death_date death_place years_active birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
09 july 2011 guatemala city , guatemala 1959 -- 2011 la plata , buenos aires , argentina solo_singer 22 may 1937 guitar , harmonica troubadour , folklore , folk rock facundo cabral.jpg facundo cabral
 facundo cabral singer-songwriter
facundo cabral

facundo cabral -lrb- may 22 , 1937 -- july 9 , 2011 -rrb- was an argentine singer , songwriter and philosopher .
he was best known as the composer of '' `` no soy de aquí ni soy de allá '' '' -lrb- `` i 'm not from here nor there '' -rrb- , which he improvised during one of his concerts .
his songs have been covered by spanish language interpreters such as alberto cortez , who was also a friend of his , juan luis guerra and joan manuel serrat .
after touring the world , cabral enjoyed popularity in his home country during the early 1980s , when argentine radio demanded local content after the malvinas war .
he was enormously popular in all latin american countries ; when he performed in peru or mexico , which he called his second home , tickets were sold out long before the performance date -lrb- s -rrb- .
facundo cabral was named a unesco messenger of peace in 1996 .
