Roots (Gipsy Kings album)

Roots
Studio album by Gipsy Kings
Released	16 March 2004
Recorded	9–26 June 2003, using Le Voyageur Il mobile studio, at Le Mas de Gourgoubès, St.-André-de-Buèges, France.
Genre	Flamenco
Length	57:25
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Gildas Boclé, Craig Street
Gipsy Kings chronology
Somos Gitanos (2001) Roots (2004) Pasajero (2006)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Roots is the eleventh studio album by the French Rumba Catalana band Gipsy Kings, which was released in 2004 in Europe, USA, and Japan.^[3] Both the Europe and US release are identical and have 16 tracks while the Japanese version have two bonus tracks: "Canut Fandango" and "Mi Novia".

• Paco Baliardo – guitar (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16), hand clapping (4, 16), flamenco guitar (5)
• Diego Baliardo – hand clapping (5), guitar (8, 16), vocals (16)
• Mikail Baliardo – cajon (4)
• Tonino Baliardo – lead guitar (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16), guitar (15), hand clapping (16)
• Cyro Baptista – percussion (1, 5, 6, 11, 13, 14, 16), washboard (7, 10), shaker (15)
• Greg Cohen – double bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), arco (2)
• Garth Hudson – accordion (2, 16)
• Bachir Mokari – derbouka (15)
• Andre Reyes – guitar (1, 7, 13, 16), vocals (1, 12, 13, 16), hand clapping (4, 5), backing vocals (6, 10)
• François "Canut" Reyes – guitar (1), lead vocal (2, 7, 13)
• Georges "Baule" Reyes –
• Nicholas Reyes – lead vocal (1, 5, 6, 10, 12), hand clapping (4, 5), guitar (5, 6, 9, 12), vocal (9)
• Pablo (Paul) Reyes – guitar (1, 5, 7, 10, 15, 16), hand clapping (5)
• Patchai Reyes – vocals (3, 15, 16), guitar (3, 15)
• Yakouba Sissoko – kora (14)
• Titi – hand clapping (16)