{"id":7090,"date":"2017-05-04T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=7090"},"modified":"2022-05-26T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:07:11","slug":"history-el-gran-combo-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2017\/05\/04\/history-el-gran-combo-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"History of El Gran Combo: the 1960’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
The ’60s saw El Gran Combo<\/a> go through a rocky startup, develop their own musical identity, achieve success, see their demand decline due to over-exposure, and manage the departure of several key members. Yet, at the end of the decade, they came out on the other side a stronger band.<\/p>\n As I mentioned in Part 1 of this blog series, El Gran Combo <\/a>had gained some negative public opinion for their founding members having left Cortijo. Recording their first album with a foreign singer (Dominican merengue star\u00a0Joseito Mateo) did not help matters much.<\/p>\nEl Gran Combo’s Rocky Start<\/h3>\n