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Chamin Correa, is a Latin-American guitarist from Mexico.
Benjamín "Chamín" Correa (4 December – 14 January ) was a Mexican guitarist....
Chamín Correa
Mexican musician (1929–2020)
Musical artist
Benjamín "Chamín" Correa (4 December 1929 – 14 January 2020) was a Mexican guitarist.
He was renowned in the Spanish-speaking world for his traditional romantic music. Member of Los Tres Caballeros together with Roberto Cantoral and Leonel Gálvez from 1954. In 1957 they gained 4 golden discs for being the trio of major success on a global scale.[3] He died in Cuernavaca, Morelos at the age of 90.[2]
Career
He was only 5 years old when his father Don Manuel Escamilla, director of the Fine Arts Symphony, introduced him to the beautiful world of the guitar.
Later he took classical guitar lessons with his maternal grandfather Judge Enrique Pérez de León.[4]
Chicago Tribune: "Chamin Correa Perez de León learned classical guitar when he was kneehigh from his grandfather and by the time he was 11 he was plugged in and gigging all over Mexico City."[5]
His career spans over six