Juaneco y Su Combo is a

Peruvian cumbia Peruvian cumbia is a subgenre of chicha (Andean tropical music) that became popular in the coastal cities of Peru, mainly in Lima in the 1960s through the fusion of local versions of the original Colombian genre, traditional highland huayno, an ...

band formed in

Pucallpa Pucallpa (, qu, puka allpa, lit=red dirt; Shipibo language, Shipibo: ''May Ushin'') is a city in eastern Peru located on the banks of the Ucayali River, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It is the capital of the Ucayali region, the Corone ...

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in 1966.

History

Juaneco y Su Combo was originally founded by the amateur saxophonist Juan Wong Paredes as Juaneco y su Conjunto. In 1969, Paredes handed over control of the band to his son, Juan Wong Popolizio, who subsequently renamed it "Juaneco y su Combo". During the early 1970's, the band's popularity peaked, and they became one of the most innovative Peruvian cumbia bands at the time and a pioneer in the jungle cumbia genre. The band's members performed in headgear made from parrot feathers and cotton tunics, similar to the

Shipibo The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people along the Ucayali River in the Amazon rainforest in Peru. Formerly two groups, the Shipibo and the Conibo, they eventually became one distinct tribe through intermarriage and communal ritual and are c ...

people of Peru. In 1977, five of the band's members died in a plane crash.

Discography

*''El Gran Cacique'' ( Infopesa, 1972, 2018) *''Masters of Chicha Vol. 1'' ( Barbès, 2008) *''Legado: Colección Definitiva'' ( Infopesa, 2019)https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0iweYBcBc/

References

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* {{Authority control Peruvian musical groups Musical groups established in 1966 1966 establishments in Peru Cumbia musical groups