El Planeta
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The precise moment
flamenco becomes a profession gets lost in this undocumented
abyss. The first registered proper name is that of Tío
Luis el de la Juliana, cantaor whose existence cannot be
proven. We would have to wait until well into the 18th century
to even find a trace of the first flamenco professionals.
From El
Planeta, a cantaor from Cadiz who developed his career
through tonás and seguiriyas in the borough of Triana
in Seville, the history somehow becomes clearer. Always
from the same triangle Seville-Jerez-Cadiz, emerges names
such as El
Fillo (pupil of El Planeta), Juan de Dios, Paco la Luz,
La Andonda, Loco Mateo, Curro Durse, singing (al cante);
La Candelaria, La Campanera, La Perla, El Xerezano, Miracielos,
dancing (al baile); Colirón, as a guitarist (a la
guitarra).
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