Gran Coquivacoa

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Gran Coquivacoa

Background information
Origin Venezuelan flag Cabimas, Zulia, Venezuela
Genre(s) Gaita Zuliana
Years active 1968–present
Website http://www.grancoquivacoa.com
Members
Neguito Borjas
Jesús Petit
Oscar Borjas
Marcos Díaz
Michell

Gran Coquivacoa, is a Venezuelan gaita zuliana group founded in 1968, by Jesús Bocachico Petit, Nelson Suárez, Rody Tigrera, Pedro Arteaga and Manolo Salazar, at the Ambrosio district of Cabimas, Zulia state). In the 1969 season Nelson Martínez enters to the group, becoming the leader singer in the 1960s and 1970s, with his tamboreras, and gaitones, like El Gran Gaitón (1969), Tamborera 7 (1975), Tamborera 9 (1977), Los Vasallos, La Traidora (1976), Gaita a Tambora, and many others.

In 1975, Neguito Borjas enters to Gran Coquivacoa, in the 1978 season composed Sin Rencor, one of the most popular gaitas ever writed. Neguito in 1979 went to the United States for studies, returning to Venezuela in the 1980s, becoming since that, the lead singer of the group.

Gran Coquivacoa have many successful songs, like: Tamborera 3, El gran gaitón, La borrachera, El cholagogue, Rey gaitón, Sin rencor, Tamborera 7 (Macario), Soy zuliano, Libertad, Pea santoral, El son caliente, La negra cocoa coa, Punta icotea, Las cabras, La traidora, La gaita que a mi me gusta, Por qué te vais, La gaita de Molero, Tamborera 9, San Benito, La alianza, La gaita onomatopéyica, El Enlosao, La jerga, Gaitón 5, Alegrando corazones, El oso gracioso, Tamborera 10, Dr. Caldera, Gaita es gaita, Las plañideras, El bravo, Algo sobrenatural, El zaguán, La retreta, Aló presidente, La catira de la Guaira, En el nombre de Bolívar, Primitiva y ancestral, Corona de tunas, Paraíso, Lo Zuliano, Calles viejas, El béisbol, Se soltaron los locos, Déjame tranquilo (with Rafael Orozco), Hay que celebrar, Carmencita la Coja and many others.

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