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3 unusual facts about Charango


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Danny Elfman played a charango on the previously unreleased song, "Water," in the Oingo Boingo Farewell concert.

Famous film music composer Gustavo Santaolalla, composer for several popular films (including Babel, 21 Grams & The Motorcycle Diaries) makes extensive use of the Charango and Ronroco in many of his compositions.

The first historic information on the charango was gathered by Vega going back to 1814, when a cleric from Tupiza documented that "the Indians used with much enthusiasm the guitarrillos mui fuis... around here in the Andes of Bolivia they called them Charangos".


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Andrew Osenga – Acoustic Guitar, Electiric Guitar, Dobro, Charango, Keyboard Bass, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Drum Battery


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