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Has anyone tried to beat with a stick as in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=341aXysu_6Y&

no no no no no........he was the conga player with El Gran Combo which is who this band is ..he must have hurt his hand to use the stick..there are other videos of him playing with his hands..In Patato Valdez's case he had a problem with his right hand as well and in later years used a stick...of course you are limited with the stick..no slaps for example..

I supposed that. His name was Martín Quiñones and he also played with Cortijo y su Combo.