by jorge » Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:49 am
Lali was my friend, a great guy, well respected and much loved rumbero and batalero in Cuba and here. They had a rumba for him today in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. I couldn't go, still getting over a fever, hopefully from my last Covid vaccination. I met him in 1990 in La Habana, saw him play cajon with Clave y Guaguanco and also bata at a doble tambor with all the greats from Conj Folklorico Nacional and Clave y Guaguanco. He came to our rumba in 2015 in NYC, sang and played and hung out with us. Ibae bayen tonu Raul de la Caridad Gonzalez Brito (Lali).