José Carlos Guerra (3)

José Carlos Guerra Ustáriz, known in the musical universe as "Pitalua", a Vallenato Author, originally from San Diego Cesar, where he was nourished by the authentic parrandas that entertained Leandro Díaz, "El Negro Calde", Luis Manuel Ustáríz, "El Monkey” Arzuaga, among others; motivated by the insistence of his family, friends and followers; he has taken the step to become a singer-songwriter and gives us, in his own voice, the hits recorded for him by the most renowned figures of vallenato singing and other unpublished ones. José Carlos Guerra Ustariz "Pitalua" began in the art of writing verses at the age of eight, in various places in his town, where he used to go as a boy, and has grown musically alongside maestro Leandro Díaz and Ivo Luis Díaz, with whom he has stayed since he was fourteen years old, as the inseparable second voice of who, in the opinion of experts, is the best authentic vallenato singer, who today forms a group with the King of Kings Hugo Carlos Granados. His journey, the teachings of "Colacho" Mendoza and participation in various festivals as a composer, in which he has won on various occasions, constitute a strength for someone who has drunk from the inexhaustible source of Vallenato poetics. . The songs of "Pitalua" have been hits in the voices of Poncho Zuleta, Jorge Oñate, Iván Villazón, Beto Zabaleta, Fabián Corrales, among others; for the freshness and deep-rootedness of its themes. He is a man in love with his land, who is proud when he talks about his friends and, furthermore, he was fortunate to become related to the poetic blood of Patillal, where he has continued to study and strengthen the formula of writing and singing verses with his own tradition. of the vallenato. The quality of his songs, for which he took the songs of Hernando Marín as a model, in which he pays homage to God, love, friendship and his people; It can be seen in this Album, which we have no doubt will be well received by lovers of this genre, because it contains the ingredients that followers of the authentic look for: village flavor, contextualization and detail of the subject. From everything I know about him, his feelings and his musical training, José Carlos Guerra Ustariz is a contemporary composer who represents a great support for authentic vallenato since he knows how to collect at every moment, every anecdote and every manifestation of affection, love and friendship a reason to make songs