Bamboleo

I had another DJ'ing job right last night so it is only now, Sunday, that I can summon up the hand-eye-mental co-ordination necessary to type these little words.

Without a doubt Bamboleo win, hands down, the award for most 'Low Maintenance-Hi Performance' Timba group that I have dealt with. After the usual day and a half of papeleo drama in Havana, (word is there are all kinds of new issues with Canadian immigration) the group arrived in Toronto at around 8:30 Friday night, and were on stage in full flight by 11pm.

And what a well-oiled máquina El Señor Lazaro Valdez maintains. Bamboleo played a two hour non-stop-til-you-drop show that reminded more than a few of us just how awesomely tight and and rehearsed a timba band can be. And Tanya, well, she was magnificent. She seemed to thrive on all the front row crowd energy even more than when I had seen her in Havana...just fabulous.

One of the hi-lites included Glenda DelMonte sitting in at the piano looking so cool and collected, as if playing Lazaro Valdez piano parts was fun, but not that big a deal technically (which for Glenda it probably wasn't).

As always, I had a great time DJ'ing through the Six Degrees sound system.(Separate from the sound system they use for the bands). One thing I noticed - that I had seen in Havana, but until Friday, not here - were the reggaetonero performers. Guys who break out in choreographed, lip sync performances of Clan 537, Gente de Zona, Elvis Manuel songs as if they were actually shooting the video. Real cute.

I'll dig up some photos.

Comments

[Michael K. Craghead]

I guess I'm just ignorant, as you dropped the name like everyone would know who that is, but who is Glenda DelMonte?

You wouldn't happen to have a play list of the songs that you played Friday night, would you? I didn't get there until about an hour before Bamboleo came on, so I don't really need the whole list. There is one song that I really liked. I can't recall hearing it before. The singer sounded familiar. The style of the band sounded familiar too, but I just couldn't place either one. If it's not new I probably have it, and just don't listen to it. I'd like to listen to it again, and again. :-)

[bb]

Michael

re Glenda. Scroll down a few posts for one called er, Glenda. Or google her.

Sorry cant help you out re what i played. I never keep a list, never know what I'm going to play before I start and I forget everything immediately after the gig is finished :)

bb