Jose chepito areas percussionist
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Jose chepito areas percussionist
José Areas
Nicaraguan percussionist (born 1946)
Musical artist
José Octavio "Chepito" Areas Dávila (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguanpercussionist best known for having played timbales and Conga drums in the Latin rock group Santana in 1969–1977 and 1987–1989.[1]
Santana
Areas joined Santana in 1969.
In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work in Santana.[2] In 1997, he performed on Abraxas Pool with other members of the early 1970s iteration of Santana, including Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Michael Carabello and Michael Shrieve.[3] Previously, he released an eponymous solo album on Columbia/CBS Records in 1974.
La Gigantona, a 1976 collaboration with Nicaraguan singer-songwriter and childhood friend Alfonso Noel Lovo, was reissued by Numero Group in 2012.[4] He was featured along with Richard Bean and Rich Aldana in 2003 CD The Sounds of Santana by "The Tellstars", and he played alongside Micha