Real name: Francisco Maceda

He was born in Tumbes, Peru on January 15, 1933
He died in Lima, Peru on April 23, 2004

Maceda, who learned to play the guitar following the instructions of a cheap teaching guide, began professionally in 1955 forming with the Lucho Barrios and Modesto Pastor the trio "The Incas", which lasted very little. He then accompanied Luis Abanto Morales in the recording of the waltz "Nunca puede", by Adalberto Oré Lara, on the Iempsa label, and became guitarist for the duo "Irma y Oswaldo".

It was in 1959 that he proposed to Genaro Ganoza (a guitarist and a singer from the northern region (to look for a female first voice and form the trio "Los Kipus.") So they chose Carmencita Montoro, with whom they recorded the first album " Crying. "However, the success only came when they recorded" Rosa Té "and" Ansias ", two songs that had triumphed in a festival of Creole compositions.