the life of diomedez diaz

He was born on the farm "Carrizal", in La Junta, village of San Juan del Cesar, Guajira, 26 May 1957 From humble peasant background, he spent his childhood working as a laborer. As a teenager he accidentally lost the right to receive a stone with some friends when trying to reach a cluster of mangos eye.

At fifteen, he worked as a bike messenger on Radio Guatapurí Valledupar, why they were released his first compositions, "La Negra" and "The Cantor Campesino", later recorded by Jorge Quiroz and Luciano Poveda. In 1976 he made ​​his recording debut with the accordion Nafer Duran, brother Alejandro Duran, the album "Heritage Vallenata". The nickname "El Cacique Board" owes it to Rafael Orozco, who named it in his interpretation of "Sweetie My Life" (1975), song written Diaz