Rey Caney is a Cuban singer, guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and tres

Tres

The tres is a 3-course, 6-string chordophone which was created in Cuba. A tres player is called a tresero in Cuba and a tresista in Puerto Rico.-Cuban tres:In Cuba, the son was created as a song and a salon dance genre...

ero. He led Cuarteto Patría

Cuarteto Patria

Cuarteto Patria is one of the leading musical groups in Santiago de Cuba. It was founded in 1939 by Francisco Cobas la O , director, with Emilia Gracia, Rigoberto Hechaverría and Rey Caney . The original style was traditional trova, with boleros and some música campesina...

 for some time: this famous group is now led by Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba....

. In the middle 1950s he took over Compay Segundo

Compay Segundo

Compay Segundo was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.-Biography:...

's place in the duo Los Compadres

Los Compadres

Los Compadres was a famous Cuban trova duo formed by Lorenzo Hierrezuelo in 1947. At the time Lorenzo had a singing duo with María Teresa Vera, and this partnership continued alongside the new venture. His first partner in Los Compadres was Compay Segundo , who became the second voice and tres...

, the other partner being his elder brother Lorenzo Hierrezuelo

Lorenzo Hierrezuelo

Lorenzo Hierrezuelo was a Cuban trova musician, a singer, guitarist and composer. His face showed clear signs of Indian descent: he was an indo-mulatto . He was the son and nephew of soneros, and he grew up in the ambiance of this type of Cuban music and dance...

. He and his brother sang together for thirty years. He also sang and played with many other groups, and finally came back to Santiago de Cuba to lead the Vieja Trova Santiaguera

Vieja Trova Santiaguera

La Vieja Trova Santiaguera is a Cuban musical band that formed in 1994 and became successful in Europe. Its members included:*Reinaldo Hierrezuelo la O , solo voice and lead guitar/tres)...

, one of the top groups in Cuba's second city. He also worked with his sister Caridad Hierrezuelo

Caridad Hierrezuelo

Caridad Hierrezuelo was a Cuban popular singer. She was the sister of Lorenzo Hierrezuelo and Rey Caney, two famous trova musicians. Her career began in 1947 as a member of the Trio Baraguá, and later the Conjunto Beltrán, until 1950, when she decided to sing as a soloist...

, a singer of guaracha style.

His most popular composition is Caña quemá (The sugar cane's burning).