Pau Donés

Pau Donés Cirera (11 October 1966 – 9 June 2020) was a Catalan songwriter, guitarist and vocalist of the musical group Jarabe de Palo.

 Biography 
 Early years 
Born in Barcelona, Spain, Donés grew up in Barcelona.Biografía de jarabe de Jarabe de Palo, en quedeletras.com«"En España no vivimos la música en las tripas"», en El País [...] Jarabe de Palo, la banda encabezada por el barcelonés Pau Donés. He got his first guitar when he was 12 years old.

Along with his brother Marc, they set up their first group: J. & Co. Band, and afterwards Dentaduras Postizas. For a while, he combined locals concerts in Barcelona with his job for an advertising agency.

In 1996 he formed Jarabe de Palo, being La Flaca his first album.Artist Biography by John Bush, Allmusic.com.

 Health 
On 1 September 2015 he had to cancel all his concerts after having an operation for colorectal cancer.«Pau Donés: "En la vida hay que ser valiente. Hoy estás y mañana, no"», en El Periódico On 5 April 2016 he announced via Twitter that he had recovered from his illness. However, he had a relapse a year later. He announced in October 2018 that he was to leave the music world indefinitely from January 2019. A year later, in April 2020, it was reported that Jarabe de Palo was recording a new album, Tragas o escupes, to be launched in September. However, its launch was moved forward to May 2020. He died from the disease on 9 June 2020, aged 53.Muere Pau Donés, líder de Jarabe de Palo, a los 53 años in lavanguardia.com (in Spanish)

 Discography 
 1996 - La flaca
 1998 - Depende
 2001 - De vuelta y vuelta
 2003 - Bonito
 2004 - 1 m²
 2007 - Adelantando
 2009 - Orquesta reciclando
 2011 - ¿Y ahora qué hacemos?
 2014 - Somos
 2015 - Tour Americano 14-15 (CD/DVD)
2017 - 50 palos (10-03-2017)
2020 - Tragas o escupes

 Compiling 
 2003 - ¿Grandes éxitos?
 2004 - Colección "Grandes"
 2005 - Completo, incompleto
 2006 - Edición 10º aniversario "La Flaca"

 References 

 Other websites

 Jarabe de Palo's official website

Category:1966 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Spanish singer-songwriters
Category:Spanish guitarists
Category:Musicians from Barcelona