You Be The Judge

[Anonimo]

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[docarroyo]

No sea malo, no hay comparasion. You crack me up bro siempre buscando bochinche. You got me laughing out loud Cuco. Have a great weekend.

[Anonimo]

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[jorge]

I could not get the sound to work on the video of Pablito, although the sound works for the other 3. Anyone else have that problem or is it just my computer?
I haven't seen Pablito in many years, but I don't need the sound to judge. One summer (1975?) I taught with him at a summer community program for local high school kids at Rutgers in Newark. Pablito taught bongo, Reynaldo Jorge taught trombone and I taught congas. Of course, I wasn't in the same league as either of them, so Pablito taught me a lot too. Great bongocero, very nice person too.

Now if you want to see a true genius playing bongos, here is Richard Feynman in the 1960s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWabhnt91Uc&NR=1

Richard Feynman was one of the world's greatest physicists of all time. He won the Nobel prize for Quantum Electrodynamics in 1965. Although his creative genius in theoretical physics unfortunately laid an important part of the foundation for nuclear weapons, he was not a war loving individual, and was probably the best physics teacher on the planet for many years. Before I went to college I played congas and in college I chose to be a physics major in part because of the picture of him playing a tack head conga in the front of his classic 3 volume text Feynman's Lectures on Physics. One of the many physics examples he worked out in mathematical detail in his book was the equations of motion of a conga head, from which he derived the different modes of vibration of a conga skin. That said, he is a pretty terrible bongo player. If I had seen this video or heard him play when I was in college, I probably would have never switched to physics major and it would have change my life! But you can't deny he was a true genius, and he played bongos. Just not a genius bongo player.

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[RitmoBoricua]

Richard Feynman's playing and tuning of the bongos needed some help.


Cuco estas tirando puya, que jodon eres. Pablito if I am not mistaken is playing a Vergara set. El Indio is a master.
Tirate Que Esta Bajito..........

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[RitmoBoricua]

Cuco,

There is another video on youtube where Pablito shows that bongo and I believe he says is a Vergara that he got from
Chickie Perez, La Perfecta first or second bongocero.

[Omelenko1]

The bongo' that Pablito is playing is a Vergara that Martin Galagarza had Jay make new hardware for. It was given to Pablito on Feb/ 2nd, 2003, the day after Mongo died. Pablito came for Mongo's funeral. Pablito, Eddie Gua Gua and I were invited to WDNA to do a Mongo tribute. While on the air, Freddy Lugo showed up with the Vergara and presented it to Pablito, it had belonged to Chikie Perez and Freddy got it after Chikie died. Martin Galagarza had it restored and Jay (SOS) made new hardware for it.
In reality, Pablito was looking for Mongo's Vergara, which he had played on numerous ocassions when he was Mongo's bongocero, but Mongo had given the Vergara to me after his first stroke. I had Junior Tirado make new hardware for Mongo's Vergara. Pablito's is 7 and 8, Mongo's (mine now) is 7 and 9. Oversized per Willie Bobo's request. Mongo had it made in 1954. I think Pablito's was originally Manny Oquendo's and Chikie had bought them from Manny. Asi es la cosa.

Enclosed: Mongo's Vergara, Mongo playing the Vergara (early 60's, notice Victor Venegas on bass), Mongo and yours truly (Mongo's last photo alive).

Dario

[RitmoBoricua]

Thank you for the clarification Dario. Were this Vergaras tack-on heads originally?

[Omelenko1]

No, both Mongo's and Pablito's Vergaras had hardware made in Cuba, but the Cuban hardware was very weak. Back in the day, these bongoces were tuned with a butterfly nut by hand ( se afinaban con tuerca de mariposa y con los dedos). I had Junior make new crowns and bottom hoops for Mongo's. Martin Galagarza had Jay (SOS) make hardware for Pablito's, back when Chikie or Freddy had them.

Dario

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[Omelenko1]

The ones on the video he got that night at WDNA, when Freddy Lugo brought them for him to take to Puerto Rico, he gave them to Pablito in front of me and Gua Gua. Pablito speaks about this on a video on Youtube and he shows the Vergara. He mentions Freddy, Chikie and Mongo. He must have bought some before these, but the ones on the video were Freddy's and Jay had made the hardware for them.

Dario

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[pcastag]

I had a set that I got from phil Kraus, he got them from jack teagarden, they were in decent shape and stil had the solis sticker on the inside. i eventually sold them.
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