 It took a few years for Vives to find inspiration out of the limelight in Bogotá and back to his roots in Santa Marta.In 1991, when Carlos was approached to play the part of Rafael Escalona in the biographical film "Escalona" (1991), it would not only be a star-turning role for the rising actor, but the beginning of Carlos's musical breakthrough.Playing the famous musician, Carlos used his own musical talents to reinterpret Escalona's music, embedded in the traditional Colombian style of music known as Vallenato.