Guillermo Buitrago

Colombian composer of vallenato music, was born in Cienaga Magdalena, Colombia in April 1st 1920 died 19th April 1949

Discography

His music was originally distributed in 78 rpm Discs, nobody knows exactly how many songs did he record but it is said to be more than 150 songs, his record producers were "Discos Fuentes", they have copilated most of his songs in lp´s and cd´s.

Some of the main releases have been:

"Vispera de año nuevo"1-Las mujeres ami no me quieren 2-Compae Heliodoro 3-La hija de mi comadre 4-Ron de vinola 5-Que criterio 6-El hijo de la luna 7-Grito bagabundo 8-El huerfanito 9-La vispera de año nuevo 10-La araña picua 11-Dame tu mujer jose 12-La vida es un relajo.

"Musica inédita" 1-Se marchitaron las flores 2-La loca Rebeca 3-Muchacha patillalera 4-Gallo basto y pelao 5-El toque de queda 6-El desdichado 7-La cita 8-Careperro 9-Cinco noches de velorio 10-Las contradicciones 11-El gallo atravesao 12-El tigre guapo 13-El maromero 14-Buitrago me tiene un pique

"La piña madura" 1-La capuchona 2-Adios mi maye(la despedida) 3-Cienaguera 4-La carta 5-El testamento 6-El tiburon de marbella 7-El amor de claudia 8-Pacha rosado 9-La piña madura 10-La varita de caña 11-Espera que me muera 12-El compae migue(El ermitaño).

"Regalito de navidad" This long play was edited by Discos Fuentes mixing between those 12 songs of the album 4 songs that were recorded after Buitragos Death by another singer called Julio C. San Juan and don´t belong to Guillermo Buitrago.

Those songs with asterisk belong to San Juan: 1-Regalito de navidad*, 2-Palomita mensajera*, 3-Yo no monto en avion*, 4-El amor es un collar, 5-Las sabanas del diluvio, 6-Luis Eduardo, 7-Rosa Valencia*, 8-La peste, 9-Pacho y Abraham, 10-Los enanos, 11-El brujo de Arjona(El enviado), 12-Moralito.

"El testamento y otors cantos ineditos" 1-El cazador 2- la mujer que quiere a uno 3-la fiera de pabayo 4-Pacho y Abraham 5-La costumbre de los pueblos 6-el testamento 7-la matica de yuca 8-Espera que muera 9-El dolor de Micaela 10-La vida es un relajo

Some other songs that haven´t been released in cd or lp but just recorded in 78´s are: (They have disapeared almost completely). -Buitrago me tiene un pique (Version 2) -Compay Chaney(El zorro) -El bachiller -El bobo de la yuca (buitrago just did backing vocals) -El coco rayado -El dia de san sebastian(El caiman) -El doctor Rafael Lavalle -El compa´e mige(1st version) -El jerre jerre -El negro maldito -El negro Mendo -La estricnina -La vaca lechera -Linda nena -Los panderos de Rio Frio -Mi guayabo -Mil veces(Lombo) -Mi morenita -Petra la pelua -Santo tomas -Zorro chucho,marimonda y baco

The following are completely extinguished : -El alazanito -Mala noche(El negrito figurin) -Toño miranda en el Valle -Falsas caricias -Anhelos -Los choferes -La rosca -Teresa Mercedes -Las muchachas de buitrago -Ritmo colombiano(Mi Colombia) "Buitrago just did backing vocals". -La cañandonga

Odeon Argentina edited a few of his songs and some of that odeon material was also edited by Discos Fuentes. Some other songs were radio advertising and they weren´t commercially edited.

One of the latest cd produced is a copilation and is a restoration of his greatest hits called "16 Exitos de navidad y año nuevo". Two of the songs were cut at the very beginning missing a small part of the original intro, Also percussion was added to almost all the songs differing from the original track.

1. Vispera De Ano Nuevo 2. Ron De Vinola 3. Dame Tu Mujer Jose 4. Grito Vagabundo 5. El Huerfantio 6. Compae Heliodro 7. El Amor De Claudia 8. La Carta 9. La Araña Picua 10. La Piña Madura 11. La Hija De Mi Comadre 12. Que Criterio 13. Las Mujeres A Mi No Me Quieren 14. Cienaguera 15. El Testamento 16. El Brujo De Arjona

Discografia by G. Velez / D. Montoya. [e-mail]

References

Guillermo buitrago cantor del pueblo para todos los tiempos (biography book), Edgar Caballero Elias, Discos Fuentes www.discosfuentes.comGabriel Velez's collection