Ibrahim Ferrer dies
Posted on Monday, September 19th, 2005 at 4:23 pm under Music.
I am so saddened, I just found out that while I was attending my grandparent’s funerals last month in Puerto Rico, Ibrahim Ferrer from Buena Vista Social Club died in a Havana Hospital at age 78. According to BBC News, he has joined the fate of Compay Segundo and Rubén Gonzalez who also died in recent years. We will miss their music greatly. It’s amazing how Ry Cooder captured their brilliance in the Buena Vista Social Club documentary right before they died. Because of this film they found International stardom at a very old age. I had the pleasure of seeing Ibrahim Ferrer and Rubén Gonzalez live at UCLA a couple of years ago. It was one of the most memorable concerts I’ve experienced. If you don’t know who they are or ever heard of the film, I STRONGLY recommend you look into it.
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Sep 19th, 2005 at 8:12 pm
hey dude! my parents went to Cuba about 3 weeks ago. they said it was insanely beautiful and that there was music coming out of every corner. I gotta go before Fidel kicks the bucket. it’s all gonna change after that.