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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.

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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.

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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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