Haciendo Punto en Otro Son is a Nueva Trova band from Puerto Rico, founded in 1975. They recorded fourteen albums and performed in Latin America, the Caribbean and United States. Band members included Tony Croatto, Silverio Pérez, Josy LaTorre, Irvin García, Nano Cabrera, Ivan Gonzalez, Jorge Arce, José Vega Santana, Moncho Diaz, Jose ‘Pache’ Cruz and many others. Haciendo Punto’s repertoire has been sung by generations and it has become part of the Puerto Rican folklore. Haciendo Punto’s contribution was the dissemination of other performers' music from the Caribbean and Latin America as well as their own Puerto Rican culture.
Band history
The original quintet recorded the first two albums. Tony and Nano departed the group to form their own band which focuses on folklore and not "Nueva Trova". The third album was a huge success. Since the fourth album, Silverio Perez was the only member left from the original group. Bassist and producer Ivan Gonzalez Aulet lead the group from the fourth to the ninth album, "Punto Final". Tony, Silverio, Josy and Irvin recorded additional albums after the tenth, el Concierto Original.
First album
Haciendo Punto's eponymous album has reached classic status in Puerto Rico. All of its songs either were radio hits or have become cultural references in Puerto Rico. The album features the following:
"Ensillando mi caballo", a set of décimas written by Pérez, at the suggestion of Corretjer, using a popular South American verse as the "pie forzado" of the song,
"La vida campesina", a cover of a Pafu song with the same name. It was a popular medley of Puerto Rican jibaro songs which was Haciendo Punto's first radio hit,
"Música", an ode to music that became Haciendo Punto's second radio hit,
"Los caminos", a rumba sung by García and written by Cuban songwriter Pablo Milanés.
The album also features two parody songs, "Bolero de Mastropiero", originally written by the Argentinemusical comedy group Les Luthiers, and "Tango ", a parody of the Peruvian song "El Rosariode Mi Madre" in which Tony Croatto asks a former lover to give him back a particular piece of underwear.
Haciendo Punto appeared on several TV shows. The most famous videos released on TV were "Un Abajito y Queriendo" and "Travesía". Un Junte para la Historia: The band reunited for a concert with Puerto Rican bands Fiel a la Vega and Moliendo Vidrio. During the concert, the bands alternated sets performing the hit songs of each other, ending with a huge "junte" of all of the musicians singing several songs of each band. The concert was recorded and released later as an album and video titled Un Junte para la Historia. El Concierto Original: Five original members reunited for a concert with the participation of local musicians. Haciendo Punto por Tony: Homage to Tony Croatto.
