Los Compadres was a famous

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duo formed by Lorenzo Hierrezuelo in 1947. At the time Lorenzo had a singing duo with

María Teresa Vera María Teresa Vera (February6, 1895December17, 1965) was a Cuban singer, guitarist and composer. She was an outstanding example of the Cuban trova movement. Career She started her career as a singer in 1911 in a theater where she sang the cri ...

, and this partnership continued alongside the new venture. His first partner in ''Los Compadres'' was

Compay Segundo Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Biography Compay (meaning ''compadre'') Segundo, so called because he was a ...

(a famous trova singer and guitarist in his own right), who became the second voice and

armónico The armónico, also known as trilina, is a guitar-like instrument from Cuba. It is a hybrid between the Classical guitar, Spanish guitar and the Cuban Tres (musical instrument), tres. The armónico has seven strings: five single strings, plus one ...

player of the duo. Later, when Compay Segundo moved on, Lorenzo teamed up with his brother, Rey Caney, keeping the same name for the duo. Both partnerships made many recordings and toured widely in

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and the United States.Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba''. La Habana. vol 1, p248

Ramon Goose Ramon Goose (born 1975) is an English guitarist, singer and producer, known for his work with Ramon Goose & The Compadres, West African Blues Project and the hip hop blues band NuBlues, for his mastery of the slide guitar, and for producing albu ...

& The Compadres is a latin influenced band from London, England.

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