“Fue mudo hasta los 9 a\u00f1os, analfabeto hasta los 14, enviud\u00f3 tr\u00e1gicamente a los 40 y conoci\u00f3 a su padre a los 46. El m\u00e1s pagano de los predicadores cumple 70 a\u00f1os y repasa su vida desde la habitaci\u00f3n de hotel que eligi\u00f3 como \u00faltima morada”.<\/p>\n
As\u00ed resumi\u00f3 su vida el propio Facundo Cabral. Sin embargo, no fue esa habitaci\u00f3n de hotel su \u00faltima morada, ya que perdi\u00f3 la vida en la calle a causa de los disparos que realizaron varios sicarios el 9 de julio de 2011.<\/p>\n
Con una vida que podr\u00eda haber servido de argumento para una novela de Dickens, o una versi\u00f3n a la argentina de \u201cLas cenizas de \u00c1ngela\u201d, este platense vivi\u00f3 en la calle desde su m\u00e1s tierna infancia. Con 9 a\u00f1os desapareci\u00f3 durante cuatro meses, y march\u00f3 a Buenos Aires a entrevistarse con el entonces presidente Juan Domingo Per\u00f3n, ya que hab\u00eda o\u00eddo que este daba trabajo a los pobres. Burl\u00f3 la vigilancia, se col\u00f3 en la casa presidencial, y consigui\u00f3 trabajo para su madre. Estuvo en el reformatorio y la c\u00e1rcel con tan solo 14 a\u00f1os, y fue all\u00ed donde un sacerdote le ense\u00f1\u00f3 a leer y escribir. Un vagabundo lo acerc\u00f3 a la religi\u00f3n, aunque siempre se defini\u00f3 como librepensador.<\/p>\n
Comenz\u00f3 su carrera musical con el nombre de El Indio Gasparino, <\/em><\/strong>y era ferviente seguidor de Atahualpa Yupanqui. En 1970 grab\u00f3 No soy de aqu\u00ed, ni soy de all\u00e1<\/em>, y empez\u00f3 a ser conocido. Grab\u00f3 con cantantes como Alberto Cortez repetidas veces, Julio Iglesias, Pedro Vargas o Neil Diamond. La influencia espiritual de Jes\u00fas, Gandhi y La Madre Teresa de Calcuta, y literaria de Jorge Luis Borges y Walt Whitman lo llevaron a cantar cr\u00edtica social con un toque de humor. Exiliado durante la dictadura argentina, cosech\u00f3 numerosos honores a lo largo de su carrera que conserva un conductor de taxis, conocido suyo. Fue declarado \u201cMensajero Mundial de la Paz\u201d, por la UNESCO, y fue propuesto para el Nobel de la Paz.<\/p>\n En su discograf\u00eda hay t\u00edtulos tales como Pateando nachos, Entre Dios y el Diablo, El profeta de Gibrhan, El oficio de cantor, El Mundo Estaba Tranquilo Cuando Yo Nac\u00ed<\/em>, No est\u00e1s deprimido, est\u00e1s distra\u00eddo<\/em>, Cantar s\u00f3lo cantar \/ Cabral s\u00f3lo Cabral, o Lo Cortez no quita lo Cabral<\/em> (dos vol\u00famenes) y Cortez\u00edas y Cabralidades <\/em>junto a Alberto Cortez.<\/p>\n Tampoco podemos olvidar su creaci\u00f3n literaria, que fue extensa y con traducciones incluso al chino mandar\u00edn o japon\u00e9s: Borges y yo<\/em>, Ayer so\u00f1\u00e9 que pod\u00eda y hoy puedo<\/em>, Cuaderno de Facundo<\/em>, Los papeles de Cabral, <\/em>etc. <\/em>Todo un talento el que perdimos hace pocos d\u00edas a causa de unos disparos posiblemente errados.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jE3GwuCwRNU<\/a><\/p>\n “He was mute until the age of 9, illiterate until 14, he was tragically widowed at 40 and met his father at 46 years old. The most pagan of all preachers is 70 years old and reviews his life from the hotel room that he chose as his last dwelling “.<\/p>\n \u00a0This way Facundo Cabral summed up his life. However, this hotel room was not to be his last home, since he lost his life on the read from the shots fired by some hit men on July\u00a09th 2011.<\/p>\n With a life that could have been used as the plot for a Dickens’ novel, or an Argentine version of ” Angela’s ashes “, this \u201cplatense\u201d (born in La Plata, Argentina) lived on the streets from a tender age. Being 9 years old he disappeared for four months, and went to Buenos Aires to meet the president Juan Domingo Per\u00f3n, because he had heard that he was giving work to poor people. He avoided security, slipped past into the presidential house, and got a job for his mother. He was in a reformatory and jail being only 14 years old, and it was there where a priest taught him how to read and write. A vagabond exposed him to religion, although he always defined himself as a freethinker.<\/p>\n He began his musical career under the name of The Indian Gasparino, and he was a fervent follower of Atahualpa Yupanqui. In 1970 he recorded “I’m not from here nor there”<\/em>, and he started being famous. He recorded with singers such as Alberto Cortez several times, Julio Iglesias, Pedro Vargas or Neil Diamond. The spiritual influence of Jesus, Gandhi and The Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and the literary influence of Jorge Luis Borges and Walt Whitman led him to sing social criticism with a touch of humor. Exiled during the Argentine dictatorship, he won numerous honors during his career still kept by a taxi driver, who was acquainted with him. He was declared Messenger of Peace by UNESCO, and he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n In his discography there are titles such as \u201cStamping nachos\u201d, \u201cBetween God and the Devil\u201d, \u201cThe prophet of Gibrhan\u201d, \u201cOn the trade of singer\u201d, \u201cThe world was calm when I was born\u201d, \u201cYou are not depressed, you are distracted\u201d, \u201cTo sing only to sing\/Cabral only Cabral\u201d, or \u201cThe Cortez does not remove the Cabral\u201d (two volumes) and \u201cCortez\u00edas and Cabralidades\u201d singing with Alberto Cortez.<\/p>\n We cannot forget his literary creation, which was vast and translated even into Chinese and Japanese: \u201cBorges and I\u201d, \u201cYesterday I dreamed that I could and today I can\u201d, \u201cFacundo’s Notebook\u201d, \u201c Cabral’s papers\u201d, etc. An incredible talent that we lost a few days ago because of some stray bullets.<\/p>\n