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Yomo Toro (26 July 1933 – 30 June 2012) was a guitarist and a Puerto Rico cuatro player. Known internationally as "The King of the Cuatro," Toro recorded over 150 albums throughout a 60-year career and worked extensively with Cuban legends Arsenio Rodríguez and Alfonso "El Panameño" Joseph; salsa artists Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe and Ruben Blades; and artists from other music genres including Frankie Cutlass, Harry Belafonte, Paul Simon, Linda Ronstadt and David Byrne. ==Early Years== Yomo Toro (birth name: Victor Guillermo Toro) was born in Ensenada, within the municipality of Guánica, near the southwestern corner of Puerto Rico. His father, Alberto, drove a truck for the sugarcane mills of the South Porto Rican Sugar Company and played cuatro in a band along with Yomo Toro’s uncles. Nicknamed "Yomo" by his father, Toro began to play music at age 6. At age 15, Toro formed the string trio ''La Bandita de la Escuela'' ("The Little School Band"). He continued his musical career by performing at events with ''La Bandita'' and other trios, all over the island of Puerto Rico, as well as on the radio program ''La Montaña Canta'' (The Mountain Sings).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yomo Toro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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