Antony Santos
| Antony Santos | |
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Santos performing
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Domingo Antonio Santos Muñoz |
| Also known as | El Mayimbe "El Bachatú" |
| Born |
May 5, 1967 Las Clavellinas, Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Montecristi, Dominican Republic |
| Genres | Bachata |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Platano Records, Premium Latin Music, DASM |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | anthonysantos |
| Past members |
1990s: Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar: Antony Santos Backup: Ambiorix Pimentel, Susy Espinal, Angelina Peña Second Guitar: Luis Roman Bass: Geovanny Belliard "Memin" Tambora: Rafael "Chiquito" Martinez Guira: Melido "El Escorpion" Electronic Drums: Raphy Santos "El Primo" 2000s Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar: Antony Santos Backup: Ambiorix Pimentel, Susy Espinal, Angelina Peña Second Guitar: Juan Carlos "Carlitos La Magia" Baez Bass: Richard "El Trueno" Vasquez Tambora: Rafael "Chiquito" Martinez Guira: Ramonz "Ito" Sanz Electronic Drums: Freddy "Dracula" Tejada Piano: Luis "Luisito" Angel Castro Sax (Tenor): Marcos Diaz Sax (Alto) Manuel Camaño "Camañito" Campos Conga: Okil "Fito" Medrano |
1990s:
Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar: Antony Santos
Backup: Ambiorix Pimentel, Susy Espinal, Angelina Peña
Second Guitar: Luis Roman
Bass: Geovanny Belliard "Memin"
Tambora: Rafael "Chiquito" Martinez
Guira: Melido "El Escorpion"
Electronic Drums: Raphy Santos "El Primo"
2000s
Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar: Antony Santos
Backup: Ambiorix Pimentel, Susy Espinal, Angelina Peña
Second Guitar: Juan Carlos "Carlitos La Magia" Baez
Bass: Richard "El Trueno" Vasquez
Tambora: Rafael "Chiquito" Martinez
Guira: Ramonz "Ito" Sanz
Electronic Drums: Freddy "Dracula" Tejada
Piano: Luis "Luisito" Angel Castro
Sax (Tenor): Marcos Diaz
Sax (Alto) Manuel Camaño "Camañito" Campos
Antony Santos is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, renowned for his role in redefining the genre to include romantic music.
Santos entered onto the scene in the early 1990s, beginning his career as the guira player for fellow bachatero Luis Vargas, only to leave the group and maintain a very public feud with Vargas. Santos became the first rural bachatero to reach a mainstream audience, with his hit "Voy pa'llá", shortly after Blas Durán had introduced the electric guitar into the genre. Santos' adoption of soft romantic lyrics was more socially accepted than the bawdy style common to bachata before him, and he shortly became the genre's leading artist, helping move bachata into the mainstream. Santos has helped define the sound of modern bachata, mainly through his use of a chorus pedal and the Yamaha APX series of guitars (with a Gibson Classic Humbucker mounted in the soundhole). He is supportive of Anthony "Romeo" Santos, lead singer of Aventura, even to perform alongside him in Romeo's latest album alongside Vargas and Raulín Rodríguez in both one skit and the track "Debate De 4".
His hit songs include: "Voy Pa Lla", "Cuantos Mas", "Creiste","Vete y Alejate de Mi", "Un Muerto Vivo", "Por Mi Timidez", "Pegame Tu Vicio", "Corazon Culpable", "Pequeño Huracan" and "Muchos Cambios" among others.
Antony Santos (1996) [2] a movie by Frédéric Pelle (52’) : In Santo Domingo everyone listens and dances to "bachata" which is the poor and oppressed classes' means of expression. Antony Santos is the star of this today, adulated by his fans who admire him for having remained very close to them. This is a portrait of the musician with excerpts from concerts.
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