- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohnny Rodriguez Jr.
- Nicknames
- El Dandy
- Dandy
- Johnny 'Dandy' Rodriguez Jr. was born on September 11, 1945 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on August 17, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- He was the son of Johnny "La Vaca" Rodríguez (1930-2000), prolific conguero and bongosero of Puerto Rican ancestry who played in the bands of Noro Morales, Xavier Cugat, Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodríguez (preceding his son in latter two cases) among others.
- Johnny "Dandy" Rodriguez was a Latin percussionist (congas, bongos), mostly credited for playing bongos & congas.
- Percussion instrument manufacturer LP (Latin Percussion) markets a bongo set in his name called LP Johnny Rodriguez, Jr. Legend Bongos Standard as well as two cowbells entitled LP John "Dandy" Rodriguez Signature Low Pitch Hand Held Cowbell and LP John "Dandy" Rodriguez Signature High Pitch Hand Held Cowbell .
- Over the course of his career, John has been recognized as one of the greatest players and innovators of Latin music. Working with Martin Cohen (the founder of Latin Percussion), John has opened many doors for Latin performers, spurring a recognizable change in Latin performers' abilities to entertain in Europe and around the world.
- He was an American bongo player of Puerto Rican descent.
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