226:, were originally written for Copacabana by its lead singer, Jaume Rufí, and Thió. This band dissolved in 1984 when Thió left to complete then-obligatory military service and Rufí went to study in Barcelona. Upon returning to Girona, Thió set about forming a new band, which would become Sopa de Cabra, recruiting bassist Francesc 'Cuco' Lisícic, guitarist Joan 'Ninyín' Cardona and drummer Josep 'Pep' Bosch. The line-up was completed with the addition of Gerard Quintana as lead singer. Cardona, Lisícic and Quintana had formerly worked together in 'Ninyín's Mine Workers Union Band', which may therefore also be seen as one of the direct progenitors of Sopa de Cabra. The name of the band ('Goat Soup'), was inspired by the 1973
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deteriorating state of health began to make it difficult for him to perform regularly. He was diagnosed with a genetically influenced form of colon cancer. Ninyín died on
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three days 9, 10 and 11 September. The timing of this reunion in 2011 is significant, taking place twenty-five years after the formation of the band, twenty years after the major 1991 concert in
Barcelona that featured all the leading elements in Catalan popular music, and ten years after Sopa's 'final concert' in 2001.
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September 30, and two more concerts, in Palma and Tarragona, were announced later in July. A final, second concert in Girona on October 1 was announced in August, making seven gigs
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On March 2, 2011 Quintana, Thió, Lisicic, Bosch and Soler announced at a press conference that they would reunite for a single concert on
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Sopa de Cabra's origins can be traced to several bands formed in Girona in the early 1980s, and to the fact that all the members of what became Sopa de Cabra knew each other at that period. The band
Copacabana, formed in 1979 by secondary school classmates, included Josep Thió, and was important
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The basic line-up of the band as founded in 1986 remained virtually unchanged throughout its 15-year history. Julio Lobos became the regular keyboard player from 1994, and was succeeded in 1998 by Eduard Font. The guitarist Jaume Soler (‘Peck’) joined the group in 1997, because Joan
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was not a commercial success, and this period was a low point in the group's career. However, to anyone without partisan feelings about the linguistic and political landscape of
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in all. The members of Sopa de Cabra in 2011 are the same as in 2001, including Eduard Font on keyboards, with the addition of one musician who belongs to a younger generation of
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something would occur during the preceding weeks. Singer Gerard Quintana announced that the group would be recording a new album. The album, entitled
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