MEXICO CITY.
Eulalio Cervantes, saxophonist for Mexican rock band La Maldita Vecindad, and the children of the Quinta Patio, died at the age of 52 after being hospitalized for complications from Covid-19, his wife, Jessica Franco, reported on social media.
With deep pain and grief, I participate in the sensitive death of my beloved husband Eulalio Cervantes Galarza, ”she wrote on Twitter, a comment that went viral yesterday afternoon.
Cervantes, better known as Sax, suffered from kidney problems last year, for which he had already been admitted, and later went on with his home rehabilitation.
However, on March 6, he was hospitalized again in the state of Mexico, due to complications from Covid-19.
Sax was one of the founders of La Maldita Vecindad three decades ago and worked hard to make the band a reference in the Latin American rock scene.
He distinguished himself with songs like Pachuco and his innovative mixes of rock, ska, reggae, punk and even bolero and danzón.
Born on October 30, 1968 in San Luis Potosí, Sax stood out for his style of playing the saxophone, a sound that was one of the hallmarks of La Maldita Vecindad
The musician started his career at the age of 11 and from then on he showed his talent as a saxophonist and clarinetist in high school when he was part of the Youth Orchestra.
With La Maldita Vecindad, along with Roco, Aldo, Pato, Pacho, Tiki and Lobito, he managed to make songs like Kumbala, Pachuco, Don Palabras, Pata de Perro and Cenizas the favorites of the audience.
La Maldita Vecindad could not be recognized without the style of Sax, who was fired by his fellow musicians through social networks. On the group’s Twitter, they said goodbye to Sax, along with other artists such as Fobia’s band Café Tacvba, Lila Downs, Javier Bátiz and Iñaki, who not only showed their grief, but also highlighted the influence and legacy the artist gave him leaves behind. in the sound of Latin American rock.
Founder of the Castro Brothers, the musician died at the age of 82 as a result of a cancer that ravaged him
The musician and composer Arturo Castro, who was one of the founders of the Los Hermanos Castro group, died at the age of 82 as a result of a cancer that plagued him for a long time.
This was confirmed by the National Association of Interpreters (ANDI) through its social networks.
The Castro Brothers maintained their peak moment for three decades: the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Arturo maintained a romantic relationship with Olga Breeskin for many years, a romance that was very popular in the artistic world.
Last year he married Rosa Yolanda, who has been his girlfriend for the past 40 years.
Born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, he showed his love and taste for music from a very young age. When he was 10 years old, he decided to form a trio: Los Panchitos, together with his brothers Jorge and Javier. He chose this name because of his admiration for Los Panchos and because they could play guitar, same with the adult group.
Thus, they managed to appear in some places and reached the cinema with small participations starring Manolo Fábregas and Marga López.
As early as the decade of the 1970s, the Castro Brothers, their cousin Gualberto, joined. At the moment they positioned themselves in the musical environment of our country and managed to cross the borders to perform in Los Angeles. They got a three-year contract at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas.
The success of the group gave them the opportunity to sing in Spain and later on television shows in the United States, such as The Ed Suillivan Show and the Judy Garland program.
With acceptance in Las Vegas and several cities in the United States, Los Hermanos Castro shared the stage with artists of the stature of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Belafonte, Cher and Neil Sedaka, and many others.
Sinatra expressed admiration for the Castro Brothers.
AMU
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