Pablo Guerrero
Pablo Guerrero (born 18 October 1946 in Esparragosa de Lares) is a Spanish singer-songwriter, lyricist, and poet from Extremadura in Spain.
Guerrero uses traditional harmonies and melodies from Extremadura, with flamenco, American folk music, rock, and jazz influences.
He also played songs by Georges Moustaki, Jorge Cafrune, Joan Baez, Massiel, and the Dynamic Duo.
Guerrero went to Madrid to study liberal arts, specifically literature, while at about the same time, he began to sing, but without any professional intentions, but continued to train as a musician by attending private classes.
During the cultural scene of the late '60s and early '70s, Guerrero was influenced by Joan Manuel Serrat, Luis Eduardo Aute, Lluís Llach, Raimon, Maria del Mar Bonet, Amália Rodrigues.
José Afonso, Georges Moustaki, Jacques Brel, and South Americans Daniel Viglietti and Jorge Cafrune.
In 1970 Guerrero collaborated as a singer in the recording of the album La Cantata del Exilio: ¿Cuándo llegaremos a Sevilla?
This album, A Cántaros, shows the influence of American folk musicians: Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, and especially Leonard Cohen.
In February 1976, Guerrero recorded Porque Amamos El Fuego (Tr: Why We Love The Fire) for Movieplay, produced by Gonzalo García Pelayo.
It features musicians Nacho Sáenz de Tejada and Jean Pierre Torlois on acoustic and electric guitars, jazz musicians Miguel Ángel Chastang and Antonio Perucho on double-bass and electric bass, and drums and percussion, respectively, and Antonio Pascual on keyboards.
Jorge Pardo collaborated with the flute and tenor sax, and Antonio Fernández played the acoustic guitar in No Estés Así (Don’t Be Like That).
The song Un Rincón De Sol En La Cabeza was dedicated to the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1975, in Portugal.
In December 1977, Guerrero recorded the studio album A Tapar La Calle for Movieplay, produced by Gonzalo García Pelayo, and released in 1978.
Translation: It's the love of water when it wants to slake mans’ thirst and shed her scent in the bleached fields by the hawthorn flower.
