Curro Durse
Full name
Place of birth
Biography
Francisco Fernández Bohiga, Curro Dulce or Curro Durse, was born in Cadiz in 1816 and died on December 9, 1898 at the age of 82, and worked as a "puntillero" or "cachetero" at the bullring of Cadiz with the also singer Enrique el Mellizo. He is one of the singers that is part of the base of the entire flamenco structure. He was creator of seguiriyas as important as "Eran los días señalaítos de Santiago y Santa Ana" and was also famous for other songs, like caña, soleá, jaleos and petenera. His voice was considered “manly “, “of natural calling” and “high energy”. He was the great-grandfather of Manolo Caracol.
Reference to him is inevitable in any treatise on flamenco history, because his songs remain popular thanks to their interpretations by singers like Manuel Torre. Silverio Franconetti was one of his great admirers, and exerted a great influence on Don Antonio Chacón.
