The Ernesto McCausland Foundation published on its YouTube channel the end of the iconic interview that the singer Vallenato gave Diomedes Díaz Maestre to the writer, journalist and columnist Ernesto McCausland in 1991 and which has crossed borders due to the spontaneity with which the ‘Chief of La Junta’ referred to death and the way in which he imagined his funeral.
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28 years later the end of the dialogue is known, from which phrases such as “I don’t know Ernesto, I don’t know” Also in the unpublished fragment, Diomedes Díaz refers to the song ‘My godson’, included in the album ‘My musical life’ with accordion player Juancho Rois.
Likewise, Díaz Maestre mentioned that the song was a tribute to the mothers, wives and children of fathers who had died due to violence.
“The story of that song I have not done to anyone, but I have lost many friends who have died innocently, but in view of that I wanted to make the song not only for a friend, but for so many widows and orphans in Colombia, so that they realize and become aware that life is one, and also to avoid so much violence in a country so rich and full of culture ”said the singer at that time.
“I protest in that way for the death of many friends, all who have innocently lost their lives and left their children alone. That’s the message I wanted to send you in this song“He added.
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In a chronicle of that interview published by El Heraldo in 2013, the media reported that it had been done in the same studio where Diomedes was recording his new production, which would later include the song. ‘My godson’.
DIOMEDES AND DEATH
McCausland’s interview took on great importance for the way Diomedes Díaz referred to death and described how he imagined his funeral, which was not far from reality. On December 25, 2013, a crowd accompanied him from Alfonso López de Valledupar square to the Jardines del Ecce Homo cemetery where he was buried.
“I don’t want to die, I take out the body at every moment, I don’t want to die. If, for example, I knew that there was something that one went elsewhere and would serve there, yes, and knew that one served more dead than alive, I would die today, but I don’t know …“Said the ‘Cacique’.
“I do paint my funeral, beautiful, the drawer in the middle, the pelaos selling chewing gum, the others selling soda, cupcakes … the widow with pills so that she doesn’t cry because she already has money, that problem, but I wouldn’t like it, let’s not talk about thatHe said later.
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However, there was a moment in the interview when Diomedes Díaz interrupted the talk to say that he no longer wanted to talk about death.
“…Ombe, but why are we talking about my death, we are talking about the death of others, we are going to leave that like that“He pointed out.
BY: CARMEN LUCÍA MENDOZA CUELLO / EL PILÓN
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