Ariel Camacho

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Camacho and the second or maternal family name is Barraza.

José Ariel Camacho Barraza (July 8, 1992 – February 25, 2015)[1] was a Mexican singer-songwriter who performed in the Regional Mexican genre.[2] He was the leader of the band Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho and was signed on to DEL Records.[3]

Life

Camacho was born on July 8, 1992 in Guasave Sinaloa. He started singing at the age of 12 in Guamuchil, Sinaloa (population 64,000). His first concert was held in Tijuana in which he played for more that 40,000 people. He quickly became known for his expressive way of playing the requinto. He became known as "La Tuyia"[upper-alpha 1] due to a childhood nickname given to him by his grandfather because his guitar was much bigger than him. He decided to form a band in the start of 2013. His band Los Plebes del Rancho consisted of César Iván Sánchez (guitar and backing vocals) and Omar Burgos (tuba). Camacho was lead singer and also played requinto in the band. His band quickly became known due to their unusual combination of standard guitar, requinto, and tuba. Among their most successful songs were "Hablemos", "Te Metiste", "El Karma" and "Rey de Corazones". Camacho was praised for maintaining a classical element in his regional music by paying attention to the songwriters who had come before him. He was also a frequent collaborator with other corrido singers, including Gerardo Ortiz and Regulo Caro.[4][5][6]

Death

On February 25, 2015 Camacho and two other people died in a car accident on the road from Angostura, Sinaloa. Camacho was returning from a performance at a music festival, Carnaval de Mocorito. He had posted a video on his Facebook page a day before his death, inviting his fans and “all the beautiful ladies out there” to attend his next concert. He died at the young age of 22.[7][8] Following his death, his group's song "El Karma" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.[9]

References

  1. ↑ a nickname meaning “You’ve made that guitar yours”[4]
  1. ↑ Mérida, Janet (February 26, 2015). "Ariel Camacho, la trágica muerte de un cantante". El Universal. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ Cantor-Navas, Judy (February 25, 2015). "Regional Mexican Artist Ariel Camacho Dead at 22". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Remembering Ariel Camacho, the 22-year-old star of Mexico's narcocorridos". Public Radio International. February 27, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Ariel Camacho". DelRecords. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016. His style was so innovative that in the Évora River valley region, he became known as “La Tuyia,” a nickname meaning “You’ve made that guitar yours.”
  5. ↑ Aragón, Hatdadiel (2015-02-26). "¿Quién era Ariel Camacho?". El Debate (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-10-15. Retrieved 16 October 2016. Desde pequeño le gustó cantar, en la primaria concursaba en eventos, por lo que su abuelo, que lo apodó la “Tuyia’’, porque la guitarra estaba más grande que él; hasta la fecha, sus amistades más cercanas le hablaban con su apodo.
  6. ↑ "Ariel Camacho & Los Plebes Del Rancho". T4C: Top 40 Charts. Archived from the original on 2016-05-16. Retrieved 16 October 2016. He had been on tour with his group, whose name roughly translates as “the ranch’s plebeians,” promoting their album “El Karma.”
  7. ↑ "Muere en accidente de tránsito el cantante Ariel Camacho". BBC UK. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ariel Camacho, Lead Singer of Los Plebes del Rancho, Dies at 22". The New York Times. February 26, 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Mendizabal, Ariel (March 5, 2015). "Ariel Camacho's Death Leads to Hot Latin Songs No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 6, 2015.


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