Joaquín Sabina

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Joaqun Ramón Martez Sabina (born 12 February 1949), also known as Joaqun Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet from southern Spain's Andalusia region. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums. He performed solo and with a band for his live albums, including Javier Krahe and Alberto Pérez in La mandrágora, the group's 1986 show, and with Joan Manuel Serrat in Dos pájaros de un tiro (Two birds with one stone). Sabina suffered a stroke in 2001 and, although he physically recovered, he fell into deep depression, resulting in a four-year absence from concerts.

Alivio de Luto's album was revived and released in November 2005, and his album, Vinagre y rosas, was released in 2009.

He recorded his second album in collaboration with Joan Manuel Serrat, La Orquesta Del Titanic, in 2012.

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Biography and career

Joaqun Sabina was born in Beda, Province of Jaén. He is Adela Sabina del Campo and Jerónimo Martz Gallego's second son. His father was a policeman. He began writing his first poems and composing music at the age of 14. He was a member of the Merry Youngs, a group that imitated singers such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard, as well as others.

He attended a high school run by Don Bosco's Salesians, and during this period he began to read Fray Luis de León, Jorge Manrique, José Hierro, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Herbert Marcuse.

After finishing high school, his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a police officer, but he refused, saying that the guitar was preferred. He fantasizes about different lives in his song "La del pirata cojo," but he would not even mention becoming a police officer.

He later enrolled in Universidad de Granada, where he taught philology in the faculty. Pablo Neruda and César Vallejo's poetry was read there. Sabina began preparing his thesis first with the help of a woman named Lesley.

His revolutionary ideology led him to his identification with the anti-fascist parties. He began to work with Poesa 70, posting pages with Carlos Cano and Luis Eduardo Aute, and then moved to exile in London under the name Mariano Zugasti after throwing a Molotov cocktail into a government department. His father was arrested in the same year due to his anti-Franco beliefs.

Sabina started writing songs and performing in local bars in 1975. Sabina, a local bar, played in the presence of George Harrison, who was commemorating his birthday. The ex-Beatle gave Sabina a five-pound note as a tip, which Sabina now holds on to this day. Sabina returned to Spain and joined the army, but he married in order to sleep outside the barracks, when Franco's monarchy came to an end in 1975.

Sabina's first album, Inventario (Inventory), was released in 1978 by a small company called Movieplay. He describes this album as "his own interpretation of death metal," but the album went unnoticed. Later, he migrated to the top CBS (today Sony) and announced Malas compaas (Bad Companies). Sabina's debut single "Pongamos que hablo de Madrid" (Let's say I'm talking about Madrid), attracted worldwide attention, and the artist earned a following. He released La mandrágora (The Mandrake), putting the spotlight on bandmates Javier Krahe and Alberto Pérez. Due to their involvement in a television show, the trio attracted a lot of attention. The lyrics of La Mandrágora were controversial due to their racy and political content.

In 1984, Sabina released Ruleta Rusa (Russian Roulette). The singer shifted from the traditional singer-songwriter style to Rock music on this album, with a harder sound and the presence of new electronics such as electric guitars. "Pisa el acelerador" was one of the album's most famous songs (Step on the accelerator), and it was the first maxi single on this album.

Sabina left CBS and emerged in 1985, this time under Ariola, Juez y Parte (Judge and Side) his fourth studio album, in which he collaborated with the band Viceversa, who would become one of Sabina's closest friends and producer of many of Sabina's future albums. It was also included in this collection, which features a more modern design with the use of synthes and keyboards, and it was certainly the most popular one of this year.

His political convictions led him to his participation in the anti-NATO campaign. He later released Joaqun Sabina y Viceversa en directo, his first live album, which eventually became his commercial breakthrough. The singer collaborated with other musicians, including Javier Krahe, Javier Gurruchaga, and Luis Eduardo Aute among others on this album, which was recorded in the Salamanca Theatre in Madrid.

Sabina released Hotel, Dulce Hotel (Hotel, Sweet Hotel), his fifth studio album, which has sold a large number of copies in Spain (400.000 copies). "That's how I am without you") was one of his most well-known songs on this record, the first one of his musical career. That success culminated in his new album, El Hombre del Traje Gris (The Man in the Gray Suit), in which he will collaborate with Antonio Garca de Diego, a new collaborator, and also another of his colleagues. Sabina undertook a fruitful tour in Latin America after releasing this album. This record was followed by the discovery of Mentiras Piadosas (Pious Lies) in 1990.

"We went on until ten o'clock"), a hit song with strong Mexican traditional flavor that tells the tale of a summer affair two years later, in 1992. This album was received with such a warm reception by many Latin American artists. The artist's unbridled popularity led to his second tour to the United States.

Esta boca es ma (This Mouth is Mine), Yo, mi, me, contigo (I, my, with you), and 19 D'as y 500 Noches (19 Days and 500 Nights) gained him international fame and several platinum albums.

After recovering from a stroke, he returned to the stage in 2002 with D.melo en la Calle (Tell me on the Street or Dare to say that out). He later released Diario de un peatón (A Pedestrian's Diary), which featured both his previous album and 12 new songs as well as a book illustrated by him.

Alivio de luto, the most popular Moorning style, was released in 2005. The album was supported by a DVD that included interviews, music videos, acoustic interpretations of the songs, and home-made recordings.

Dos Pájaros de un Tiro, a Spanish singer, went on tour with Spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat, and the pair released a CD of the concert and a documentary.

He received the coveted city of Madrid in 2009 from mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, who said he was one of the city's most influential individuals who had brought a positive image to the city. He released his 15th studio album, Vinagre y Rosas (Vinegar and Roses), which was an album in which he collaborated with his producers Pancho Varona and Antonio Garca de Diego, as well as Pereza. The album's first single was "Tiramisu de limón" ("Lemon Tiramisu"), which was performed by Ruben and Leiva, Pereza's members. He worked with actress and singer Mónica Molina on the promotional video. The album finally debuted on December 14th, debuting at number one of the Spanish album charts.

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Awards and achievements

• Medal of Andalusia (1989).
• Ondas Award for the best Spanish artist (1999).
• Ondas Award for the best song: 19 días y 500 noches (1999).
• Golden medal for the merit of Fine Arts (2000).
• Golden medal of the city of Madrid (2009).
• Favourite son medal of Úbeda (2017).
• Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2021).