Eliades Ochoa & El Cuarteto Patria

Over The Years Eliades Ochoa Has Been Called The "Cuban Johnny Cash " And Like Cash He's Also A Grammy Winner 1997 . His Trademark Cowboy Brings Light To The Fact That Ochoa Is A "Guajiro" Or Cuban Provincial And His Musical Interests Certainly Show This Tradition. His Musical Arsenal Includes "son" Which Is A Quintessential Cuban Sound With A Shuffling Acoustic Beat Ear Marked By Vocal Chorus' Made Up Of Tres Bongos Claves And Maracas "guararcha" Which Is A Rustic Country Sound Bolero Changüi And Afro-Cuban Which Is Based On The Clave Rhythm Five Notes Stretched Over Two Bars And His Tres Which Is A Type Of Guitar Has Added D And G Strings Named A "cuatro" By Ochoa . He Was Born In The Rural Mountain Village Of Songo La Maya Cuba On June 11 1946 And Was A Child Of His Father's Second Marriage. One Of Six Siblings He Was The Oldest Boy. He Began Playing The Guitar When He Was Six And In 1978 He Joined Cuarteto Patria A Band That Has Played Since 1940. read less