Musicrebekah del Rio, a remarkable voice of Mulholland Drive, dies at 57

Rebekah del Riothe singer and songwriter who eternalized the scene of the Club Silence in Mulholland Drive with its powerful interpretation of “Llorando”died at the age of 57. The confirmation came from the office of the coroner of Los Angeles, where Del Rio He was found dead at home on Monday, June 23. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed.

The Spanish version of the ballad “Crying”from Roy Orbisonis one of the most exciting sequences of the David Lynch launched in 2001. In the scene, the characters of Naomi Watts and Laura Harring Watch emotional while Del Rio Cappella sings, until she passed out on stage, revealing that her performance was actually a playback full of emotion.

Born in a family with Mexican, Italian and Sephardic roots, Del Rio grew up in San Diego and had a career as a country singer before meeting Lynch. “Llorando” He had been in his repertoire since the 1990s, sung many times without follow -up, since the complexity of the chords made the band execution difficult. The death of the star TEJANO SELENAin 1995, motivated her to register a Spanish version of the song, which was part of the culture and emotions of the Hispanic community.

THE MEETING WITH Lynch it happened when Del Rio He lived in Nashville and wrote country songs. During a visit to the director’s studio, he asked her to sing “Llorando” Right there, and recorded the presentation of surprise. In an interview, she recalled that everything lasted a short time, but that the filmmaker praised her with her typical expression: “DING DANG, Rebekah del Riothat was access ”.

On the filming set, Lynch I wanted her to synchronize her lips with the track ready, but Del Rio could not pretend. “I said I couldn’t play my own singing, otherwise I would lose my vibrate,” he said. She really sang in every shot, delivering live emotion to the actresses.

In 2017, Del Rio returned to work with Lynch in Twin Peaks: The Returnperforming in the Bang bang bar with MOBYwho played guitar while she sang “No Stars”song of your album Love Hurts Love Heals.

The voice of Rebekah del Rio is deeply linked to the strange and emotional universe of Lynchas happened with Julee Cruise. In an interview, she commented that she carries a lot of chest pain, especially after the loss of her child to cancer in 2009. To honor him, she began to sing “Hallelujah”from Leonard Cohenin a kind of collective trance, joining their own pain with that of the public.

Del Rio leaves an unforgettable legacy, marked by the strength of the voice and the raw emotion that brought to the cinema and music.

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