Garzón y Collazos
Garzón y Collazos
Genres: Colombia, bambuco, Garzon y Collazos, folk, latinoamerica
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About Garzón y Collazos
In the mid-1930s, Darío Garzón was part of the musical group The Four Merry Boys of Ibagué . In 1937, when one of the guitarists left the group, Eduardo Collazos joined as a replacement. After the dissolution of the group at the end of 1938 and, because of their similar musical Garzón and Collazos interests, they decided to form a duo in which they would play the guitar and the tiple , respectively. In 1950 they moved to Bogotá , where they started recording with the Sonolux record company in its heyday. They also recorded with the companies Lyra, Vergara and Codiscos, amassing a catalog that includes 216 songs. The duo explored different traditional genres of Colombian music, such as the hallway , the bambuco , the guabina , the bunde , the torbellino , the rajaleña and even the waltz . Their wide repertoire included versions of songs composed by José A. Morales , Jorge Villamil , Luis Dueñas Perilla , Rafael Godoy , Adolfo Lara , Pedro J. Ramos , Anselmo Durán , Luis Carlos González , Alberto Urdaneta and Leonor Buenaventura de Valencia . They also worked with songs by foreign composers, such as Enrique del Fino , Mabel Wayne , Guty Cárdenas , Alfonso Esparza Oteo , Ramón Carrasco and Rafael Barros . They toured in Colombia and, several other countries including Cuba , Mexico, Puerto Rico, Honduras , Ecuador, Venezuela , Argentina , Brazil and, Chile. They also performed in the United States , playing at the Carnegie Hall concert hall Due to their popularity they received the nickname "Príncipes de la canción colombiana". The group ended on November 23, 1977 after the death of Eduardo Collazos. Darío Garzón died on March 23, 1986.
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