PEPITO GOMEZ LIVE at Club Anton, Oakland
March 6, 2009 by Salsa Crazy San Francisco
Filed under This Week in SF Salsa
PEPITO GOMEZ PERFORMING LIVE!!
Friday March 13, 2009
Club Anton
428 3rd Street
Oakland, CA
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PEPITO GOMEZ @ CLUB ANTON
SALSA con TIMBA EN VIVO!!
Music also provided by DJ WaltDigz
Doors @ 9pm/Show @ 10pm.
21 & up with ID.
Dress to Impress.
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Purchase Tickets HERE!
About Pepito Gomez:
Pepito Gomez, former lead singer of salsa cubana power band Pupy Y Los Que Son Son, will be making his Bay Area debut performing live for one night only with guest musicians from NYC's Hot Salsa band La Bola at the newly "remodeled" Club Anton in Oakland's Jack London Square.
Originally from Camaguey de Cuba, Jose "Pepito" Gomez Martinez has been a member of outstanding bands like "Maravilla de Florida" & "Charanga Latina". Later with the great Cesar "Pupy" Pedroso (ex-Los Van Van), he electrified the world by singing great hits like "La Borrachera", "Dicen Que Dicen", & the current favorite "Un Poquito Al Reves". His popularity in Europe and all over the world with Pupy was highlighted by fans being turned away at Club La Tropical in Rome which has the capacity of 5000 people. A voice so powerful he "could sing fresh life into the dead." – Bruce Polin of Descarga.com
Saoco Performing LIVE at Mambo's Salsa Live, Oakland
October 20, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
Filed under This Week in SF Salsa
SAOCO LIVE AT MAMBO'S SALSA LIVE
Saturday, November 1 2008
—–Salsa Lesson at 8:30pm—–
—–Band Plays 10:00pm – 1:00am—–
COVER: $15.00
Mambo's Salsa Live
474 Roland Way
Oakland, CA
About Saoco:
Leyder "Dos Four" Chapman was born in Holguin, Eastern Cuba and raised in Havana. He left his family and career as a professional basketball player on the Cuban National Basketball team to pursue the "American Dream". In 2001, bound for the Goodwill Games in Australia with a layover in Los Angeles, he chose to remain in the U.S., knowing he would not be able to see his family or country for at least five years in exchange for the feedom to pursue a life of his own choosing.
Chapman's talent for perfoming started at a young age. Even though he excelled in athletics, he was always dedicated to his love for music and dance, and he continued to develop his skills as a lyricist and composer.
At the age of nine, he began performing in various talent groups in and out of school: dance troops; theater clubs; chorus; and playing percussion. He wrote his first song, "Yo Te Amo Verdad," at age fourteen.
Not until Chapman arrived in Oakland, CA was he able to fully commit his time to creating music and choreographing dance. His entreprenerial spirit drove him first to become a professional dance instructor teaching casino-style salsa classes and rueda workshops. He quickly developed a large following throughout the Bay Area because of his unique, highly energetic teaching style and dynamically infectious performance spirit. He is the founder of the "Estrellas Cubanas" dance group and in 2004, he founded SAOCO, a band specializing in the fusion of Cuban rhythms with popular reggaeton. He also established Elegua Music, his own recording company. His first CD, "La Farandula" was released in lat 2005, and he is currently working on his second SAOCO album scheduled for release in late 2006.
