Andrés Vega Delfín
{{Short description|Mexican musician (1931–2024)}}
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Andrés Vega Delfín (24 February 1931 – 9 May 2024), nicknamed El Güero Vega, was a Mexican folk musician, recognized for being the requintista of the son jarocho group Mono Blanco, considered one of the most influential musicians of son jarocho and head of the Vega family, recognized by musicians who composed it. Both the Vega and Utrera families were awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Popular Arts and Traditions category.{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2013/01/08/cultura/a04n1cul|title=En la familia Vega no se puede caminar sin antes zapatear|trans-title=In the Vega family, you cannot walk without tapping your feet first.|author=Mónica Mateos-Vega|year=2013|publisher=La Jornada|language=es}}
Biography
Vega learned to play by accompanying his father Mario Vega Peréz and taking his instruments to learn and play,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tlSqukTBaw|title=Don Andrés Vega, "Laguna Prieta"|website=YouTube.com|year=2015}} as well as listening to other older musicians. In 1950, at the age of 18, he arrived at Boca de San Miguel before marrying his wife Hermelinda Hernández Velázquez. Apart from being a musician, he dedicated himself to many other jobs, he was a muleteer, a sailor on the commercial boat in Tlacotalpan, a farmer and a charcoal seller.{{cite book|last=Herrera Silva|first=Armando|title=La vergüenza me sujeta|url=https://www.lamantaylaraya.org/?p=2684|year=2008|first2=Román|last2=Güemes Jiménez|page=9}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gob.mx/cultura/prensa/andres-vega-presento-su-disco-laguna-prieta|title=Andrés Vega presentó su disco Laguna prieta|year=2015|publisher=Secretaría de Cultura}} Since 1980, he was part of Mono Blanco along with his sons José Tereso and Octavio.{{cite web|url=https://www.gob.mx/cultura/prensa/el-son-es-un-modo-de-alejar-a-los-jovenes-de-los-malos-habitos-andres-vega|title=El son es un modo de alejar a los jóvenes de los malos hábitos: Andrés Vega|year=2013}}
=Fandango=
As a musician, Vega learned, organized and attended many fandangos in Saltabarranca, Villa Lerdo, Tlacotalpan.{{cite web|url=https://www.lamantaylaraya.org/?p=2684|title=La vergüenza me sujeta|page=48|format=PDF}} Also, as part of his presentations, he directed fandangos throughout Mexico and in the United States.
=Mono Blanco=
In 1980, Vega attended a festival in Tlacotalpan with his son Tereso and, playing together with the Casarines, they won the contest.{{cite web|last=Herrera Silva|first=Armando|page=10|title=La vergüenza me sujeta|url=https://www.lamantaylaraya.org/?p=2684|year=2008|first2=Román|last2=Güemes Jiménez}} Two days later, the three winning groups went to Xalapa for an interview for television and Gilberto Gutiérrez, who led the group. Some time later, Gutiérrez went to look for Vega at his house to offer him to be the one to play the son guitar in the group, in which the latter accepted.{{cite web|last=Herrera Silva|first=Armando|page=11|title=La vergüenza me sujeta|url=https://www.lamantaylaraya.org/?p=2684|year=2008|first2=Román|last2=Güemes Jiménez}} Together with the group he toured various countries such as England, Spain, Morocco, Malaysia, India, France, North Korea, Cuba, Canada, El Salvador, Portugal, Venezuela, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, China, Japan and United States multiple times, playing at festivals and working with the communities of Mexican origin.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiomas.mx/el-son-jarocho-antes-y-despues-de-mono-blanco/|title=El son jarocho, antes y después de Mono Blanco {{!}} RADIOMÁS|accessdate=2023-04-08|date=2021-05-17|website=RADIOMÁS {{!}} La radio de los veracruzanos|language=es}} On 30 October 2017, Vega accompanied the group in the celebration of its 40 years at the Teatro de Bellas Artes, this being his last concert with the group.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222332216406512&set=a.1255165551486|title=LOS 92 DE DON ANDRÉS VEGA DELFÍN (EL GÜERO)|first=Gilberto|last=Gutiérrez}}
=Death=
Legacy
The government of the state of Veracruz created the "Andrés Vega Delfín" Medal, which constitutes recognition of the traditional musicians of the region, which is awarded annually at the "Fiesta de La Candelaria" in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.{{cite web|url=https://www.gob.mx/sep/acciones-y-programas/comunidad-de-musicos-tradicionales-formada-por-las-familias-vega-utreran|title=Comunidad de Músicos Tradicionales formada por las familias Vega-Utreran|year=2015}}
Discography
= With Mono Blanco =
- Sones Jarochos Volumen V - Grupo Mono Blanco - Ediciones Pentagrama CD, Álbum México (1997)
- El mundo se va a acabar - Grupo Mono Blanco y Stone Lips - CD (1997)
- Al Primer Canto Del Gallo - Grupo Mono Blanco Ediciones Pentagrama CD, Álbum, México (2004)
- Soneros Jarochos - Grupo Mono Blanco Arhoolie Records CD, Álbum US (2006)
- Matanga. Grupo Mono Blanco Y La Cofradía De San Antonio. CD (2009)
= With the Vega family =
- Familia Vega - Homenaje a Andrés Vega Delfín CD (2008)
= Solo =
- De la mera mata - Andrés Vega Delfín (2012)
- Laguna Prieta Vol.1 - Andrés Vega Delfín – Guitarra de Son (2015)
= Compilations =
- Encuentro De Jaraneros Vol. 1 - Mono Blanco (1994)
- Cuatro Maestros Los Cenzontles con Santiago Jiménez Jr.; Andrés Vega of Grupo Mono Blanco; Julián González; y Atilano López CD US (2001)
References
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Category:Musicians from Veracruz
Category:Mexican folk guitarists
Category:20th-century Mexican male musicians