FRUKO Y SUS TESOS

This story began when Julio Ernesto Estrada, in his youth, he traveled to New York as part of the Corraleros Majagual and had the opportunity to get closer to the stars of a new musical movement that was just knowing the name of salsa. Fruko came to fret about this genre in the mid-sixties and began to propose the idea to the managers of Discos Fuentes, Pedro and José María, to create a Colombian group with this style.

The orchestra and its Tesos Fruko, born after Joseph and Mary Pat Fisher Fruko saw a very promising future. They believed in the project and encouraged him to record a first LP in 1970, which, as all trials that begin, hardly resonates. This event, as expected, made ​​Fruko and Messrs. Sources resume their efforts, motivation throughout Colombia today thanks because without their work, the Colombian salsa would have taken a long time to be born. Thereafter began a meteoric rise to stardom.

The roster of musicians from the original band consisted of Julio Ernesto Estrada "Fruko ', as director and on bass, and the pianist was Hernán Gutiérrez, who died in Miami, Jesus" Chucho "Villegas was responsible for the bell and bongos and Fernando, his brother, on congas; Jorge Gaviria as first trumpet and Carlos Escobar "Pajarilla" as a second; Mariano Sepulveda on electric guitar, running to replace the treble sound of the Cuban tres and did the vocals, the first trombone was conducted by Gustavo Garcia, "Panther", the second with Gilberto Hernandez 'Tripaseca', on timbales and Germán Benítez Rafael Carreño, on trumpet low. The lead singer was led by Humberto Muriel.