Willie Cantu

Willie Cantu (born 1946 or 1947) is an American drummer. He was the original drummer for the country music band The Buckaroos from 1964 until 1967. He joined the United States Armed Forces in 1968.

Career In January 1964, Cantu joined the county music band The Buckaroos at the age of seventeen He was the band's youngest member and Owens "aged" him three years in band publications.

By 2009, Cantu was the only surviving original member of the band.

Family life Cantu was born Guillermo Cantu in Corpus Christi, Texas , to Trina Parra and Manuel José Cantu. He has one sibling, a sister.

He married his first wife Geraldine when he was eighteen years old.