Rey Caney

Reinaldo Hierrezuelo la O (30 December 1926 – 23 February 2016), known professionally as Rey Caney, was a Cuban singer, guitarist and tresero. Born in Santiago de Cuba, he led Cuarteto Patría for some time; this famous group is now led by Eliades Ochoa. In the middle 1950s, he took over Compay Segundo's place in the duo Los Compadres, the other partner being his elder brother Lorenzo Hierrezuelo. He and his brother sang together for thirty years. He also sang and played with many other groups, and finally came back to Santiago de Cuba to lead the Vieja Trova Santiaguera, one of the top groups in Cuba's second city. He also worked with his sister Caridad Hierrezuelo, a singer of guaracha style.[1]

His most popular composition is Caña quemá (The sugar cane's burning). He died in Havana in 2016.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana. vol 4, p21
  2. ↑ http://worldmusiccentral.org/2016/02/25/cuban-musician-reinaldo-hierrezuelo-rey-caney-dies-at-89/


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