Quitapesares Tavern
Sorry for having to give this news, but unfortunately we have to announce that Pepe Peregil has died today in Seville. Jose Maria Perez Blanco, better known as Pepe Peregil, died today at age 67 after a long illness. The pieces has been one of the most illustrious saeteros of Seville and had one of the city’s more traditional taverns. His State of health had worsened a week ago and has died in the Virgen del Rocio Hospital surrounded by his own. Pepe Peregil has also been performer of sevillanas, having recorded several albums and achieved numerous successes with songs like pata negra or combebencia, among others. Profession tabernero, and more noteworthy as a flamenco singer, Pepe Peregil highlighted simply as a good person and a great man, as well as his sympathy and generosity. Pepe Peregil was born in Manzanilla (Huelva) the year 1945, but it is not famous for the place where he was born, but by his long and extensive musical career. He began his musical career by winning a contest organized by Cadena SER in 1970, recording their first album titled Flamenco 70 From there the contests won, were multiple highlighting the arrow of gold and that each year makes boast of well-deserved prize, giving away arrows by Seville during Holy week. It also had the Medal of the city of Seville, granted in 2009. In recent years he collaborated with numerous brotherhoods of Seville, but by its relationship with the zone of Santa Catalina, where runs a popular establishment, El Quitapesares.dehesadesolana.es his last appearance in a recording has been in the play dear colleagues, Pascual Gonzalez and Cantores de Hispalis, where parsley sings their sevillanas dedicated to the Jamon de pata negra, in addition to appearing on the dvd in your Quitapesares Tavern.
