Biography
Les Guaranis
Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 1978
Members: Gerardo Servin, Virgilio Rojas, Milton Zapata, Ada Valiente, Pedro Leguizamon, Cristobal Caceres, Ramón Maciel Romero, Florence Marin, Ignacio Alderete, Oscar Mendoza (2), Francisco Marin (2), Juan Angel Sanabria
Paraguayan folk band started out in Argentina in the late 1940's as "Los Trovadores Guaraníes", with Francisco Marín, Angel Sanabria, Gerardo Servin and Cristóbal Cáceres. In 1951 they move to France where they become known as "Les 4 Guaranis". When Florence Marin joins the group they become "Les Guaranis" (also known as Los Guaraníes). In 1955, Sanabria, Servin and Cáceres leave the group, so they change again their name to "Les Guaranis de Francisco Marín". From then on many members would come and go, including Lorenzo Leguizamón, Nenequita Cáceres, Pedro Leguizamón, Ignacio Alderete, Virgilio Rojas, Milton Zapata. Ramón Romero, Armando Rivero, Paco Sánchez,...