Chris Whitley, Jeff Buckley, Elvis Costello, Donny Hathaway, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Tower of Power, Doyle Bramhall 2, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Van Morrison, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Rainer Maria Rike, David and Luis Maldonado..
Born into a musical family Hector was encouraged to pursue his talents by everyone in his sphere of influence. Beginning his musical performance career at the age of nine, he was singing lead in concerts performed by the Tucson Boys Choir. Hector then pursued dedicated study in Classical Guitar Master Classes at the University of Arizona at the age of ten.
Finishing high school early, Hector played in five or six different bands all the while doing session work in different studios.
By 20 Hector had been on several recordings, and had attended college with Certifications in Production/Recording arts, Midi, Microcomputers and Computer Programming.
By 23 Hector was on tour with an emerging R&B artist Joey Bowen (Grand Funk Railroad, Jeff Pryor Band). Soon after Hector and his brother, David Maldonado (The Romero's, Nova Menco, Nadro John), started touring the U.S as a Flamenco trio promoting the "Danza" album. Great success came with the cd and tour including making it to the top 10 on "World Music" charts. From the cd and tours with David came 3 more cd's and a Live DVD.
In 2002 Hector had a chance to work along side The legendary Eddie Kramer (Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, etc. ) and Todd Howarth (Frehleys Comet, Solo). Working on several projects as a recording artist and producer, Maldonado has done Hundreds of recordings playing bass, guitar, drums, and singing in nearly all of his works.
Hector has been on top Americana charts, and recently received an Honorable Mention in Billboard and in American Songwriter Magazine. As a producer he has also worked with many artists. Hector Has played, recorded, and/or toured with Nyee Moses, Todd Howarth, Carolann Ames, David Maldonado, Luis Maldonado (Glenn Hughes, John Waite), Into The Presence, , Pat Monahan (Train), Eric Dover (Jellyfish, Sextus) and is currently on tour performing with the Grammy winning rock group Train. New record to be released October 27th 2009!
Hope you have a happy fun halloween! When you get to Baltimore & have free time visit the Inner Harbor and there is a Hard Rock downtown at the harbor too. :) See ya at the show.
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Hi Hector Maldonado, "Meet the Meatbats," the debut release from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith's new group is a TOP 10 Jazz/Funk Album on iTunes! The CD is a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! GET IT NOW ON ITUNES, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads on the MySpace page! Please help spread the word with your friends and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
Have a great holiday weekend Hector! I know you will fit in perfectly with the guys on tour & hope it's amazing for you! I look forward to seeing you when you get to Baltimore! And when you get back to St. Louis too. Rams Head in Balto. is a cool venue! I was there in 2006 to see Train. I used to live there so some of my family is there I try to go see often. See you on the telethon Monday. Have a blast!!! U rock, Diane
Hi Hector, Just stopping by to say hello! Looking forward to seeing you up onstage touring with our favorite band! I'm sure you'll knock it outta the ballpark! Have a fantastic day. The Choo =)
When you get to Baltimore & have free time visit the Inner Harbor and there is a Hard Rock downtown at the harbor too. :) See ya at the show.
Have a blast!!!
