Musicians and followers mourn Vallenato composer Omar Geles, who died on the evening of May 21, 2024 on account of cardiac arrest. Several individuals got here to the Erasmo clinic in Valledupar, the place the singer who sings his songs is being handled, to say goodbye to the sound of his songs, whereas on social media they bear in mind his look within the public and his interviews the place he reveals the small print of his musical journey and his life overseas.
Likewise, they remembered the episodes that marked their musical profession as an accordion participant, such because the one carried out in 2005, in Plaza Alfonso López de Valledupar, along with the “father of the chicks”, Diomedes Díaz.
The second when Omar Geles insulted Diomedes Díaz
In a beautiful ceremony, the Cacique of La Junta invited the composer of Vallenato to share the stage with him, to sing the track “I can not stay with out you”, written by a well-known composer who mourns the historical past of Colombia.
However, later, Diomedes Díaz urged the singer-songwriter to play the accordion as a substitute of singing. “This man obtained jealous and began telling me: ‘Play the accordion, play the accordion, it is good,'” stated Omar Geles in 2023 in a video he printed on his official TikTok account. Then, the composer got here down from the stage.
“You advised me to sing and do not be quiet now,” stated Geles earlier than he left, microphone in hand as Diomedes Díaz checked out him. “Here’s what I’ve to sing, pay attention to the Vallenato language, which has errors,” Cacique replied, based on an area media report.
In an interview with Víctor Sánchez, in 2023, he recalled what occurred, and confirmed that he later met Díaz on the airport in Barranquilla, the place he was ready to take a flight to Valledupar. He heard in regards to the arrival of the composer when he noticed individuals round him, completely satisfied along with his presence.
Then, the very first thing that got here to his thoughts was what occurred on that stage, when he refused to play the accordion, because the “daddy of the chicks” had requested him to. “In a manner, I regretted it as a result of I went down and left him there and I did not proceed taking part in as if I despised him and that’s my idol,” he stated.
Avoiding being seen, he slipped between the individuals attempting to depart the place, however Diomedes Díaz observed his presence and shouted: “Omar, the place are you going?” “I turned and hugged him. And he advised me: ‘You cannot cease him, these are the issues of legends, you and I’ve not performed something unhealthy,'” stated Omar Geles with amusing, saying that this was his “idol”, an individual who was not merciless.
Similarly, he revealed which track he composed and sang for Diomedes Díaz “to take him out of the world.” This is La Falla fue tuya, which refers to infidelity and the tip of affection between a pair. “Hey, I do know very nicely that I’m not devoted to you, nevertheless it’s nearly invisible to a person, nevertheless it’s unhappy {that a} lady does it as a result of she loses significance and plenty of issues,” is heard within the track.
But the episode in Valledupar and the track weren’t the one traces left by the connection between the vallenato stars. However, they met years in the past, when Geles had not entered the world of legendary Colombian music.
He was 12 years previous after they took him to the sales space, the place Diomedes Díaz was singing. At that point, he invited him to play a track; Finally, he stated to everybody current: “Stop this black man, this black man will likely be good sooner or later.” Geles categorised what occurred as a “blessing” for his profession.
Finally, he admitted that he felt nice unhappiness when he heard in regards to the loss of life of the singer from Vallenato, on December 22, 2013.
“We did not anticipate that, we actually did not anticipate it. We knew he had open coronary heart surgical procedure and was not taking good care of himself. He did not do any of these meals, (sic) no, he began consuming goat, stewed goat, every thing, he had nothing to do with that. “He lived his life to the acute, as he wished, as he wished,” he stated in an interview. With Infobae