Beto Cuevas Bio - Biography

Name Beto Cuevas
Height
Naionality Chilean
Date of Birth 12-September-1967
Place of Birth Santiago, Chile
Famous for Singing
Beto Cuevas is a Chilean singer, plastic artist, painter, and actor. He was the lead singer for Chilean band La Ley. In 2008 he launched his solo career with the release of his album, “Miedo Escenico”. In 2012 he released his sophomore album called “Transformacion”.

In 1988, during a trip to Concon, Chile, Beto met La Ley drummer, Mauricio Claveria. The drummer invited Beto to join the band, which had just suffered the departure of two founding members, Ivan Delgado and Shia Arbulu. Beto made his debut as La Ley’s singer in the first album, “Desiertos”, quickly becoming the voice of the band. La Ley soon released their second album, “Doble Opuesto”. During the early years of the band, Cuevas only wrote the lyrics to the songs, since the writing of the music was in charge of founder and leader Andres Bobe. During this time, La Ley Becomes one of the most successful groups in the country. In 1994 Bobe dies in a car accident after a benefit show, which forces Beto to become the leader of the group. He goes from the visible face of the group to becoming the main creative force behind it with the help of his band mates. In 2005, Beto Cuevas, Pedro Frugone and Mauricio Claveria decide to take a break from La Ley. Beto worked in small projects, including the song “Loud”, in collaboration with Masters at Work (“Little Louie” Vega & Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez”). He revisited the song “Mentira, originally released in La Ley MTV Unplugged, and was a part of the soundtrack for the film, “La mujer de mi hermano”.

Other projects include the collaboration with Chilean band “Los Prisioneros”, in their album “Manzana”, in which Beto played synthesizers, guitars, and vocals in the song “Insatisfaccion”, a rendition of the Rolling Stones classic “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”, and in “Eres Mi Hogar”. In 2007, he shot an episode of the Canal Fox Latinoamerica series “Tiempo Final”, titled The Autograph, where he plays a character called Beto. In September 2008, Beto was invited to interview Morrissey for channel TV Central. In March 2008 pre-launches his solo debut. At this time, it has been over two years since he las performed with La Ley.

On February 26, 2010, he shared the stage with Raphael at the Vina del Mar Festival, where he was to perform solo the next day, until the Earthquake on February 27 hit the south of Chile, and forced the rest of the Festival to be cancelled. In may 2010, Beto released a version of the Violeta Parra classic, “Gracias a la Vida”, produced by Humberto Gatica, and featuring stars like Miguel Bose, Michael Buble, Fher Olivera (Mana), Juan Luis Guerra, Shakira, Laura Pausini and Alejandro Sanz. 100% of the profits of the single will go toward helping in the recovery and the support of all the Chileans affected by the earthquake.

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