Get a free Gigulate account now Login Signup
×

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!
or login
RSS

Every story, every source. Never miss a thing.

Buena Vista bassist "Cachaito" Lopez dies at 76

5794 days ago
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club band, has died at 76 due to complications following prostate surgery, Cuban state media said on Tuesday. more info

Buena Vista bassist "Cachaito" Lopez dies at 76

5794 days ago
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club band, has died at 76 due to complications following prostate surgery, Cuban state media said on Tuesday. more info

Orlando 'Cachaíto' Lopez

5794 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Cuban bassist Orlando "Cachaíto" Lopez, who has died aged 76 from complications following surgery for pancreatic cancer, gained international fame as the bassist with Buena Vista Social Club. More importantly, Lopez's fluid, supple playing accom... more info

'Buena Vista Social Club' bass player dies

5794 days ago
TopixOrlando Cachaito Lopez performs in Havana, in this Aug. 11, 2000, file photo. HAVANA A -- Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, considered the "heartbeat" of Cuba 's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his ... more info

OBITUARY: Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Who Provided the Bass Line for the Buena Vista Social Club, Died Monday at 76.

5794 days ago
All About JazzHAVANA Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, considered the "heartbeat" of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his internationally acclaimed bass playing, died Monday of complications from prostate surgery, fellow musicians said. He was 76. Lopez, a ... more info

Buena Vista bassist "Cachaito" Lopez dies at 76

5794 days ago
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, who rose to international fame as a member of the Buena Vista Social Club band, has died at 76 due to complications following prostate surgery, Cuban state media said on Tuesday. more info

News in Brief: Scott Walker, Mexican Summer, Asobi Seksu, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez

5794 days ago
Pitchfork-- My man MCA's got a movie company like a billygoat: Oscilloscope Pictures, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film production and distribution company, has been on a pretty great roll lately. First the basketball documentary Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, which Y... more info

News in Brief: Scott Walker, Mexican Summer, Asobi Seksu, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez

5794 days ago
Pitchfork-- My man MCA's got a movie company like a billygoat: Oscilloscope Pictures, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film production and distribution company, has been on a pretty great roll lately. First the basketball documentary Gunnin' for That #... more info

News Roundup: 2/10/2009

5794 days ago
Allmusic BlogBassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez, who helped found Buena Vista Social Club in the 1990s, died yesterday of prostate cancer. He had turned 76 years old less than one week prior. [Yahoo.com] Responding to his fans’ shrinking wallets, Keith Urban ... more info

Buena Vista Social Club bassist Lopez dead at 76

5794 days ago
Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, considered the "heartbeat" of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club for his internationally acclaimed ... more info

Recent news history

Recent postings in the past month

30 days ago
Yesterday
Build a customised Buena Vista Social Club widget

Explore

About

What's Gigulate?

  • At your fingertips. All the world's music news as it ch-ch-changes.
  • The sharpest music minds plugged into the world's greatest music machine.
  • Find out more