Pau Dones Dead: Jarabe de Palo Singer Dies at 53

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Pau Dones pictured in November 2014.

Pau Dones, the singer and guitarist with Jarabe de Palo, has died at 53 after a nearly five year battle with colon cancer. Dones was a native of Montanuy in the Catalonia-region of Spain.

Dones death on June 9 was announced by the band in a statement on their official social media pages. The statement thanked various cancer hospitals for their “work and dedication” during Dones’ battle with the disease.

Jarabe de Palo released their first album in 1996, titled La Flaca. The band’s final release, Tragas O Escupes, was released in May 2020. The album’s title translates into English as “Swallow or Spit.”

Since 2008, the band released their material on their own label, Tronco Records. A few days before his death, Tronco Records said that Tragas O Escupes was listened to 772,000 on Spotify and had achieved 3.1 million views on YouTube.

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Away from Jarabe de Palo, Dones wrote songs for Ricky Martin and has directed a music video for Alanis Morissette. In 2004, Dones and his brother, Marce Dones, directed the clip for Morissette’s song, “Everything.” The pair were chosen as the “Everything” video was for the Spanish-language market. The concept for the video was based on Jarabe de Palo’s video for their song, “Bonito,” according to a Billboard Magazine feature from the time.

Jarabe de Palo – Eso que tú me das (Videoclip Oficial)Tragas o Escupes, lo nuevo de Jarabe de Palo. Como adelanto “Eso que tú me das”: https://orcd.co/esoquetumedas Estamos acostumbrados a ser escuchados, que no a escuchar. Nos gusta mucho pedir y recibir, mucho más que a dar, y rara es la vez que damos sin esperar nada a cambio. Lo que me ha pasado últimamente es justo lo contrario, he recibido mucho sin pedir ni esperar nada. Cosas buenas, muy buenas: cariño, afecto, respeto, amor, de gente a la que conocía y de gente a la que no. Muchos eran, como dice mi amigo Mikel Erentxun, amigos desconocidos que con sus palabras de aliento me hicieron superar momentos difíciles. Gente supongo que de todo tipo (amigos desconocidos) que quisieron ayudarme y que precisamente por no conocernos, no esperaban nada de mi. Suscríbete al canal de YouTube de Jarabe de Palo aquí: http://radi.al/jdpytsubscribe Más información en: http://www.jarabedepalo.com Síguenos en: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jarabedepaloOFICIAL Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarabeoficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarabeoficial/ Copyright © 2020, Tronco Records2020-05-23T17:55:51Z

Dones has battled cancer since 2015. The singer publicly disclosed his battle with the disease in August 2015. He was given the all-clear in 2016. The cancer returned in 2017. Due to his battles with the disease, Dones announced that he was stepping away from music indefinitely. Dones announced in an April 2020 video that he was coming out of retirement to begin performing and recording again. In December 2019, Dones performed at two fundraising concerts for cancer research in Barcelona.

VUELVOSi la vida te da palo, dame una guitarra que te canto una canción Si la vida te da palo, que escribí unos versos pa’ alegrarte el corazón Si la vida te da palo, traigo una receta que te hará sentir mejor Si la vida te da palo, Jarabe de Palo Síguenos en: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jarabedepaloOFICIAL Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarabeoficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarabeoficial/ Copyright © 2020, Tronco Records2020-04-08T19:38:46Z

Dones told Catalan News in December 2019 that he was living in California. Dones said of his new life:

In a 2018 interview with 20 Minutes Away, Dones said that the price he paid for his highly successful music career was missing his daughter, Sara’s, childhood.

JARABE DE PALO – “LA FLACA” (Video Oficial)Video oficial de “La Flaca” de Jarabe de Palo. Consigue el nuevo álbum, SOMOS, aquí: http://georiot.co/somos Toda la información sobre la gira “SOMOS WORLD TOUR” en: http://www.jarabedepalo.com/conciertos Suscríbete ahora en el canal de Jarabe de Palo para conocer las últimas novedades: http://goo.gl/DCQ6rH Más información en: http://www.jarabedepalo.com Síguenos en: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jarabedepaloO… Twitter: https://twitter.com/jarabeoficial2014-10-07T11:07:17Z

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