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Last update: Monday 22nd of March 2010 Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings are a group from Arles and Montpellier in France. Their parents fled from Spain during the Spanish Civil War. They are Calé (Gitano) musicians, best known for bringing Rumba Catalana, a pop-oriented version of traditional flamenco music to worldwide audiences, a kind of Rumba Flamenca. Many songs of the Gipsy Kings fit social dances, such as Samba, Salsa and Rumba. Their music has been described as a place where "Spanish flamenco and Romani rhapsody meet salsa funk." They explained the evolution of their sound in the 1996 PBS documentary of their lives and music "Tierra Gitana (Gipsy Ground)." Young brothers Nicholas, Canut and Paul Reyes accompanied their father, famed flamenco singer Jose Reyes, who started out singing "cante jondo (deep song)," traditional flamenco with long-running themes of passion, love, death, etc. Traditional flamenco song forms were not danced to except by "really great flamenco dancers," said Nicholas; when they played parties, "we like pretty girls. We like to watch them dance... so for us to get girls to dance, to get women to dance, it's the rumba." Latin American beats had been joined with flamenco by gitanos since at least the 1950's, mixing complex strumming with rhythmic, percussive tapping on their guitars' tops. The new Reyes generation -soon to meet and join up with three guitar-playing brothers from the Baliardo family - began creating more pop-oriented songs in the style. They played roma parties and street corners until they got their chance to record under the group's new name, Gipsy Kings. They became popular with their self-titled first album, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs "Djobi Djoba", "Bamboleo" and the romantic ballad "Un Amor". The song "Volare" on their second album Mosaique is a rumba version of Domenico Modugno's Italian hit "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu". The Gipsy Kings were enormously popular in France and throughout Europe. 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" is an excellent example of fast flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic strumming (this version was featured in the Coen Brothers' movie The Big Lebowski). In 1991 the Gipsy Kings provided flamenco guitar 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 Mad About the Mouse" - a compilation of new versions of songs from Disney films - the Kings contributed a finely-crafted, fast-paced rumba flamenca version of "I've Got No Strings" from "Pinocchio" - replete with feverish flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic hand-claps (palmas). The lyrics' enthusiasm for freedom, not being tied down, fit the gipsy creed perfectly. Their 1993 album "Love and Liberte" won the Latin Grammy Award for "Best Pop Album of the Year," and contained the enduring song "Montana," an emotional account of gipsies chased from their birthplace by prejudice and persecution. The '95 compilation "The Best of the Gipsy Kings" went platinum, staying on the charts more than one year. Albums "Mosaique," "Allegria," "Este Mundo," "Gipsy Kings Live," "Love & Liberte," "Tierra Gitana," "Cantos de Amor" and "Volare! - the Very Best of the Gipsy Kings" went gold. Lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo - who has always written the group's instrumentals - released his own self-titled instrumental album in 2003. Flamenco purists criticized their use of drum kits, electronic bass, and electronic keyboards; and rock and reggae beats. Defenders say they helped create a new style. At their concerts - with the audience dancing, singing along and calling out for their favorite songs - the group's smiles and bright eyes at the roars of applause they elicit seem to say they're happy with their contribution to pop music. Gipsy Kings' total album sales worldwide now exceed 18 million; they're touring worldwide again in 2007. They are the world's best-selling music group from France in history, according their website, where dates and places of their current tour can be found. Gipsy Kings are members 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 grand-daughter. Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Andre and Patchai Reyes are sons of flamenco great Jose Reyes. The Gipsy Kings are:
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