Pastor López

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José Pastor López (born June 15, 1944 in Barquisimeto , † April 5, 2019 in Cúcuta ) was a Venezuelan singer and band leader . His musical style was strongly influenced by Colombian music .

Career

Born in the north-west Venezuelan city of Barquisimeto, José Pastor López grew up in a family interested in music. His mother made guitars , violins , mandolins and cuatros as an instrument maker . He began his musical career at the age of five when he was allowed to record a first, commercially unsuccessful single called La Pulguita (Das Flöhchen) . Two years later, Renny Ottolina , the famous television presenter and later Venezuelan presidential candidate , was invited to the TV show Café de la tarde , who had seen him performing at a private party. With his three older, also musically interested brothers and one of his three sisters, he formed the band Conjunto (de los) Hermanos López at that time , of which he was also a singer.

The popularity gained by the television appearance led to further performance opportunities. After recording another single in 1961, the band decided to make a fundamental change in style in the mid-1960s. While up to now Música Llanera had mainly been made traditionally Venezuelan (with harp , cuatro and maracas ), which at that time was dominated by established local artists such as Hector Cabrera, Adilia Castillo, Lila Morillo or Mario Suárez, Pastor López now turned to him Cumbia tropical and opened up the music market of the neighboring country Colombia .

This musical change of course brought him his first commercial success in Venezuela in 1967 with the song La Venezolana from the long-playing record of the same name . This was followed by winning the first national music award as “Discovery of the Year”. After further recordings, Pastor López ended the musical collaboration with his siblings in the following year. This was followed by publications with the Colombian musician Aníbal Velásquez , the Venezuelan singer Nelson Henríquez , the Los Mayorales and other bands. After three and a half years and three LPs with Nelson Henriquez's band, López finally founded his own formation in 1974 called Pastor López y su Combo . In the following period it became very popular in Colombia, eventually also in neighboring countries, Mexico and with Spanish-speaking emigrants in the USA .

Pastor López was often called "El Indio", referring to his album of the same name from 1994 and his indigenous origins from a Wayúu family. After more than 90 released records, Pastor López celebrated his 50th stage anniversary in November 2008.

Music genre

Originally coming from the Venezuelan Música Llanera , his musical work mainly focused on the classical cumbia and the vallenato . In contrast to the modern currents of the Cumbia Revival , he is considered an important representative of the Cumbia tropical , which developed from older forms in the 1940s.

For his combo , Pastor López usually resorted to longstanding musical companions. Most of them were Colombian and Venezuelan musicians. Typical instruments that were used in his music are trumpets , keyboards , timbales , drums , bass and congas . He was also often accompanied by another singer ( backing vocals ).

His most famous songs include La Venezolana , La Verdad and Traicionera .

Discography (excerpt)

  • La Camisa Bacana - con el Conjunto de los Hermanos López (1966)
  • Honda Herida - con el Conjunto de los Hermanos López (1967)
  • La Venezolana - con el Conjunto de los Hermanos López (1967)
  • Sueños de Cumbiambrea - con Los Mayorales
  • Primer Compás - con Los Tomasinos (1971)
  • Venezuela 73 Con sabor Internacional (Con el combo de Nelson Henríquez) (1973)
  • Mano A Mano Pastor López - Willie Quintero (1973)
  • Pastor López Y Su Combo (1974)
  • Mano A Mano Pastor López Y Los Auténticos - Willie Quintero (1974)
  • Mano A Mano Pastor López - Joe Rodríguez (1975)
  • Bienvenidos (1975)
  • Lo Mejor (1976)
  • La Venezolana (1976)
  • El Negro Parrandero (1977)
  • Traicionera (1978)
  • El Indio Pastor (1979)
  • Sólo Un Cigarrillo (1979)
  • Único (1980)
  • Aquí Está El Sabor (1980)
  • El Número Uno / La Cumbia (1981)
  • El Exitoso (1982)
  • Lo Máximo / Golpe Con Golpe (1983)
  • Para Colombia / Para Todos (1984)
  • El Inigualable / El Iniguabale Sabor De… (1985)
  • Con Toda La Fuerza (1985)
  • Para Mi Colombia / Siempre Listo (1986)
  • El Magnífico Indio / Amigo (1986)
  • Cumbia Universal (1986)
  • El Insuperable / Bailable Sólido / Vengo Con Todo (1987)
  • El Incontenible / Baile Latino (1988)
  • Las Bonitas No Son Fieles (1989)
  • Con Calor Tropical (1990)
  • El Formidable / La Gran Bailanta (1991)
  • El Indio (1993)
  • 16 Éxitos-Nuevas Grabaciones (1996)
  • 16 Éxitos-Nuevas Grabaciones Vol. 2 (1996)
  • Pa 'La Gozadera (1997)
  • 20 Años Haciendo Éxitos (1997)
  • Mucho Más (1998)
  • Plegaria Vallenata (1999)
  • Navidades Con Pastor (1999)
  • Empinando El Codo (2000)
  • El Inconfundible (2001)
  • Le Canta A Julio Jaramillo (2002)
  • Vuelve Con Mucho Más (2007)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cuatro datos sobre el cantante colombo-venezolano Pastor López. In: CNN. April 4, 2019, accessed May 10, 2020 (European Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Pastor López
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pastor López, José (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Barquisimeto , Venezuela
DATE OF DEATH 5th April 2019
Place of death Cúcuta