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Lamento Del Campesino

by Ray Pérez y El Grupo Casabe

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For a full 10 years, from 1965 until 1975, few could touch Ray Pérez, the Venezuelan pianist and bandleader affectionately known as El Loco (“The Crazy One”). In that time he’d ignited a raucous tropical sound in Caracas with Los Dementes (a name, “The Insane Ones”, so contentious that the band were forbidden to perform using that moniker for a spell), shaken things up with the hugely-experimental Los Calvos, added Afro-folkloric percussion to salsa with Los Kenya, shown off his own sweetly-distinctive singing with his Orquesta, and made an impression on Johnny Pacheco and Pete Rodriguez during a two- year spell in New York.

El Grupo Casabe came at the end of that 10-year spell, and can lay claim to being his last great group. Casabe recorded three albums between 1974 and 1975, which have been cherry-picked for a new compilation, Ray Pérez y El Grupo Casabe, on El Palmas Music.

As was always the case with Ray, he wanted to experiment, and these Casabe records find him expanding his brass section, even bringing in a pair of saxophones, as well as trying out new vocalists – his previous foil, Perucho Torcat (the voice of Los Dementes), had died in a tragic accident in 1972. “Lamento del Campesino” is the first single from Ray Pérez y El Grupo Casabe, and is, what they call in the game, a prime slice of salsa brava, or in other words, “the people’s salsa”. This one has become a big hit in Mexico’s sonido sound systems in recent years, and it’s easy to understand why. Not to be confused with similarly-titled songs by Fruko Y Sus Tesos or Johnny Pacecho, this is Ray’s “Lamento del Campesino” (“Peasant’s Cry”).

On vocals is Rodrigo Perdomo, the brother of El Negrito Calaven (who sang with Ray in Los Calvos), and he excels on the verses here with his authoritative tone. But it’s those instrumental passages after each chorus that really set this one apart, Ray’s cyclical piano montuno suddenly met with a flurry of horns and cow bell. Damn, Ray even finds time to break down to a serene piano solo on this one, before the whole band comes back in for one last hurrah. This is salsa for the people alright.

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released June 24, 2022
Mastering by Onda Selecta
Artwork Daria Mechkat

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Ray Pérez y El Grupo Casabe Caracas, Venezuela

Ray Perez began his musical career without the help of any record company. His first recording was paid for by himself when he arrived in Caracas from Maracaibo and with the germ of the group Los Dementes in development. No label wanted his production, but with infinite perseverance and immense love for music, his projects began to see the light, with an energy that will accompany him to this day. ... more

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