second vallenato king colacho mendoza

Nicholas Elias Mendoza better known as colacho
He was born on April 15, 1936 in Savannas of Manuela (Guajira). Son of Andres Mendoza and Juana Daza. It was the second king vallenato
Vallenato King in 1969, after King of Kings in 1987.
Colacho was considered one of the most authentic interpreters of classic vallenato. Made famous songs alongside Diomedes Diaz as Bajo el Palmar, Simulation, Te Quiero Mucho, My Boy, or you need.

At this point it is necessary to highlight some of the conditions that allowed Colacho Mendoza advantage of favorable circumstances and excel in the domain of vallenato: his humility and constant availability for the renovation and adaptation to changing one after another are life of an existing tradition. That particular and uncommon aptitude Colacho Mendoza allowed to become a bridge between the period of the founding of the vallenato style-that of Alejo Durán, Abel Antonio Villa, Pacho Rada Andres Landeros, Lorenzo Morales, Emiliano Zuleta Baquero and Luis Enrique Martinez, among others, and the present time, Colacho is transitioning between the farmer or employee who is a musician in his spare time and full-time professional live music, ie, between the stage accordion music was still traditional, folk,