Musician, composer, guitarist and singer from Seville Rafael Amador (Seville, 1960), member of the emblematic groups Pata Negra and Veneno, He died in Seville at the age of 65the following family information.
Amador also failed at the Virgen del Rocío hospital accompanied by his hand Diego Amador, his son Rafael “and many queridos”, as his family members explained to EFE, although they did not specify the cause of his death.
Rafael was born in Triana in the seventeenth year in the bosom of a Romani and flamenco family and grew up in the neighborhood of Three Million Lives. joined by hermano Raimundo and Kiko Veneno.
Regarded by purists as an ineffable art, they attempted to fuse it with rock and blues, following the example of other bands such as Smash and Triana, although they brought a more bluesy and raucous sound.
The three founders of the group Veneno in 1977, where the flamenco guitar and song were accompanied by drums, bass and electric guitar. The group’s only album was almost forgotten at the time, but today it is a cult piece and a symbol of a generation that sought to reach the front lines of the genre.
Además, los tres participate in the acquisition A legend of the time de Camaronan album that ended up being dynamite on the flamenco fronts, criticized by the orthodox and now considered a cornerstone of Spanish music.
After the dissolution of Veneno in 1977, it was founded by the Amador brothers Pata Negrofrom where Rafael was the main composer. From the first records, but especially with Guitarras callejeras (1985) y Blues de la frontera (1987), the band pushed the fusion between flamenco, rock and blues to the max, to the point of bautizar sudo como “blueslería”. They also flirted with styles like funk and reggae.
Canciones como “Camarón”, “Lunático” o “Pasa la vida” se convirtieron en himnos de una España que salía de la Transición, y fijaron a Rafael como un compositor capaz de convertir la vida en la calle, la droga, el deseo y la derrota en un cancionero popular.
El éxito trajo consigo la cara oscura: los excesos, las adicciones y una convivencia que terminó resquebrajándose entre los hermanos. Antes de la separación, Pata Negra dejó para la memoria un último concierto en la sala Zeleste de Barcelona, en 1989, registrado en el disco El Directo y convertido con el tiempo en testamento de una época irrepetible.
Amidst Raimundo’s march, Rafael continued at the head of Pata Negra and I signed the most personal work as I did Inspiration and care (1990) y Like a green boil (1995), marked by introspection and the hue of a life laced with addiction.
I had retirements, attempts to rehabilitate, and a return to scriptwriting, always with the feeling that to abandon music meant for him to renounce the only possible homeland.
“God sings with joy today because he brings the maestro, the gypsy prince, the black heel. The one who created the fusion. He will forever be in my heart,” he said in his post in a message shared on Rafael Amador’s official Instagram account.
He also had a few notes for you about former partner Kiko Veneno: “Farewell Rafaelillo, we will never forget your friend and your companionyour joy and your sympathy. Your music breaks my forehead, I always carry you in my heart.”
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