“Sunday Salsa Dance Party” Ray Olan y su Nuevo Sason w/ Acho Brother, Special Guests – $7/10

5pm $7/10

Mid Summer New York Salsa Dance Party comes to Skippers Smokehous joining Tampa Bay’s Best Salsa Musicians to the Skipper’s stage for a Sunday Salsa Dance Celebration.

Ray Olan y su Nuevo Sason (SALSA)

“Voted Best Salsa Dance Band” – Taquilla Underground 2016

Ray Olan is an innovator from the 70’s Salsa movement…Before Santana/ Willie Colon / Frankie Dante/ The Lebron Brothers/ Pete Rodriquez and those cats that where from Brooklyn / Bronx and Queens where thinking about doing cross over Rock Salsa and Reggaeton, Olan was on the field testing the waters playing Rock Salsa. New York style Salsa dance band.

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Acho Brother (SALSA)

Hector Mayoral is (Acho Brother) Tampa’s Latin Folk/Salsa Legend Best of The Bay Culture-Clash Artist by Creative Loafing Magazine. ACHO BROTHER (Hector) blends a type of Electro-Folk-Salsa sound, peppered with acoustic guitars and electronic beats.

Special Guests:

• Gumbi Ortiz – World Renown Percussionist Gumbi Ortiz is known around the world for his exciting conga performance and his knowledge of rhythm and percussion. For the last 25 years Gumbi has been an integral part of superstar guitarist Al Di Meola’s band, he’s also executive producer in Ray Olan’s new LP release “Returned from the Future” .
• Butch Thomas – Conrad “Butch” Thomas – Born and raised in St Louis, Missouri, lets see he has played with the “Who’s Who” in music entertainment including The Temptations , Thomas Dolby , Dave Valentin and Lenny Kravitz . His ambidextrous Florida style placed him comfortably as one of the best Salsa Dance Band Sax Soloist in Tampa.
• Benny Maldonado -Grammy Nominated Percussionist / Producer- Benny Maldonado has been in the Tampa Bay Salsa scene for years…one of the most sort after drummers, dazzling audiences with his performances and stage antics.
• Joey Caamano: Born Dominican Republic Joey Studied in the Conservatory of Music,Lead guitarist for Transfusion ” Casandra Grammy and MTV awards for Sony. Been in Tampa Bay Salsa scene and dominates Rock Salsa soloing. His Reggae influences have been in Ray’s band for years.