nicknames

[JohnnyConga]

A Cuban timbale player friend of mine Alberto Sierra nicknamed me 'mano del trapo' loosely interpreted as 'rag hands'...due to the way my hands move on the conga drums..."JC" Johnny Conga

[willie55]

at work they call me Bongo, and for entertianment name i use BongoWillie, Bongo came from, when they asked me if i hunt or fish and i told them no, that i play latin percussion instruments the conga, and they kept on calling them bongos the tall ones, so after a year of trying to teach them the difference i just gave up..this is here in Little Rock, Arkansas were latin percussion instumentation is rare, mainly blues, country, bluegrass and rock music..

[Sakuntu]

I've been known as "Papa" and More commonly "Blanquito"

[alabubba]

... they kept on calling them bongos the tall ones, so after a year of trying to teach them the difference i just gave up..this is here in Little Rock, Arkansas were latin percussion instumentation is rare, mainly blues, country, bluegrass and rock music..

they do the same thing here in Alabama; I gave up on teaching the difference too.

[Dicemanb]

All of the above......