Acordeón del Diablo (Francisco el Hombre - Pacho Rada) Part 8

Francisco Pacho Rada

Pacho Rada was born on May 11th 1907 in Las Mulas, on the great Magdalena river. European ships from have travelled along the river since the mid-19th century and this is where Pacho's father bought an accordion from German sailors, becoming one of Columbia's first accordionists.
At a party in a village nearby, young Pacho picked up his father's accordion while no-one was looking. After trying out a few notes he produced a recognisable rendition of the melody of "La Chencha", a tune still familiar today. His father embraced him joyfully and a few days later he was given his first accordion.
Pacho Rada was one of the first troubadours to travel around the country playing unaccompanied, with just his voice and the accordion, bearing news and making music wherever someone had something to celebrate. He dreamt up hundreds of new songs on his travels, many of which have become classics.
He is known as the man who invented "son", one of the four Vallenato rhythms. However, Pacho was already too old by the time that musicians could get rich playing Vallenato music, when it became popular outside the province due to the marihuana boom in the seventies. At the age of 72 he became homeless once again.
His children helped him to put up a simple house on the outskirts of Santa Maria, where he still lives.
Pacho Rada has 422 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Women loved the young musician, but their parents despised him.
Pacho "Who would have wanted a penniless son-in-law, especially if he travelled around like a vagabond and spent his days enjoying music, rum and women. But they couldn't do a thing about it. Who can stop a woman in love?"

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[frankelnicoya]

Que bello folclore, soy nicaraguense pero amo a Colombia, que lastima que perros como gaviria y ortega nos quieran hechar a pelear. Mis respetos hermanos colombianos, que bello folklore

[grupowillka]

Mis respetos hermanos de la cultura y el folclor

[5juanes5]

saludos , que hermosa musica. La verdad naci en australia y estoy de vacaciones en miami y pues cuando estoy montado en mi yate me gusta poner vallenato. ya que a mi abuelo es uno de los fundadores de honner y gracias a el me gusta el vallenato. Un saludo a toda la gente de colombia.

[richard83388]

Lastima que en Mexico no hay musica de tan alegre estilo, nos invade la musica de narcos y otras que estan bien aburridas

[halvarez022276]

Saludos mis hermanos Colombianos, la tierra del sabor, mujeres hermosas, musica bella y Aguardientica,,, Saludos de Costa Rica

[azael1233211]

gracias a pancho rada muchos mucikos vallenatos comen gracias asusu canciones

[22himmel1]

man kann en übelsten teufl holen,.

[kejorafall]

oooo myyyy goood ... i so wanna learn to play that... im so far away in indoenesia and its hard to find a tutor and an acordeon here..

[apol732]

DOS CULTURA QUE LE DIERON EL SABOR A UN INSTRUMENTO SEEECCCCOOOO.

DOMINCANOS Y COLOMBIANOS QUE VIVAN LOS DOS CON SU VALLENATO Y MERENGUE TIPICO

[MrRegiovallenato]

uuu no creei volver a verlo......... lo vi aze 3 añños aka en mty nl mex. saludos a toda la gente colombiana tan berrakos

[grupoclasenortetx]

hoy nomas..arriva el acordeon....ajuaaaaaaaaaa