to Havana in 1934, where he also played in the Municipal Band, on the clarinet. He also learned to play the guitar and the tres: these became his usual instruments. Compay Segundo was also the inventor of the armónico, a seven-stringed guitar-like instrument, created to eliminate a harmonic jump in the Spanish guitar and the tres. In the 1950s he became well known as the second voice and tres player in Los Compadres, a duo he formed with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo in 1947.
Los Compadres were one of the most successful Cuban duos of their time. Greater international fame came later, in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, a hugely successful recording which won several Grammy awards. Compay Segundo appeared in the film of the same title, made subsequently by Wim Wenders.
Compay Segundo - Live in Theatres Full Album HQ
Cien Años Compay Segundo / Audio CD
COMPAY SEGUNDO(La Musica Tradicional Cubana)
Compay segundo concierto L´Olimpia
Compay Segundo Live - 'Chan Chan'
Compay Segundo Guantanamera
Compay Segundo Guantanamera
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
Compay Segundo, Vol. 1 « Les idoles de la musique cubaine » (Album complet)
Compay Segundo - Sabroso
Compay Segundo - Lágrimas negras
Compay Segundo - Chan Chan
Compay Segundo - La Negra Tomasa (HD,16:9)
Compay Segundo - Es Mejor Vivir Así (L'Olympia)