Before he graduated from Jorge Tadeo Lozano's University with a publicist degree, singer/songwriter Carlos Vives joined different bands and participated in several plays. In 1982, the artist got a role in the Colombian TV series Tiempo Sin Huella, starting his successful acting career, later extending his professional skills to the Puerto Rican television. After forming a band called La Provincia, the singer and guitarist began performing a local style known as Vallenato, successfully touring his native country and South America. In 1994, Carlos Vives' "La Gota Fria," became his first smash, climbing on the most important music charts around Latin America. In 1996, under the slogan of Unete A Los Locales (Join the Local Ones), the talented musician created his own label, called Gaira, to promote and give an incentive to local artists.
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La Piragua Lyrics
Carlos Vives
Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo
navegaba en el Cesar una piragua
que parta de El Banco viejo puerto
a las playas de amor en Chimichagua.
Capoteando el vendaval se estremeca
e impasible desafiaba la tormenta
y un ejrcito de estrellas la segua
tachonndola de luz y de leyenda.
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos.
era la piragua.
Era la piragua. (bis)
Doce bogas con la piel color majagua
y con ellas el temible Pedro Albunda
en las noches a los remos arrancaban
su meldico rugir de hermosa cumbia.
Doce sombras ahora viejas ya no reman
ya no cruje el maderamen en el agua
solo quedan los recuerdos en la arena
donde yace dormitando la piragua.
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos.
era la piragua.
Era la piragua. (bis)
La piragua.
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