Seguida

"Seguida" - N.Y. Latin Rock Group

http://www.seguida.net

Winner of 1976 Latin NY Magazine
"Best Latin Rock Album"
Fania Records Classic Recording Artist

The Latin -Rock explosion began when Santana first burst onto the music scene in the late sixties and early Seventies. While Santana was becoming popular in the West Coast, a young group of Hispanic musicians from the Bronx in New York City wanted to build upon the Caribbean roots of Afro Cuban Jazz, Rhythm And Blues, and New York City Salsa. The group was called Seguida. Seguida's music is a unique mix of funk, hip hop, rock r & b, salsa and jazz.

The Latin-Rock explosion that occurred when Santana first burst onto the music scene in the early Seventies with the smash hit interpretation of Tito Puente’s “Oye Como Va”, proved to be a driving force for these young New Yorican musicos. They formed two groups. one call "Latin Soul Inc." with Angel Nater, Pete Naterand Eddie Montalvo and the other called "DEVOSHUN" with Steve Adorno, Lori Rose, Lou Perez and Carlos "Go-Go" Gomez.

Under the musical direction of Randy Ortiz, the band leadership of percussionist Angel Nater Jr., and guitarist Lou Perez, el grupo Seguida began to refine its sound. The result was a style like no other. The sound grew to be the New York hybrid of Rock and Salsa!
The group received much attention and soon became the opening act for Salsa luminaries such as Larry Harlow, Ray Barretto and Eddie Palmieri. This exposure soon led to a recording contract with the reigning giant of the Salsa industry, Fania Records.

Their debut album, "Love Is…Seguida" was released in 1974 and was well received by both the Salsa and Rock media in New York and Puerto Rico. The New York Newspaper "THE VILLAGE VOICE" Called SEGUIDA "THE SON'S OF SANTANA".
The album scored a hit with “Mambo Rock”, a scorching mambo that received a great deal of exposure on both Rock and Salsa radio stations. The song became the theme for The Izzy Sanabria "Salsa" TV Show that featured Seguida as its house band. This led to an invitation to open the now legendary "Fania All-Stars" concert at Yankee Stadium, which ended in crowd pandemonium during Ray Barretto and Mongo Santamaria’s infamous conga duel.

From there, Seguida took off on a tour of Northeast colleges where their music was understood and appreciated. In the summer of 1976, Seguida took to the studio again and delivered their second album, On Our Way To Tomorrow…Seguida. This album contains an outstanding collection of songs that took Latin Rock to a plateau never before reached. The song “Yo Nunca Te Olvidare” is considered to be groundbreaking in its use of a totally Salsa format with English lyrics at its head, and Spanish vocal soneros during its montuno and solo sections. The song received much international airplay, and is considered by many to be the template for many of today’s modern Salsa crossovers. East Coast Latin Rock was not being supported by the record labels.

Seguida has joined with Santana as part of the new Major League Baseball Entertainment, major league artist series website at mlb.com/entertainment