Re: Buena Vista Social Club

[HNetsky <HNetsky...>]

Like many viewers of this movie I could have done with less or no Ry Cooder.  
Mostly he looks completely out of place, and heaven knows where the royalties 
might be going.  My point is that any glimpse into a rich musical and 
cultural world can point a musician in a direction he/she might never have 
dreamed of before.  

The first time I heard Ry Cooder was about fifteen years ago, when a student 
played me some Cooder guitar music he wanted to work on.  I could hear where 
it was coming from and said "That's nice, but have you heard Joseph Spence?"  
When I played him Spence the student got even more excited.  Of course Spence 
never got as popular as Cooder, but if Cooder could pave the way for at least 
some appreciation of a great artist he deserves a bit of credit.  --Hankus

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