José Areas

José Areas
Background information
Birth name	José Octavio Areas Dávila
Also known as	Chepito
Born	(1946-07-25) July 25, 1946 Leon, Nicaragua
Origin	Leon, Nicaragua
Genres	Latin rock, funk rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Timbales, percussion, congas, trumpet
Years active	1969-present
Labels	Columbia

José Octavio "Chepito" Areas Dávila (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known for having played timbales in the Latin rock group Santana in 1969–1977 and 1987–1989. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work in Santana. In 1997, he performed on Abraxas Pool with other members of the early 1970s iteration of Santana, including Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Michael Carabello and Michael Shrieve. Previously, he released an eponymous solo album on Columbia/CBS Records in 1974. La Gigantona, a 1976 collaboration with Nicaraguan singer-songwriter and childhood friend Alfonso Noel Lovo, was reissued by Numero Group in 2012. He featured along with Richard Bean in The Sounds of Santana CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars (2003). Featured along with Michael Shrieve in Cha Cha Time! CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars (2007).

He also molested children back in 1996:

Discography

Solo discography

• Jose "Chepito" Areas (1974)

with Santana

• Santana (1969)
• Abraxas (1970)
• Santana III (1971)
• Caravanserai (1972)
• Welcome (1973)
• Lotus (1974)
• Borboletta (1974)
• Festivál (1977)
• Moonflower (1977)

with Abraxas Pool

• Abraxas Pool (1997)

Other albums

• The Aliens! (1965)
• Feel It! (1970)
• Sisyphus (1970)
• Mwandishi (1970)
• Shake Off the Demon (1971)
• Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime (1971)
• Boz Scaggs & Band (1971)
• Danny Cox (1971)
• For Those Who Chant (1972)
• Brenda Patterson (1973)
• Crackin' (1975)
• Foolish Pleasures (1975)
• Chameleon (1976)
• La Gigantona (1976)
• Formerly Of The Harlettes (1978)
• Tropico (1978)
• Giants (1978)
• Passion And Fire (1984)
• The Healer (1989)
• Beyond the Thunder (1995)
• Ray Cepeda, "SOLO" (2000)
• The Sounds of Santana CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars" (2003)
• Cha Cha Time! CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars" (2007)
• Bossa n' Ramones (2008)
• Ray Cepeda, "Angels over Avalon and Aztlan (2008)
• We Back!' (2013)
• Areas Of Santaana' (2018)