Guillermo Oddó Parraguez (October 14, 1943 – November 7, 1991), better knolwn as Willy Oddó, was a Chilean musician and engineer known as a leading vocalist in the Chilean folk music ensemble,

Quilapayún Quilapayún () are a folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential ambassadors of the ''Nueva canción, Nueva Canción Chilena'' movement and genre. Formed during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with t ...

between 1967 and 1987.

Biography

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

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, 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

in 1967 to replace

Julio Numhauser Julio Numhauser is a Chilean musician of the Nueva Canción-movement. He founded the folk music group Quilapayún in 1965 together with the brothers, Julio Carrasco and Eduardo Carrasco, where he stayed until 1967. 1968 he founded the folk music ...

(who left the group) and he rapidly become the most distinctive and loved member of the musical ensemble. 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 X Vietnam album, ''La Carta'' from the Basta album, ''Soy obrero pampino...'' of the

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, and ''Pido Castigo''. He was a lover of Argentine folk music (especially of

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and zambas) and a great fan of

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and

Los Fronterizos Los Fronterizos is an Argentine musical band consisting of four men. The group was established in 1953 in the northern province of Salta -- bordering on Bolivia -- from which "Los Fronterizos" ("men of the frontier") is derived. Los Fronterizos ar ...

. 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

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– who had appointed the group the role of "cultural ambassadors". Oddó, along with the other members of Quilapayun, remained in exile until 1988 when the

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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

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Canciones folklóricas de América ''Canciones folklóricas de América'' (Folk Songs of America) is the third studio album by Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, and second by Chilean folk group Quilapayún released in 1967, on the EMI and Odeon labels. Music The album was ...

'' (1967) (Quilapayún &

Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and PCCh, Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a bro ...

) *''

X Vietnam ''X Vietnam'' or ''Por Vietnam'' is an album by Quilapayún released in 1968. This was among the first albums to be released under the DICAP label and was a success upon its release in Chile. The music and subject matter of the recording is very in ...

'' (1968) *''Quilapayún Tres'' (1968) *'' Basta'' (1969) *''Quilapayún Cuatro'' (1970) *''

'' (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 &

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) *''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

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Quilapayún Chante Neruda ''Quilapayún Chante Neruda'' is a compilation music album released by Quilapayún in exile in France in 1983 in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the death of the Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda – who died in September 1973. ...

'' (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

External links

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El rojo amanecer de Willy Oddo
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Quilapayún Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oddo, Willy 1943 births 1991 deaths Chilean anti-fascists Assassinated Chilean people Chilean communists Chilean folk singers Chilean male guitarists Chilean people of Italian descent Nueva canción musicians 20th-century Chilean male singers 20th-century guitarists