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José Reyes, Cantaor de la Camargue


The city of Arles gives a place in Arles the Name of José Reyes
Hommage à José Reyes
Lyric and Music: Canut Reyes from: Flamenco passion
Si vous êtes venus
gens de tous pays
au Saintes Maries
vous l'avez connu
celui qu'on appellait
José Reyes, le Gitan
il vivait au bord de l'étang
sur cette terre salée
Ne cherchez pas son age
car il avait plusieurs printemps
et pourtant sur son visage
n'avait pas la marque du temps
Les soirs vous le voyiez
La démarche fière
il entrait dans les cafés
sur sa guitare jouait cet air
Lai, Lai Lai Lai.......
vous n'auriez pas fait l'affront
de lui donner de l'argent
il vous offrait ses chansons
en language d'amitiée
il allait jouer souvent
près des marécages
au milieu des ses flaments
qu'il les mêne de son language
Tout le monde l'aimait bien
Là bas, aux Saintes Maries
mais un jour il s'étint
à l'ombre d'un Tamarinde
Si tous, comme moi,
vous l'avez connu,
dans votre tête parfois
reviendra cet air voûtant
Lai, Lai Lai Lai.......
If you had come
people of all countries
to Saintes Maries
you have known him
it was he, they called
José Reyes; le Gitane
he lived on border of the pond
on the salty earth,
don't look for his age
because he has a lot of springtimes
but on his face
no marks of time he has
on evenings you may see him
soul went proud
he rested in cafés
on his guitar played his themes
Lai, Lai lai Lai....
You wouldn't affront him
giving him some money
he offerd you his songs
in a friendly language
he often goes there
playing at the ponds,
among the flamingos
leading them by his words
everyone knew him well
there in Saintes Maries
but one day he will die
in the shadow of tamarinde
if all, like me,
you have knewn him
in you head comes back sometimes
this theme
Lai, Lai Lai Lai.......
Try of translation: Krishna Gans ( quiet difficult because of the dialect used by Canut )
I got now some help from Felipe Sauvageon ( Laïlo )
Canut Reyes, son of the legendary flamenco singer José Reyes, composed this
song in memory to his father, also a "father" of the  Gipsy Kings .




   



Why this homepage and my interest to "Los Reyes" and the Camargue flamenco ?
On May 25, 1996, I saw and heard some of them play in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, at the Gitano pilgramage. I didn't know who was playing there. Coming home after holidays, I buyed 3 CD from "Los Reyes" and found some similarities of the music I heard in France and I had on video too. I compared the players of CD pictures with the video and realized , even if the pictures were about 20 years old, the group I saw was "Los Reyes". Internet Webcrawler told me, searching for "Los Reyes" something about "Gipsy Kings". And what about the music ? You must hear and feel it, the real "root" flamenco of Los Reyes is the best I ever heard, two older Gipsy Kings - CDs remember at this music: "Allegria" and "Luna de Fuego"



Manitas de Plata (right) and me (left)




New and used CD' you get here:






José Reyes & Los Reyes CD's
Los Reyes & Gitano Famlily CD's
Los Reyes II CD's
updated oct. 12th, 2oo8 eMail to the author
Who is Who in Camargue ? updated June, 2 nd 2oo9 A forum to discuss Camargue Flamenco  
My Gipsy Kings diskdatabase updated Nov 18th 2oo6 Jörg Spillers sales list updated Jul. 23rd 1999
Other Gipsy related CD's I own updated Feb. 20 th, 2oo9 Other good links to Gipsy / Flamenco pages
and a guestbook
updated mar, 21st 2o10
Fiesta at "Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer" 1996   Caravan Museum  
Fiesta at "Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer" 1997   Camargue Flamenco at Google Earth
Fiesta at "Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer" 2001   Meeting listmembers at "Saintes Maries"  
The 1996 Reyes concert updated Feb. 9th 1999 If you intend to visit
Les Saintes Maries de la Mer
- here is the map
updated Jan. 25th 1998
The 1997 Baliardo concert updated Feb. 9th 1999 Gitano Family at "Maewa"  
The 2001 Laïlo concert   Manitas in the Newspaper !  
a bit about Laïlo updated Dec. 7th, 2006 Manitas Birthday in Newspaper ! updated06.06.07
Laïlo in Mainz Oct. 99 updated Dec. 7th, 2006 Manitas in Heidelberg Dec. 99  
Laïlo in Bad Nauheim, Jun., 9th2002 Manitas in Bonn, June 11th, 2000  
Families in Camargue The Allstars of Gipsy Mainz 2006 updated june 19th2008
Los Reyes in Mainz updated Aug. 14th1999 Manitas in Heidelberg, Mar., 14th2003 coming soon
page dedicated to Fabrice, son of Manero Jan.30 th, 2007 Peña in Mainz, Oct. 8 th, 2006



Camargue Flamenco auf Radio RheinWelle 92,5 !
in Deutsch / in German finished end 2008
13.12.08 Unerhört ( & ) auserlesen auf Radio RheinWelle 92,5 !,
was sonst nicht im Radio läuft !
20.07.10
Veranstaltungshinweise / events
concert dates in Germany
05.06.07 Musical Worldtour on Radio Rheinwelle 92,5
start 13.01.09
20.07.10
Gipsy Soul FM, Camargue Flamenco at live365.com    
What else I'm interested in   My personal gallery  









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