It was the time of socialist president Salvador Allende, and performances by foreign artists from like-minded movements such as Cuba’s Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés were commonplace at musical events supported by the Allende regime.
Rodriguez has been a major influence on many folk artists, including the Swedish artist José González.
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In 2005 Ordóñez was co-producer, arranger and guitarist on Bachata Entre Amigos, a Víctor Víctor album that also featured songwriters Joaquín Sabina, Joan Manuel Serrat, Pedro Guerra, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Fito Páez and Víctor Manuel, among others.
Singer-songwriters such as Carlos Varela, Silvio Rodríguez and Pablo Milanés are among the notable performers who have graced this particular stage.
Among the composers other works were waltzes, serenades, bambucos and joropos, like: Pueblos Tristes, Flor de Mayo, Mi Tripón, and many others, His works have been interpreted by the most known popular Venezuelans singers and by other recognized figures of Latin America, such as Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés and Mercedes Sosa.
He also credits Silvio Rodríguez, Rubén Blades, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, Ismael Rivera and El Gran Combo among his influences in the tropical and Caribbean music genre.