Jaime Guardia

Jaime Guillermo Guardia Neyra (10 February 1933 – 16 July 2018) was a Peruvian singer and charango player. Considered a master of the Ayacucho regional style of traditional Andean music, he performed and recorded as a solo act and with the group Lira Paucina. He was born in Pauza, Parinacochas Province, department of Ayacucho.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Guardia and the second or maternal family name is Neyra.

Collaboration with Manuelcha Prado

When Manuelcha Prado reached Lima he searched pampas and mountains to listen to the wise advice of Jaime Guardia as a popular artist. Manuelcha Prado recalls: "He has always been a guide for all traditional music artist and has showed warmth to everyone". A modest Jaime Guardia said that he had not done anything, that only showed how little he knew: "I have never refused to give what little I know.

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