Tomás el Nitri
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Tomás
el Nitri, El Fillo's nephew, was the first flamenco
singer to receive the "Llave de oro del cante"
award. There are many versions of the award ceremony. The
most accepted is that a group of flamenco enthusiasts awarded
it in 1868 in Malaga's Cafe Sin Techo, although the theory
that it was awarded in a party of cabales in Jerez de la
Frontera (Cadiz) circulates as well. The only sure proof
of this event is a photograph of the artist holding the
precious object. Along its history, the key has been a bone
of contention and its award ceremony has always been surrounded
by rather extravagant circumstances; beginning in 1926 when
it was given to Manuel Vallejo, in 1962 when Antonio Mairena
received it or in the year 2000 when it was posthumously
conceded to Camarón.
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