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| | Fruko y sus Tesos: Afropop Band -- Joe Arroyo, Colombia, South America |
 | | At the time, Fuentes distributed Fania's titles in Colombia, so Estrada and Rincon listened to the albums of Hector Lavoe, Johnny Pacheco, and Willio Colon religiously, and later went to New York to study their music live. |
 | | In the decades since, Fruko y Sus Tesos, along with the king of the Baranquilla carnival Joe Arroyo (Arroyo has earned the carnival's top prize, the "Congo de Oro" eight times) and Grupo Niche have led a salsa scene in Colombia that ranks second to none. |
 | | Arroyo himself joined Fruko in 1973, with "Piper" Pimienta Diaz and Wilson Manyoma to create a true Colombian equivalent to Fania. |
| www.afropop.org /explore/band_info/ID/150/FrukoysusTesos (249 words) |
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