![]() The show ended with Laxamana taking the stage to sing a new composition, “Ing Bie Musikero” (A Musician’s Life). The four-hour show, hosted by Francis Musni and Renie Salor was aired live on Mark Joseph David’s Taga Pampanga Ku account on Facebook.Īngeles City Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan and first lady Herminia Pamintuan, Councilor Joseph Ponce, former vice mayor Vicky Vega, artist Willy Layug, environmentalist Cecile Yumul, former Masantol vice mayor Bajun Lacap, Tonette Orejas, Ivan Henares and representatives from the local government of Porac and the Council for Arts and Culture ofĪngeles, which co-sponsored the event, were seen greeting Laxamana. Robby Tantingco, director of the Center for Kapampangan Studies, presented Laxamana a symbolic platinum record award “for the thousands, maybe millions of sold Totoy Bato CDs and cassette tapes from which he never benefitted or was never recognized.”Īmong the performers at the concert were the popular tandems Bong Manalo and Miss Dy, Dos Palikeros and Tong-its, Andy Alviz, Apl.de.ap Music Studio talents, Tipa-manik, Leonardo Calma and poets laureate Romeo Rodriguez, Francisco Guinto and Phol Batac. The tapes later took the form of pirated CDs carrying his name or other similar-sounding names like Totoy Balas, Totoy Graba, Totoy Bato Jr., Totoy Bato II, Totoy Bato III, etc. (give this song to you) g d a oh, oooh, oooooh (give this song to you) g d a ill give my song an the rest to you baby, baby g d a sing you what i feel, my soul is true chorus g ill give you my. He was often invited to parties and dinners where his songs were recorded on cassette tapes and sent abroad to OFWs or copied for distribution without his knowledge or consent. In his heyday, he was the top crowd-drawer during political rallies. ![]() Laxamana recently suffered a stroke which stopped a singing career that started in the 1970s. ![]() The concert was streamed live on Facebook where thousands of Laxamana's fans greeted the singer, some of them pledging financial and medical support. ![]()
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