Maneco Galeano
| Maneco Galeano | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Félix Roberto Galeano Mieres |
| Also known as | Maneco |
| Born |
May 13, 1945 Puerto Pinasco, Py |
| Died | December 9, 1980 (aged 35) Asunción, Py |
| Genres | Polca, Guarania |
| Occupation(s) | musician, songwriter, journalist |
Maneco Galeano (Puerto Pinasco, May 13, 1945 - Paraguay), was a Paraguayan musician, songwriter and journalist.
Son of W. Antonio Galeano and Ana Mieres, his real name was Felix, after his grandfather on his father side, and Roberto, after his grandfather, on his mother side. He was two years when the cruel civil war of `47 started. He always remember his father, was on his way to prison for defending his principles and ideals, on the harbor of Puerto Pinasco, waving his handkerchief, blond and happy. In this time he was given his first guitar, a toy one, and he enjoyed singing songs he imagined himself with it.
At the beginning of 1948, his family decides to move to Asuncion. He begins his studies at the Colegio San Jose, an educational institution to which he was to be linked during all his life. He was a lively and nonconformist teenager, and also studied at the Liceo Militar Acosta Ñu as well as in the Colegio Carlos Antonio Lopez. He finished his high school in the Colegio Lasalle, in Buenos Aires, with honors.
In 1962, with his father in the diplomatic service, the family moves to the Argentine capital. There he joined with other Paraguayans fellow musicians and forms a band where he sings and plays the guitar.
When he returns to his country, he begins the university but he doesn't finish his studies. He begins to compose. In the middle of the 1960s he shows some of his first works, very elemental but with purity.
His friend and teacher at journalism, Fernando Cazenave, invites him to be a part of the crew at the Diario ABC Color newspaper when it is opened, in 1967. He then begins the career as a social communicator, a condition he would carry with pride until his death, as a collaborator of La Tribuna and El Diario Hoy, where he was the chief of the sports section as well as the secretary of editorial staff.
Another great passion of his, besides his obvious love for music, was the love for teaching. Since 1974 until 1978 he taught music at his old school, San Jose.
On April 19, 1969, he married Maria Cristina Barrail Pecci. He had four daughters: Sandra Maria, Viviana Guadalupe,Ana Karina and Maria Alegria.
At the end of the `60 he composes songs to accompany carnival groups (comparsas) at the Centenario Club. These “comparsas” were also directed by him. From these years, specifically from 1969 to 1970 are his first satirical songs. “Los problemas que acarrea un televisor en la casa de un hombre como yo”, “La chuchi” y “Tomás te canasta” find an immediate eco in the public. With them he begins to shape his own profile, the unique Maneco Galeano of the Paraguayan popular compositions.
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