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Gipsy Kings is a music group from Arles and Montpellier, France. They explained the evolution of their sound in the 1996 PBS documentary of their lives and music "Tierra Gitana (Gipsy Land)". Young brothers Nicolas, Canut and Paul Reyes accompanied their father, famed flamenco singer Jose Reyes, who started out singing "cante jondo" (deep chant), traditional flamenco with long-running themes of passion, love, death, etc. But they began playing rumba flamenca because "we liked to watch pretty girls dance," said Nicolas. Nicolas Reyes: lead vocals, guitar Paul Reyes: backup vocals, guitar Canut Reyes: backup vocals, guitar Patchai Reyes: backup vocals, guitar Andre Reyes: backup vocals, guitar Diego Baliardo: guitar Paco Baliardo: guitar Tonino Baliardo: lead guitar Chico Bouchikhi was also a member of the Gipsy Kings, but quit after the album Mosaique.