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Andy González 1951-2020


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Bassist Andy González, one of the best of his craft, has died. 

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He had health problems for some years that kept him from performing. The list of his credits is very long, but most here will remember the Fort Apache Band which he founded with his brother Jerry, whom we lost in 2018. R.I.P.

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That guy could play.

Heard him live in a club with a Tito Puente Latin Jazz All Stars band (or some name like that, in a ban with Jorge Dalto, John Rodriguez, his brother Jerry, Mario Rivera, I forget who else, but Andy was the one who held me rapt most of the nigh, eyes WIDE open, literally leaning into the moment(s), ears like a hawk's eyes, I was just like JEEEEEEZUSSSSS, I wish all musicians were THERE like that.

RIP. I don't care if he hadn't been playing for a while, just the loss of that kind of a spirit is a loss to the living.

That guy could play.

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