by zaragenca » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:26 pm
Welcome brother Omelenko,nobody could debate with me about powerful tumbadores,the most powerful tumbadores that anybody could observe were already observed by me in Cuba in the Comparsas you want to know what is power?...I have been inside my room,(in Cuba, ‘Los Sitios’), which is two stories high, and the Comparsa,(Conga-Group), have been playing in Lealtad y Manrique which are three and half blocks away,.. since there is not such thing as microphone in a Comparsa and this people have to carry themselves the drums to play walking with them many time 30 blocks and playing…I could heard the drums when they were in that position three blocks away,and there were many like that in Cuba,are you going to talk to me about power,and you have among many ,DIE HARD RUMBREOS in Cuba people like Nico,(Pello El Afrocan),Santos Ramirez,(a Comparsa director in Cuba since the 1930’s), Silvestre Mendez,(the number one Rumbero in Jesus Maria,which is the barrio of Mongo Santamaria), Carlos Valdez Sr,(the father of Carlos Valdez of Irakere),Clemente ‘Chicho’ Piquero,(Mongo-Idol),Agustin ‘Manana’ Gutierrez, the Sotolongo’s dynasty,…the Alfonso’s dynasty ,(including Rolando Alfonso and Jorge,”El Nino’ Alfonso,Chocolate,(not the trumpet player but the Tumbador,Tata-Guines,Papo-Kilo,(the Los Sitios)…Let me stop here that I don’t want to be here the whole week..Dr. Zaragemca
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