Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you like this sort of cross cultural music, both these albums by Ry Cooder are much better IMHO than "Buena Vista Social Club", though Mali and India do not impact the American ethos as much as Cuba: With Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - A Meeting by the River - this is absolutely stunning, as I understand both strains of music, jazz and Hindustani (North Indian) classical. One of my all time favourite albums. With Ali Farka Toure - Talking Timbuktu Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages at comcast.net> wrote: > Ry Cooder is a great musician and Humanitarian. > > He went to Cuba and found the Old Boys who made up one of the great Cuban > Son Bands (pre-Castro). > > He found them a studio, rehearsed them and and backed them on slide > guitar. Get their CDs of this great group of long-suffering guys playing > the good Stuff and also the video that Ry Produced when he brought them all > to America (New York) for the first time to an emotional, sold out group of > tearful Cubanos, Puerto Ricanias, whites, black, asians, all going nuts ove > the chance to see these guys for real. > > Here's a taste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXwLBS3yUkA > > I'm for sure not of Latin descent, but when I watched this concer t, I > couldn't sit still and the tears came every minutes. If Cuban Cigaars > were wine, this would be vintage Margeaux. > > What a reunion. What a tribute to real Cuban Music. > > OK OK. I'll sit down now? > > > Bob in Seattle > > Bob Shaw > rsphotoimages at comcast.net > > > On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:10 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > > > I know there are a few fans here.... > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/09/ry-cooder-mitt-romney-dangerous-cruel > > > > john > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >