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Farruco lineage

There are many cantaor dynasties, but very few bailaor ones. Unique is that of Madrid's Los Pelaos, creators of the farruca, with figures such as El Gato, Faíco, El Fati, Juan el Pelao... To date, it has stopped with Toni el Pelao, a veteran maestro who still stars at the Madrilenian tablao Torres Bermejas. Later on, a baile dynasty began with Farruco which has the greatest future outlook. Although it went on with his daughters La Farruca and La Faraona, his grandson Farruquito nearly skipped a generation. He took over as a child as a result of shows like ‘Bodas de Gloria’ (‘Glory Weddings’), persevering along a road of hits which, now in the maturity of his youth, materializes in shows such as ‘Alma vieja’ (‘Ancient Soul’). The dynasty goes on with the teenagers. His brother Farruco now heads up bills, his cousin Barullo is starting to ‘shake things up’ at family shows... And they now say that El Carpeta, his little five-year-old brother, is all the rage when he's brought out in the grand finale.

Farruquito (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

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