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Re: Re: Vallenato .. rub board..

That's a cool link, Russ! Amazing the parallels in cultures that have found the celebration of life gathered around a button accordion.

I've been a fan of Forro (the music of Brazilian maids and taxi drivers) since David Byrne started poking around in Afro-Brazilian folk music back in the late 80's -- releasing compilations of the stuff. Back then, it was easier to find a decent selection of Forro at the local Border's and Barnes & Noble... but now? Shoot... good luck.

What's worse is here in Dallas (a big city, mind you) the Virgin Megastore closed doors a few months ago, and just last week, Tower Records announced they were pulling out of the local market. Either the mp3 download craze has wiped them out or Dallas only cares about country and blues. Prolly a bit o' both, but it sure has put a monkeywrench in shopping for world accordion music.

Glad to know this forum includes Vallenato and Forro fans. As talented and diverse as Chris Miller is, perhaps he'll work in a little of that flava to sava on one of his future CDs! ;) [wink-wink-nudge-nudge] That would be cooler than cool!

It's just a diatonic thang, y'all... and a cool one at dat!

R!CK

Re: Vallenato .. rub board..

It is amazing how many parallels there are between the Forro and zydeco scenes.

I'm a fan of all kinds of diatonic accordion music. Planet Squeezebox is one of my favorite collections.

Check out Joel Guzman on the triple row playing a cumbia (what a killer groove) and blues, with just an acoustic guitar. Chad Huval, Jesse Lege's guitarist, and a monster Cajun accordion player in his own right, turned me on to these Guzman YouTube clips.



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