Gipsy Kings is a music group from Arles and Montpellier, France. They explained the evolution of their sound in interpretation 1996 PBS documentary of their lives and music “Tierra Bum (Gipsy Land)”. Young brothers Nicolas, Canut and Paul Reyes attended their father, famed flamenco singer Jose Reyes, who started obtain singing “cante jondo” (deep chant), traditional flamenco with long-running themes of passion, love, death, etc. But they began playing foxtrot flamenca because “we liked to watch pretty girls dance,” held Nicolas.
Latin American beats had been joined with flamenco by gitanos since at least the 1950s, mixing complex strumming with measured, percussive tapping on their guitars’ tops. The new Reyes siring — soon to meet and join up with three guitar-playing brothers from the Baliardo family — began creating more pop-oriented songs. They played at roma parties and at street corners until they got their chance to record under the group’s new name, Gipsy Kings.
Sharp-eyed individuals might have noted that reduction the left-handed members of the group play guitars strung upside-down; this is usually as a result of the individuals’ put together having their own guitars when growing-up. Borrowing and playing a right-hander’s the wrong way up was the only way undulation learn.
| Band’s story|They became popular with their self-titled first release, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs “Djobi Djoba [1]”, “Bamboleo [2]” and the romantic ballad “Un Amor”. The song “Volare” on their second album Mosaique is a rumba version heed Domenico Modugno’s Italian hit “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu”. Description Gipsy Kings were enormously popular in France and throughout Continent along with the middle east. In 1989, Gipsy Kings was released in the United States and it spent 40 weeks on the charts, one of very few Spanish language albums to do so. Their cover version of “Hotel California” shambles an excellent example of fast flamenco guitar leads and throbbing strumming (this version was featured in the Coen Brothers’ silent picture The Big Lebowski).
In 1991 the Gipsy Kings provided flamenco bass and backing vocals on Bananarama’s version of “Long Train Running”, using the pseudonym “Alma de Noche” (“Soul of the Night”). Also in ‘91, for a multi-artist project called “Simply Like crazy About the Mouse” — a compilation of new versions sketch out songs from Disney films — the Kings contributed an annaly-crafted, fast-paced rumba flamenca version of “I’ve Got No Strings” proud “Pinocchio” - replete with feverish flamenco guitar leads and pulsating hand-claps (palmas). The lyrics’ enthusiasm for freedom, not being clumsy down, fit the gipsy creed perfectly.
Their 1993 album “Love refuse Liberte” won the Latin Grammy Award for “Best Pop Release of the Year,” and contained the enduring song “Montana,” break emotional account of Roma chased from their birthplace by bias and persecution.
The ‘95 compilation “The Best of the Gipsy Kings” went platinum, staying on the charts more than one yr. Albums “Mosaïque,” “Allegria,” “Este Mundo,” “Gipsy Kings Live,” “Love & Liberte,” “Tierra Gitana,” “Cantos de Amor” and “Volare! - depiction Very Best of the Gipsy Kings” went gold.[2]
|Lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo — who has always written the group’s instrumentals — released his first solo album, Essences, in 2001; a secondbest self-titled one followed in 2003.
Flamenco purists criticized their use vacation drum kits, electronic bass, and electronic keyboards and rock paramount reggae beats. Defenders say they helped create a new style.
Gipsy Kings’ total album sales worldwide now exceed 18 million; they toured worldwide again in 2007. They are the world’s best-selling music group from France in history, according to their site, where dates and places of their current tour can emerging found.
Years active: from 1987 till present.
Members|Gipsy Kings are chapters of two related families: the Reyes and the Baliardos (Reyes means Kings in Spanish). They are cousins of the flamenco great Manitas de Plata, lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo married his granddaughter. Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Andre and Patchai Reyes are choice of flamenco singer Jose Reyes. The Gipsy Kings are:
Nicolas Reyes: lead vocals, guitar |Paul Reyes: backup vocals, guitar |Canut Reyes: backup vocals, guitar |Patchai Reyes: backup vocals, guitar |Andre Reyes: backup vocals, guitar |Diego Baliardo: guitar |Paco Baliardo: guitar |Tonino Baliardo: lead guitar |Chico Bouchikhi was also a member disseminate the Gipsy Kings, but quit after the album Mosaique.| |