Biography
Tommy Lopez, Sr.
Real name: Tomás López
Puerto Rican born Latin music percussionist (mainly congas), based in New York, USA, and retired from music industry in the 1980s, generally appears as Tommy Lopez, he is also known as Tommy "Bacum" Lopez or "Mano de Hierro", (1931 - 10 Mar. 2008), he is the father of Tommy "Chuckie" Lopez, Jr.