Ok, so I'm just a percussionist, and if your only tool is a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail. I get it. And I also get that our songs are our children, so we should be very careful about whom we let them play with. When I first heard…

Ok, so I'm just a percussionist, and if your only tool is a hammer, the entire world looks like a nail. I get it. And I also get that our songs are our children, so we should be very careful about whom we let them play with. When I first heard…

There are 3 styles of the Rumba Guáguánco pattern: this one originates from the Cuban province of Matanzas (to the east of Havana). “Rumba” is a Spanish term for a gathering of musicians, singers & dancers (what West Africans refer to…

There are 3 styles of the Rumba Guáguánco pattern: this one originates from the Cuban province of Matanzas (to the east of Havana). “Rumba” is a Spanish term for a gathering of musicians, singers & dancers (what West Africans refer to…

There are 3 styles of the Rumba Guáguánco pattern: this one originates from the Cuban province of Matanzas (to the east of Havana). “Rumba” is a Spanish term for a gathering of musicians, singers & dancers (what West Africans refer to…

This is the original version of WILD BILL that I submitted to Production back in '95 when I was working on the film. It got set aside when the music was forwarded from Ry Cooter to Van Dyke Parks. One day I came in from work and Peggy…

This is the original version of WILD BILL that I submitted to Production back in '95 when I was working on the film. It got set aside when the music was forwarded from Ry Cooter to Van Dyke Parks. One day I came in from work and Peggy…

This is the original version of WILD BILL that I submitted to Production back in '95 when I was working on the film. It got set aside when the music was forwarded from Ry Cooter to Van Dyke Parks. One day I came in from work and Peggy…