Gilberto "Pulpo" Colon Jr.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

OK, Jim, you're right. "Too comfortable, too formulaic, too generic, too assembly line," is probably what I should have said.

(I reckon I got 'too professional' from my Missus, 'cos that's what she said when we went to see Lowell Fulson, at the Four Bars here in Cardiff in the early eighties. But what she meant was what you said.)

MG

And PS - glad you do listen to those bands I mentioned. Thought I was the only one here.

[JSngry]

7 hours ago, soulpope said:

@JSngry : really do appreciate your views on this topic .... still believe - if having this facts/boundaries etc in mind - we should dedicate a thread to .... lets call it Music with Afro-Cuban influences ..... or how-/whatever .... simply to talk about artists, bands, records etc .... my 5 cent worth input ....

I've upped some of the older threads that I could think of. New ones always eelcome, plenty to talk about for sure!

[JSngry]

 

Who is the guy who's playing tres on a Fender? Wtf?I

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

The song comes from the album 'Guarapachanga' which is from 1964, according to Discogs.

Unfortunately Discogs doesn't have a photo of the reverse of the sleeve, but here's the front if anyone wants to try to find a copy in a junk store.

Discogs does, however, link to a YouTube video of one of the other tracks on the album, which seems to be a studio job, not live, and the tres is NOT played on a fender. So, I guess, if you're playing with a band full of trumpet players and you want your tres to be heard, you'll organise yourself a fender and string it the tres way, plug in and play.

No big deal, but not traditional.

By the way, the band is still going. It started in 1950, when Arsenio left Cuba and moved to the USA and some of his musicians carried on together.

MG