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Compay Segundo

Compay Segundo is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Afro-Cuban All Stars, Manuel Guajiro Mirabal and Buena Vista Social Club. Those roots explain a lot about how Compay Segundo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González and Sierra Maestra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vieja Trova Santiaguera, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Compay Segundo, reaching back through Afro-Cuban All Stars and forward to Vieja Trova Santiaguera. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.

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Compay SegundoAfro-Cuban All StarsManuel Guajiro MirabalBuena Vista Social C…Vieja Trova Santiagu…Ibrahim FerrerEliades OchoaOmara PortuondoRubén GonzálezSierra MaestraAfro-Cuban All StarsVieja Trova Santiagu…Carlos Puebla

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Compay Segundo connections

Compay Segundo grew out of Afro-Cuban All Stars, Manuel Guajiro Mirabal and Buena Vista Social Club, shares an orbit with Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo and Rubén González, went on to shape Vieja Trova Santiaguera. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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