José María Aguilar Porrás

José María "Indio" Aguilar Porrás (May 3, 1891 – December 21, 1951) was an Uruguayan guitarist, singer, and composer.

Life Until 1920, he worked in Uruguay with the payador Juan Pedro López. That year, he crossed the Río de la Plata with a fellow countryman to perform as a guitarist at the La Argentina hall and the Teatro Nacional in Buenos Aires. In 1922, he recorded guitar solos for the RCA Victor record label, and the following year, a duet with Enrique Maciel and later with Pagés.

He was an accompanist for Agustín Magaldi (and his duo Magaldi-Noda), Ignacio Corsini (who was the first to accompany him in his record recordings), Gómez-Vila, Pelaia-Catán, Alberto Vila, Adhelma Falcón (sister of Ada Falcón), and Carlos Gardel, with whom he traveled to Europe.

In 1934, Gardel, who was filming at Paramount in New York City at the time, requested that some of his former collaborators be sent from Buenos Aires: guitarists Ángel Domingo Riverol and Guillermo Barbieri. Aguilar also joined them, reinstated to the team due to his great quality as a guitarist.

Gardel gave him the nickname "Indio," and as a gift, he gave him a pet and the head of an Indian, saying: "Here, this is your portrait."

In December 1951, tragedy struck him again when he was run over in front of Plaza Pueyrredón while attempting to board a taxi coming from the opposite direction; he was hit by a car, fracturing one of his legs. He was hospitalized at the Álvarez Hospital, and unexpectedly died from pulmonary edema on December 21, 1951.