Muere Tony Conga, promoter of Fania All Stars

The Salinence promoter of international fame, Luis Antonio Rodríguez Morales, concocted in the world of the show as “Tony Conga”, died at 74 years of age, in the madrugada of ayer for renal complications, in the Hospital Auxilio Mutuo de Río Piedras, segón informo su hermano José Luis Rodríguez.

A Tony Conga le sobreviven sus quatat hijas, Marián, Noemí, Jelissa y Karla Rodríguez.

Su velatorio se efectuará mañana martes van 13:00 tot 21:00, en la Funeraria San Blas de Salinas. The sepelio will be on Wednesday at 10:00 am, at Cementerio Municipal Wico López del mencionado pueblo.

In 1972, Tony Conga was the promoter of the casa disquera Tico-Alegre, promoting the production of Tito Puente, “Pa ‘los Rumberos” Celia Cruz and Tito Puente “Algo especial” and “Esto fue lo que trajo el barco” de Ismael Rivera.

Fue promoter and producer of various artists and orchestras including the Fania All Stars, Celia Cruz, Pete Conde Rodríguez, Eddie Palmieri, Santos Colón, Johnny Pacheco, Ismael Quintana, Willie Colón, Rubén Blades and Louie García.

Currently the producer and promoter of the renowned music group Limite 21.

“We are dealing with a person who started in Salinas in the finals of the 1960s, promoting by altoparlante, from his vehicle, the T ‘Danzan with large orchestras at the moment, in the bail centers of the people; travel through an exclusive carpool in the Puerto Rican disco industry and internationally ”.

“Sin lugar a dudas, Tony Conga was one of the biggest promoters of the patio and the most important figure of the cello disco of the Fania All Stars mediados from 1970 to 1980. Estuvo active has had recent antiquities from his decade”, manifested the salinense historian, Jossie Alvarado.