Caballo Viejo is an iconic tune written by Simón Diaz, a Venezuelan Singer-Composer working in the tradition of the Llanos, a Savana like Plains region that stretches from Colombia into Venezuela. The region has it's own pace and it's music incorporates it's own stylistic cues that betray it as being uniquely "Llanera".
Simón Diaz has written quite a few works, but Caballo Viejo is the one piece that made world take notice. This song has been covered by greats like Celia Cruz, Juan Gabriel, Julio Iglesias, Roberto Torres, Ruben Blades and even Placido Domingo had a go of it.
In most of Europe and North America, folks may know an adapted version of Caballo Viejo by the Gypsy Kings called "Bamboleo". I've also found a translation into Arabic and I've heard a version translated into Serbian exists, but have not heard that one yet, so the search continues.
I will leave you with one of my favorite renditions of this Song by Reynaldo Armas, a singer with a remarkable history of his own. Hope you like it as much as I do. Greetings/Saludos!
