And well he did, well, the best composers of musical notes were grouped in the great orchestras that his government promoted and even protected.Īt the same time and without the spirit of competition -something that could be very dangerous if the Father of the Nation understood it- a legion of virtuous musicians, independently and with great mastery, some of them, joined the imposed process and carried the always illustrious "Perico Ripiao" to the recently paved streets of all the towns and communes of Quisqueya. In any case, Perínclito made the commitment - probably spurred on by some of the "brilliant minds" of that time - to develop the rhythm that, before the end of that second millennium of Christianity, managed to invade the dance halls of the planet. Perhaps his main motivation, his intimate and particular inspiring muse, was the resentment he felt towards a society that looked down on and underestimated him in its early days. (from 1930 to date and God knows how long) he embraced the idea of imposing a national rhythm and a dance that could leave the rural scene and proudly stroll through the halls of the world. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo y Molina, the Chief and also the indolent Satrap who ruled the country for more than a century Therefore, I will only try to remove from the trunk of memories, some concerns of the popular imagination that, for one reason or another, have not been treated with the sobriety that history demands. The few or many unscrupulous and bad Dominicans who do not understand this reality will continue to speak of "the person" but, no one will listen to them.įor reasons of common sense and due to my limitations as a narrator, I am not trying to make an apology for what Johnny Ventura means for the Dominican merengue, which, after all, is the merengue of the world. Unfortunately, Juan De Dios Ventura Soriano, the man, has died but, "The Legend" was born.Īnd we must speak of it in the future and forever and ever.
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His trot - always at full gallop - has stopped forever. Trujillo dancing with his wife, María MartínezĪlready the "Horse" rests placidly in his private pasture. The Dominican merengue has two godfathers All those involved were hunted by the Trujillo army and killed, some burned to death. At that time Trujillo was in charge and the invasion was a communist (failed) attempt to end his rule. To avoid any confusion, a friend asked him to be something else and he picked that one because it was already used as a nickname and to him it sounded close to Juan. He adopted his childhood neighborhood nickname after the expedition in Maimon since one of the pilots was named Juan de Dios Simó. His real first name is not Johnny, but rather Juan or Juan de Dios.
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For example, he did one in Jamaica too and in several countries in Latin America, plus the USA and Spain. He also made some presentations in Port-au-Prince as a Merengue singer, but that was part of his global visits. Literally, simply reading the lyrics from a paper. He also had an admiration of sort with Haiti and that give rise to creating the song in the previous post and in a language he never knew. As expected, he became friends with some Haitians there and later in life with other people of Haitian descent. This also included one time living in a batey because his father was stationed there for a time. He was the son of a soldier in the military as as a child lived in several places spanning Santo Domingo and Monte Cristi. By the way, someone already asked me if Johnny was of Haitian descent and the answer is no.
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