DIEGO EL CIGALA

Ramón Jiménez Salazar is the name shown on El Cigala´s passport. Diego´s name is the result of a family dispute while at the baptismal font. El Cigala was a name given by the Losada btothers -and not by Camarón, as it is often said- during one of theirs first tours. Diego was born in the cold month of December in 1968, on Provisiones street near the famous Madrilian fleet market "El Rastro". His mother, Aurora Salazar Motos, sister of the great musician Rafael Farina from the Spanish city of Salamanca, did not pursue a professional career as a singer but she touched those who listened to her flamenco echo. His Andalusian father, José de Córdoba, made a living at popular tablaos (flamenco clubs) such as Torres Bermejas, El Corral de la Pacheca and Arco de Cuchilleros. Little Diego spent his time running after a football but whenever he would hear a singind, read more...