José Catire Carpio
José Catire Carpio, (born José Algimiro Carpio Velásquez; December 19, 1940 - June 26, 2006), was a Venezuelan llanero singer.
Being born in Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico state, son of Rosso Carpio and María Velásquez, from young age moved along with his parents to the town of El Tigre, Anzoátegui, (Easter region of Venezuela), giving his first concert as a fan singer in a radio program called Buscando estrellas para el futuro (Searching stars for the future).
Between 1957 and 1960, Carpio becomes a professional singer, acting along with his friend, the harpist Germán Rangel and the llanero group "Copleros del Mar y Llano". At the beginning of the 1960s, Carpio moves to Caracas for the projection of his career, at the TV program Brindis por Venezuela (Cheers for Venezuela), directed by Juvenal Sarmiento, is baptized like José "Catire" (Blond) Carpio, also singer José Romero Bello helped him to record his first 45 rpm album, Flor de Apure.
José "Catire" Carpio was famous at the Venezuelan folk repertoire, by the songs, Cantadores de mi patria, Guayaba verde, Hágame caso, compadre and La mula, also participated at the: First International Tournament of Joropo, celebrated in Villavicencio, Colombia, 1965, Maracaya de Oro, Maracay, Aragua, 1973, Florentino de Oro, 1974, among others.
At the evening of June 26, 2006, Carpio died in Caracas of a heart attack when he fell down the stairs of a clinic where he was visiting his wife.
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- José Catire Carpio - Llanerisimo.com
- Falleció el cantautor José Catire Carpio - Guarico.com.ve
