El Conjunto Saladillo

Venezuelan gaita group created in 1962 in Maracaibo, with Ciro Villalobos (furro), Carlos Barboza and Carmelo Segundo Fernández (tambora), Elio Fernández (charasco [percussion]), Nerio Matheus and Ramón Quintero (maracas, vocals), Leandro Soto y Moisés Martínez (cuatro, solo vocal). (Saladillo being a district of Maracaibo) "Los Gaiteros del Pueblo" was also sometimes added to the name of the band. Later, in 1971, Ramón Quintero registered the name "Conjunto Saladillo" on his own and created a spin-off with some musicians, known as Conjunto Saladillo De R.Q.: this is a different group to the original, but they issued some LPs with the same name "Conjunto Saladillo". And at the same time, the rest of the initial band remained as El Conjunto Saladillo de Nerio Matheus or, later as "El Auténtico Saladillo". What makes it sometimes difficult to precisely credit the band. And today, 9 different gaita band exist with "Saladillo" in their name! A book dedicated to the band was even issued in 2015.