I found the Cofradía Tamayo single “Rio Chucunaque”/ “Tu Cariño” over 15 years ago, and have been trying to find out about the band ever since. This is a post I have been wanting to write for the longest time. The pianist was the great Juancho Vargas (!), born in Barranquilla but living at the time in Medellin. Singers included Michi, Felipe Sambergman Jr., Joe Hurtado and Victor Melendez (later of Latin Brothers). Per Gomez’s interview, the members of Michi’s Combo included: Boiga on Bass, Rafael Benitez on Timbales, Guillermo Martinez, Faustino Martes, Angel Gonzalves and Sofronin Martinez (of Los Galleros) on Electric Guitar, Mauricio Lombana and Antonio Morales on Trumpet, Michi on Tenor Sax and Clarinet, Lucho Pertana (?) on Tunbadora. Joe Arroyo never sang with Michi’s Combo – he sang with Michi’s Combo once they left Michi (in 1972, I believe) and became La Protesta, led by bassist Leandro Boiga. “By 1967 he had formed his Combo Bravo (the band consisted of two trumpets, Michi on tenor sax and clarinet, guitar and piano, electric bass, tumbadora, timbales and a young Joe Arroyo on vocals)” I was just watching Nestor Emiro Gomez’s excellent interview of Michi Sarmiento for Herencia Latina, and realized that on the text for Aqui Los Bravos! The Best Of Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo 1966-67 on Soundway (2010) I said that:
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