Every efficiency shall be a tribute to the musician, says vocalist Héctor Quijada
Mexico Metropolis, Might 9, 2024. That La Lupita’s music lives on was the final want of Lino Nava, who on the age of 55 died from mind most cancers.
Yesterday, family and friends stated goodbye to him in a funeral residence within the south of the Metropolis, along with his guitar on the coffin, pictures of Nava accompanied by the tune Supersónico and a photograph taking part in, simply the setting he needed for his farewell.
Héctor Quijada, vocalist of La Lupita, Cecilia Toussaint, Quique and Joselo Rangel (from Café Tacuba), Sabo Romo and Alfonso André (from Caifanes), José Manuel Aguilera (from La Barranca), Alonso Arreola, Ro Velázquez, Fermín IV, as effectively such because the actors José María Yazpik, María Aura and Martín Altomaro, and even the drivers Eduardo Videgaray and José Ramón El Estaca, attended the wake.
Nava’s guitar riffs stopped taking part in minutes earlier than 10:00 p.m. final Tuesday the seventh.
Quijada remembers Nava to his left on the stage. The final time they spoke was on Monday, to recollect outdated instances and focus on work issues.
“He made it very clear that he needed La Lupita to proceed. His actual phrases had been ‘let the music proceed’… and we’re going to honor him. We’re caring for the legacy that he leaves to his household and to his daughter Rafaela. We’ve got talked regarding it amongst all of us and we would like every live performance that La Lupita provides to be a tribute to Mr. Lino Nava, his tenacity, his unbelievable energy, his warrior soul that fought so many battles.
“He did not lose any as a result of this final one was additionally a victory. He left quietly, on his phrases. He determined how he needed to go. “He needed to be lucid in his ultimate moments and he left peacefully,” Quijada stated in an interview.
The musician was identified with a cancerous mind tumor in 2019. Two years later he defeated it following present process operations, chemotherapy and medical remedies.
In August 2022, La Lupita celebrated its thirtieth anniversary on the Teatro Metropólitan, however Nava had a decompensation and was backstage. She confronted important imaginative and prescient loss and the most cancers struck once more.
Yesterday, at 3:10 p.m., a gaggle of mariachis arrived on the funeral residence carrying a pink and black swimsuit.
“He turned a vital a part of music, a really beloved character, however above all a fantastic buddy. My carnal needed a celebration and the mariachi has arrived,” recalled bassist Sabo Romo.
He was a part of the metallic band Raxa and in addition of Kenny and Los Eléctricos. He consolidated himself with the founding of La Lupita in 1991.
“One time I used to be going to play in Chica banda, Rubén had a abdomen drawback and ran out, Lino stuffed that area for 2 minutes,” stated Quique Rangel.
“Lino was a loving being. Everybody talks regarding how he performed guitar, however he had a giant coronary heart. He all the time handled me effectively,” Joselo added.
“He was a guitar virtuoso. There was a really cool half that needed to do with melomania, the genuine style for music,” commented Arreola.
Celia Lora – who was additionally current – and Nava shared a birthday, December 25, so she is going to bear in mind him as somebody completely satisfied.
“It’s totally egocentric to say that you really want him to proceed, however he wasn’t feeling effectively anymore. “I’m calm and completely satisfied to have had him in my life,” stated Lora.
“We talked, we philosophized and we made music,” recalled Videgaray, with whom he recorded La Corneta, an album launched in 2003.
Textual content and photograph: Agencia Reforma
