Los Romeros celebrate 60 years of love for music

The quartet will delight their fans with a live show from the legendary Belly Up theater

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On 1957, Celedonio Romero left Spain with his family to flee the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. An American businessman hired him to come to work in this country.

“My father was never part of the Franco government,” said Pepe Romero, one of Celedonio’s sons. “He was a great freedom fighter; For him the most important thing was freedom. ”

Since then, Celedonio was an acclaimed classical guitarist, and therefore, her life was in danger due to the capacity of artists to transmit ideas and thoughts, said Pepe.

“The artists were very guarded at that time,” he added.

What Celedonio least imagined is that in the United States he would find fame, respect and the flourishing of his art. First he settled in Santa Barbara, then in Los Angeles and finally in San Diego, California, where he was invited to play as part of the celebrations of the 200 years of the founding of the city.

At that time the city commissioned the composer Morton Gould a piece for four guitars and an orchestra. The creation was called “ Music of the troubadours”, and was performed by Celedonio and his sons Celín, Pepe and Ángel. From then on, they stayed with that formation and Los Romeros was born.

Now the quartet, which is made up of Pepe, his brother Celín, a son of Celín –Celino– and a son of Ángel –Lito–, to celebrate their sixty years of existence, will offer a live concert on Sunday from the legendary Belly Up in Solana Beach, California.

From this stage, located very close to the house on the beach where the Romeros reside, artists such as the Rolling Stones, BB King, Willie Nelson, Etta James, Jimmy Buffett and many others.

“It is a center that my children, my nephews and all of us have attended a lot ”, said Pepe, who has 77 years.

It is likely that the quartet will perform Gould’s work, and also others that are classics of his repertoire .

“They will be works that have accompanied us since that we started, and they are, I would say, the great successes of Los Romeros “, said the musician.

This will also be a celebration of family unity, said Pepe, since it is what has kept the quartet together.

“We have remained as a quartet for two reasons,” he said. “For the family union and for love, the love that the whole family feels for music, for the guitar, and for the quartet, which is a musical genre that started with us. ”

In detail

What:

Los Romeros

When: Sunday 2 pm Pacific Time , and on request from 30 of May

Where: stellartickets.com

How: tickets $ 20 to $ 35