- Americo Boschetti
Americo Boschetti (born
April 16 ,1951 in Santurce,Puerto Rico ) is asinger ,composer &guitarist .Boschetti was born in Santurce, a section of San Juan the capital of Puerto Rico. However, he was raised in the town of Corozal where his mother's family came from. There he received his primary and secondary education and at an early age was introduced to the world of music when his mother gave him aguitar as a present. In 1964, he wrote in English his first song influenced by the styles of theBeatles ,Rolling Stones andBob Dylan .In 1968, Boschetti enrolled at the
University of Puerto Rico and became involved in thePuerto Rican independence movement . He was also involved in the student protests of that era against theVietnam War , the presence of theROTC in the university's campus and other political issues. He started writing songs directed towards social reforms and romantic themes.His compositions were not limited to one particular style, but to a diversified variety of styles which included
rock n roll ,bolero , salsa, etc. The death of his mother Conchita, in 1970 affected him very much and may be reflected in the songs which he wrote in tribute to women, love and children.In 1973, Boschetti decided to auto-exile himself to avoid the U.S. military draft. The exile , which lasted until 1978, started in
Europe , continued inCanada and ended in theUnited States . While in Europe, Boschetti wrote anoperetta based on the drowning of Diego Salcedo by the Taíno Agueybana II, brother of Taíno CaciqueAgueybana . The operetta included 36 of Boschetti's songs and made it's debut in 1975 inStromboli ,Italy and in the United States in 1977 inMandeville, Louisiana .Boschetti returned to Puerto Rico in 1978, however in 1977 he secretly visited the island to meet with Puerto Rican singer
Danny Rivera . Rivera agreed to record one of Boschetti's song "La Guaracha del ruiseñor", which he included in his album "Alborada". Once Boschetti reestablished himself in the island, he co-founded the group "Colindancias". In 1981, Boschetti made his recording debut with the song "Colindancias" and went on tour.Among Boschetti's compositions are the following:
* Guajira de la Espera
* Manuela
* Mujer
* El Cántico de las Hojas
* La Guaracha del Ruiseñor
* Mi Tierra Mía
* Señorita Sylvia
* Canción para los Ninos
* La Mujer de las Islas In 1984, he decided to take a vacation (semi-retired) from the world of music. He had written over 500 songs and had also transformed some of the poems from the likes ofJose de Diego ,Luis Llorens Torres ,Julia de Burgos ,Juan Antonio Corretjer andJosé Martí into songs by adding music to the lyrics. During his vacation his songs were recorded by many artists, among them Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, Katraska, Danny Rivera, Perla del Sur,Cheo Feliciano , Josy Latorre, Molendo Vidrio and Mikie Rivera.In 2000, he returned from his retirement and released "Antologia sencilla" (Simple Anthology), which included 13 new compositions and 11 of his earlier songs. On
April 25 ,2004 he composed and recorded "Cancion Elegia", which he dedicated to Carlos Muñiz Varela, a young Cuban civil rights advocate who was murdered. Currently Americo Boschetti continues to write, record and perform with his band.ee also
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List of famous Puerto Ricans
*Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico External links
* [http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Americo_Boschetti/ Americo Boschetti]
* [http://haciendopunto.com Haciendo Punto en Otro Son]
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