Salvador Sabo Romo is a
bass and
guitar
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player, composer and producer. He was born in
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
.
Interested in music since childhood, he played
drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...
s, wrote songs and sang on his first band. At eighteen he discovered the
bass, and formed “Manhattan”, a light jazz band, and then “Ruido Blanco” with
journalist
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and musician Óscar Sárquiz, who introduced Sabo to Guillermo Briseño, (musician,
poet
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) and
Ricardo Ochoa
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People Given name
*Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugue ...
(musician and
producer) starting the recording and production of many records with many tours in the mid-1980s.
Romo was a founding member of
Caifanes
Caifanes is a rock band from Mexico City. Formed in 1987, the group achieved international fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The original line-up was Saúl Hernández (vocals and guitar), Sabo Romo (bass guitar), (drums) and Diego He ...
in 1987, recording three albums with
BMG and touring all over the world with them; he left the band in 1993 and performed his last live concert at
Palacio de los Deportes
() is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. It is within the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City complex, near the Mexico City International Airport and in front of the Foro Sol, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It i ...
in Mexico City. He also produced artists such as
Aleks Syntek
Raúl Alejandro Escajadillo Peña (born 29 September 1969), known by his stage name, Aleks Syntek, is a Mexican singer and songwriter. He has earned nine nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, a Grammy nomination, five nominations for the MT ...
, Benny, Ely Guerra, Gandhi (Costa Rica), Moenia, Tania Libertad, and the
Jaguares … and has sold 10 million copies. Sabo has been declared “The best latinamerican Bass Player”.
Romo edited with BMG and his own
record label
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“Mulata Records” his first solo album in 1996: ''SSS''. He played on tour with
Adrian Belew
Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...
,
Stewart Copeland
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,
Andy Summers
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, Miguel Mateos, Charly Garcia, Soda Stereo actually working on his new projects: ''Los Finger, Los Padrisimos, Veltons'' and his second solo double album.
On February 19, 2010, Romo suffered a
heart attack
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and has recovered successfully.
References
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Musicians from Mexico City
Mexican bass guitarists
Male bass guitarists
Mexican rock musicians
Living people
Rock en Español music groups
Year of birth missing (living people)
Mexican male guitarists