Biography

Hernándo Salcedo
Real name: Hernando Salcedo Benavides
Colombian conga player and band leader, was a renowned musician who was born in Corozal, Sucre, in 1954. During his childhood, a close person began to call him Willie and he decided to use it as a stage name. Died November of 12, 2020 of pulmonary complications.Besides being a renowned artist, he is the son of the conductor Pedro Salcedo Ortega.