Pacheco, Johnny

Pacheco, Johnny * March 25, 1935Pacheco, JohnnyJohnny Pacheco Johnny Pacheco is a percussionist and flautist who can claim credit for much of the pachanga dance craze of the 1960s, but who has also been associated with many kinds of Latin American music. Pacheco was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, the Dominican Republic’s second city. His father, percussionist, clarinetist, and bandleader Rafael Azarias Pacheco, taught him the rudiments of several instruments, including the accordion…