Nico Saquito's lyrics & chords

Ñico Saquito (born Benito Antonio Fernández Ortiz, Santiago de Cuba, 17 January 1901 – Havana, 04 August 1982) was a Cuban trova musician. He was a composer, guitarist and singer. [1] By the age of 15 he had already attracted attention for his songwriting, and abandoned a career in baseball to start life as a trovador. He had his own group in the 1920s, and later joined the Castillo Quartet, spending much of the 1930s touring Cuba with the group. After this he returned to Santiago and founded the group Guaracheros de Oriente, which started...read more