José Catire Carpio
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| Born | December 19, 1940 Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico, Venezuela |
| Died | June 26, 2006 Caracas, Venezuela |
José Catire Carpio (real name: José Algimiro Carpio Velásquez) was born in the Maramales Valleys of Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico, Venezuela, December 19, 1940. Being son of Rosso Carpio and María de Carpio, at a very young age Jose Algimiro in company of his parents march to the east of Venezuela where he spends some years, always remembering his maramarales and longing for his childhood. In the city of El Tigre, Anzoátegui Jose Algimiro gives his first presentation as a fan singer in a radio program “Looking for stars for the future”. In the middle of the years 1957 and 1960 Jose Carpio evolved to a professional level crossing Venezuela with the llanero musical group “Copleros del Mar y Llano” where the harpist was his compadre the apureño Germán Rangel. At the beginning of the 1960s Jose Carpio leaves the provincial cities to go to Caracas, in search of the form to project his talent, he goes to the tv program “Brindis por Venezuela” that was directed by Juvenal Sarmiento that baptism José Carpio like Jose Catire Carpio.
The teacher Jose Romero Bello help José Carpio to record his first disc in 45 rpm (Flor de Apure), in which Bello accompanies him with the harp. José Catire Carpio was famous by his interpretations “Cantadores de mi patria”, “Guayaba verde”, “Hágame caso, compadre” and “La mula”. The festivals that credit his quality like interpreter, were: “I Torneo Internacional del joropo”, celebrated in Villavicencio, Colombia, in 1965. “Maracaya de Oro”, in Maracay, Aragua, 1973, “El Florentino de Oro”, 1974, among others. In the evening of June 26, 2006, José Catire Carpio dies in Caracas, Venezuela, product of a heart attack, that happened to him when he falled by the stairs of a clinic, when he was visiting his wife.
