José Areas

Birthday: 1946-07-25
Birthplace: Leon, Nicaragua
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

José Octavio "Chepito" Areas Dávila (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known for having played timbales and Conga drums in the Latin rock group Santana in 1969–1977 and 1987–1989.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	1977-01-01	Santana Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 15th, 1976	backing vocals, percussion
	1970-08-18	Santana - Live at Tanglewood 1970	timbales, percussion
	1969-08-30	Got No Shoes, Got No Blues: the Texas International Pop Festival