Mario Mutis (born 20 October 1947) is a Chilean musician, best known for being the bass player and vocalist for the

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...

-folk band

Los Jaivas Los Jaivas is a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, psychedelic, and progressive rock styles formed in 1963 in Viña Del Mar, Chile. They are considered one of the most important and influential artists of all time in Latin America ...

Early Life

Mario Mutis was born on October 20, 1947 in

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune on Zona Central, Chile, central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located withi ...

, Chile During his childhood he studied at Saint Peter's School in Viña del Mar. Mutis first encountered the Parra brothers during a school fight at Guillermo Rivera High School in Viña del Mar with Gabriel Parra, the band's future drummer.

Career

In the first formations of the group (then known as The High & Bass), Mutis and Gato Alquinta were guitarists. Mutis eventually switched to bass as the band had no bassists at the time. In 1975 he left the band, during his stay in Argentina , due to personal issues; however, he rejoined in 1979. In 1985 he left the group again and settled in Chile. In 1996 he rejoined Los Jaivas and continues to perform with the band. In addition to bass, Mutis plays guitar and percussion for Los Jaivas, and also serves as one of two primary vocalists following Alquinta's death in 2003. In 2011, Los Jaivas were invited to close the fourth day of the Viña del Mar Song Festival . In 2013, they were invited to be part of the jury at the Viña del Mar Song Festival.

Personal life

Mutis resides in Chile In 1986, Mutis suffered a stroke and was admitted to the Las Condes Clinic . Mutis eventually regained consciousness after a unknown amount of time.

Discography

with Los Jaivas

*El Volantín 1971 *Todos juntos 1972 *La Ventana 1973 *Palomita blanca (Movie soundtrack) 1973 (Released in 1992) *Sueños de América 1974 (Released in 1979) *Los Jaivas (El indio) 1975 *Canción Del Sur 1977 *Mambo de Machaguay (Compilation) 1978 * Alturas de Macchu Picchu (based on lyrics from The Heights of Macchu Picchu by

Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda ( ; ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 190423 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old an ...

) 1981 *Aconcagua 1982 *Obras de Violeta Parra 1984 *Si tu no estás 1989 *Hijos de la Tierra 1995 *Trilogia: El Rencuentro 1997 *Mamalluca 1999 *En El Bar-Restaurant Lo Que Nunca Se Supo (Compilation) 2000 *Los Jaivas En Concierto: Gira Chile 2000 (Live) 2000 *Arrebol 2001 *Obras Cumbres (Compilation) 2003 *La Vorágine I, Pan Negro (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003 *La Vorágine II, La Reforma (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003 *La Vorágine III, El Tótem (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003 *La Vorágine IV, Mucha Intensidad (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003 *La Vorágine V, ¿Qué Hacer? (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003 *Serie de Oro: Grandes Exitos (Compilation) 2004

References

1947 births Living people Chilean guitarists 20th-century Chilean male singers Chilean male singer-songwriters Chilean singer-songwriters People from Viña del Mar Male bass guitarists Musicians from Viña del Mar 20th-century Chilean male artists {{bass-guitarist-stub