
Valentin Elizalde
How do you rate the music of Valentin Elizalde?
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Elizalde
Official site: https://www.valentin-elizalde.com/
He was a great musician. He passed away on November 25th along with his manager and driver, died in a hail of bullets shortly after finishing a performance in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas.
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Elizalde's Web site said the shooting occurred as he was leaving a "palenque," a sort of small, open-air festival, at which he sang. Authorities in Tamaulipas state, where Reynosa is located, were not immediately available to confirm the circumstances of the deaths. "We appreciated all the displays of solidarity and affection from fans, friends and the media ... rest in peace, Valentin Elizalde," read the singer's Web site, which identified his manager, Mario Mendoza, and his driver and friend, Raymundo Ballesteros. There was no immediate information on a motive for the killings. Born in 1979 and known as "El Gallo," or "The Rooster", Elizalde was considered a mainstay of the accordion-based norteno music variously known as "banda" or "grupero..." |