On May 30, 28 years passed since the tragedy that hit the Flores family twice. With the death of Antoniojust 14 days after his mother’s, Rosario y Lolita They were united in pain for all eternity. Eternity, the same one that this Friday, November 24, they touched with their fingers in the heartfelt tribute that the entire family and numerous artists and friends paid to the singer-songwriter, born on November 14, 1961.
At 33 years old, the pain of the death of his mother, La Faraona, and his terrible addiction to drugs and alcohol took him away. His remains have since rested alongside those of his mother in the family mausoleum in the Almudena Cemetery, in Madrid. Informalia was present at the tribute held at the Vistalegre Palace in the capital.
Alba Flores He emerged as the great protagonist of the tribute to his father and Ana Villaher mother, occupied the background behind the scenes that has always characterized her. “This tribute is also for you”Alba said on stage with tears welling up in her eyes.
Alba’s emotion
Alba herself opened the concert performing the song that gave its name to the show, Up the heartsand during the night he also made the skin of those present crawl with Alba, the song that his father dedicated to him. But she not only paid tribute to his father, but also to his mother: “I am very lucky to have the mother I have and to have the father I have”.
“He has given me so much love in different ways that I even have a song with my name on it.. “It was very difficult to lose him so soon, but he taught me that love and the meaning of life cannot be measured in time,” he added.
When he spoke about his mother, his heart clenched: “I want to thank, above all, my mother, Ana Villa, thank you mom for so many things and Thank you for always caring for my father’s memory and teaching me to care for his legacy.part of this tribute is also for you.”
All Flowers, present
From Alba herself to her cousins Guille Furiasewhich he interpreted My rooma Elenawho took the stage at the end of the concert to put the finishing touch with his family and the rest of the invited artists. At Rosario’s request, Alba’s mother also went up.
Jose FloresLola’s grandnephew, was also present and sang Hurricane. Also the family that is not of blood, the one headed by Antonio Carmonawho together with his team gave a real recital on stage.
A family that sets an example
The Flores family. Lola Flores not only left an artistic legacy that has marked the musical and popular culture of a countrybut thanks to his sentimental union with The Pescaílla opened the doors of the world to a family of artists who prove to be, above all, family. Up and down the stage.
Comparisons are hateful, but it is inevitable that our gaze takes us to other great artists who, like Lola and her son, marked a before and after. And specifically we are referring to the woman for whom the interpreter of Yours truly He felt so much admiration in life: Rocío Jurado, your friend and companion above all. The Mohedanos, unlike the Floreses, have dedicated themselves since his death in 2006 to airing each other’s dirty laundry. His main tributes, unfortunately, have not become an exemplary tribute to the figure of The Greatest. All because family quarrels and money in exchange for talking about intimacies on television sets and in magazines have ended up clouding everything, from the annual remembrance in the Chipiona cemetery to any other event in her memory. However, the writer of these lines makes an exception with Rocio Carrasco, we remember, his universal heir. There must be a reason.
However, it is also worth highlighting everything that Rocío Jurado symbolized. Empowered woman, she has remained for posterity above any family scandal. Nothing and no one has or will eclipse her figure. Her light, her songs, her courage, her sorority, her feminism and her demands for the LGTBIQ+ collective have completed the figure of the person and the artist. Like Lola, a woman ahead of her time.
It also deserves a separate mention Isabel Pantoja. Despite her scandals with the justice system, her entry into prison and other episodes that have turned her into one of the main characters in Spanish radio, the truth is that as a woman singer, folk singer, tonadillera and artist she It doesn’t have a ‘but’. No matter who she is, her work is there. However, her family and Jurado’s have more similarities than differences for more than obvious reasons. And it is that in family ‘destroys’ Kiko Rivera is the king of Things, curiously as his last song is titled. Although now she seems to have taken the baton Angel Christ Jr., the son of Barbara Rey and the circus tamer who is putting on a pitiful show on Telecinco.
Rosario and Lolita Flores
In this sense, what Rosario and Lolita have shown all these years without their mother and brother is fortitude, determination and, above all, family unity. Like the baton that they are for each other, that is the value that they have transmitted to their children and that this Friday they demonstrated on the Vistalegre stage, which was filled with emotion, recognition and tears.
Lolita, who suffers from acute tracheitis, was especially moved when performing A spike on the floor: “28 years have passed, otherwise Antonio Flores would have gone where Antonio Flores would have gone. The pain is still inside”. Later, the actress and singer, who ‘inherited’ Antonio’s band after his death, He introduced his sister as “a continuation of my brother”. Both interpreted How beautiful: “He sent it to me from heaven”Rosario said about the song. Then Alba herself came out with her aunt Rosario to finish off together I would not hesitateAntonio’s great anthem par excellence. “May poets live like him who will live forever”Rosario said.
In addition to those mentioned above, artists of the stature of Víctor Manuel, Andrés Suárez or Rozalénwho said: “When I want sensitivity I look at him and them. For me, this has been a gift.” Chonchi Heredia, Juanji, Marie Chambao or Vanesa Martinwhat I sing Seven lifesalso added: “Antonio is breathing here tonight“said the woman from Malaga. Sole Giménez, El Kanka, David Summers, Burning or Melendiwhich turned the venue upside down with Let’s say I’m talking about Madridalso paid tribute along with the rest of the poster. All funds raised go to Greenpeace: “This is a ritual of celebration and love for my father. We didn’t feel comfortable making money with this. He was a member of Greenpeace and we decided that all the proceeds will go to them,” said Alba.