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I was born in the summer of 1968 in Brooklyn, NY and was introduced to music at a very early age by my father who listened to just about everything. After being sent to Santo Domingo at the age 4, I lived with an aunt whose kids ( my cousins) studied in the conservatory. There were instruments in the house, and choir in church. My father kept sending me records, everything from Sesame Street to Motown, the Osmonds, etc. He even sent me as a gift a Wurlitzer organ ( with the letter keys) and a drum kit. I had always wanted to be a drummer. I returned to NYC in 1976. In school I wanted to study piano, but one thing led to another and I never did at that time. But I met my future bandmates from Broom Hellda, Laz, Ric, and Roland. I returned to Santo Domingo in 1980 and did one year in an Adventist school. There I saw a kid playing guitar who was a grade above me, and decided that I wanted to learn. When I returned to NYC in 1981, I met some friends on my block who introduced me to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. That coupled with some recent adquisitions by my father (Led Zeppelin, Pat Benatar) made me want to pick up the guitar in a definitive way. It was through my music teacher in Good Shepherd School in NY, that I found my guitar teacher, and I started to take lessons. One thing led to another. After playing in a couple of bands in NYC in the 80's and recording a demo with one of them ( Broom Hellda), I moved to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Started writing tunes and formed the band Toque Profundo in 1989 with cousin Max Gomez, and friends Tony Almont, Lorenzo Zayas and Osvaldo Peña. After 2 years in TP, I left in 1991 and formed JLS + Cousin Max, which at first experimented with all sorts of styles, including instrumental and acoustic tunes.
In 1993 the band officially became a hard rock power trio and changed it's name to just JLS ( Jodio Loco Sucio, but JLS are actually the initials of my full name>) JLS released 4 albums including a live tape from 1993 to 2005. All the band's music can be found at the website www.jodiolocosucio.com . Along with business partner Allan Leschhorn, I formed Estudio 828 in 2002 in Santo Dominigo, an upstart production company and experimented with various solo projects, taking the role of co-producer for other projects like myspace.com/luichyguzman and myspace.com/pankyylosmanolos . The songs available here, web exclusives, form part of my recent solo work, until now only available through the estudio828.com website. The songs reflect recent changes in my life, views of frustration, death, and perseverance.
Playing Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah in Madrid's Rincon del Arte Nuevo May 21, 2007