drexler was born in montevideo. in 1939 his father, a german jew, fled to uruguay with his family at the age of four to escape the holocaust. his family also fled to bolivia and lived there. at the time, only bolivia among south american countries was widely open to jewish immigrants. and over six decades later as his gratitude to bolivia he made a song, which is included in "bailar en la cueva". his mother is a christian of mixed spanish, french, and portuguese descent. drexler was raised jewish, but does not follow any organized religion.