Guillermo "Willy" Oddó

Guillermo Oddó
Guillermo Oddó
Birth name	Guillermo Oddó Parraguez
Born	October 14, 1943; Warner

Guillermo "Willy" Oddó Parraguez (October 14, 1943 – November 7, 1991) was a Chilean musician and engineer known as a leading vocalist in the Chilean folk music ensemble, Quilapayún between 1967 and 1987.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Chile and studied at the State Technical University in

Santiago de Chile, where he participated in the musical "peñas" and other cultural and student activities together with Hernan Gomez. He spent some time at the Naval Academy, where he showed an aptitude for playing football. He joined Quilapayún in 1967 to replace Julio Numhauser (who left the group) and he rapidly become the most distinctive and loved member of the musical ensemble.^[2]

Oddó was Quilapayun's baritenor and played guitar, winds, percussion and was central on stage during live performances. He was the solo vocal on a number of songs, including Canto a la Pampa and Mamma mia dame cento lire of the

tangos and zambas) and a great fan of Carlos Gardel and Los Fronterizos.^[1]

Oddó was on tour in France as part of

Quilapayun when on September 11, 1973 a US-backed military coup

overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of

Pinochet dictatorship began to lift some of the controls it had on its political opponents. In 1987 Oddo went to work in Argentina and in 1988 he returned to his native country of Chile and worked at the Municipality of Santiago

until November 7, 1991, when he was assassinated in a night-time incident.

Discography

Studio albums

Canciones folklóricas de América (1967) (Quilapayún & Víctor Jara)
X Vietnam (1968)
Quilapayún Tres (1968)
Basta (1969)
Quilapayún Cuatro (1970)
Cantata Santa María de Iquique
(1970) (Quilapayún & Héctor Duvauchelle)
Vivir como él (1971)
Quilapayún Cinco (1972)
La Fragua (1973) (Text and music by Sergio Ortega)
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido (Yhtenäistä Kansaa Ei Voi) (1974)
El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido (1975)
Adelante (1975)
Patria (1976)
La marche et le drapeau (1977)
Cantata Santa María de Iquique (Nueva versión) (1978) (Quilapayún & Jean-Louis Barrault)
Umbral (1979)
Darle al otoño un golpe de ventana... (1980)
La revolución y las estrellas (1982)
Tralalí Tralalá (1984)
Survarío (1987)

Live albums

Enregistrement public (1977)
Alentours (1980)
Quilapayún en Argentina (1983) (Live in Argentina)
Quilapayún en Argentina Vol II (1985) (Live in Argentina Vol. II)
Quilapayún en Chile (1989) (Live in Chile)

Compilations

Quilapayún Chante Neruda (1983)
Antología 1968–1992 (1998)
La vida contra la muerte (Life against death) (2005)
La fuerza de la historia (The force of history) (2006)

References

^ ^a ^b "Guillermo Willy Oddó". Quilapyun-Sitio.Oficial. January 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
^ "Biografias y VIdas Quilapayun". Biografias y Vidas – Quilapayun. May 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

External links

[Guillermo_Willy_Oddó-1] "Guillermo Willy Oddó". Quilapyun-Sitio.Oficial. January 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

[Biografias_y_VIdas-2] "Biografias y VIdas Quilapayun". Biografias y Vidas – Quilapayun. May 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

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v t e Quilapayún
Eduardo Carrasco Rodolfo Parada Guillermo "Willy" Oddó Patricio Castillo Carlos Quezada Hugo Lagos Hernán Gomez Patricio Wang Ruben Escudero Julio Numhauser Julio Carrasco Guillermo García Ricardo Venegas Sebastian Quezada Ismael Oddó Alvaro Pinto Chañaral Ortega Sergio Arriagada Mario Contreras
Studio albums	Quilapayún (1966) Canciones folklóricas de América (1967) X Vietnam (1968) Basta (1969) Santa María de Iquique (1970) El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido (1975) Patria (1976)
Compilations	Quilapayún Chante Neruda (1983)