Eladio Romero Santos

Originally from Zenobí, outside of San Francisco de Macorís, Eladio Romero Santos’ career spans over forty years, having started recording bachata at the same time as José Manuel Calderón and Cuco Valoy. Since he performed mostly in country social clubs and patron saints’ festivals, he wasn’t marginalized as many of his fellow bachateros were. Romero Santos’ style was much simpler and straightforward than that of other guitarists such as Edilio Paredes; it was rhythmic and danceable. He contracted arthritis in 1995 and was forced to stop playing the guitar, and would perform solely as a singer. Romero Santos retired in 1998, and died three years later, in 2001, of lung cancer.

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* [http://www.iasorecords.com/index.cfm?subsecid=118 Eladio Romero Santos: Pioneer of bachata and guitar merengue]