La Bachata Blog: Frontier Bachata—Bachata de la linea abajo

Frontier Bachata—Bachata de la linea abajo

Published Friday, March 24, 2006 by 500peso | E-mail this post

After “Mujeres hembras”, other bachateros were inspired to record with an electric guitar. Blas Durán’s most important successors, and among the most important founders of modern bachata, were from the area of Montecristi, on the Northwestern frontier with Haiti.

Luis Vargas, Anthony Santos and Raulin Rodriguez dominated bachata in the early 1990s, and Santos particularly helped to create the style which we hear today. All three are still eminent figures in the genre.

Antony Santos Vs Luis Vargas

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