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Everyone for Juanito Valderrama. Montse Cortés, Guadiana, El Potito, Arcángel, Miguel Poveda, José el Francés, El Pele, Diego el Cigala and Carmen Linares, seconded by guitarists Eduardo Cortés, Niño Josele, Paquete, Daniel Méndez, Chicuelo, Manuel Silveria and José Manuel León, gave Juanito Valderrama a warm tribute on the night of February 23rd, 2004 at Madrid's Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones (convention center), an act organized by the Andalusian Junta. Each artist, just as it so happens on the album 'Tributo a don Juan Valderrama', does his or her own version of a song by Valderrama through bulerías, malagueñas, tientos, fandangos... and through 'El Emigrante', the famous song that he created together with Niño Ricardo. Words of admiration and recognition and affectionate gestures towards the maestro were non-stop all evening long. Valderrama, deeply touched, responded by singing through tarantas with Juan Habichuela on toque and with his Córdoba hat. With such a group of artists, it can be imagined what the grand finale was like: memorable. Even maestra Pilar López left her seat and dedicated a heart-felt 'pataíta' through bulerías to the veteran Jaén-born cantaor.

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