'buena vista social club' pianst ruben gonzalez dies

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― jason m (jason m), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Yup. Heard 'bout this earlier today on Spanish TV. I'm just glad they actually got to record before the inevitable trappings of age. How many of them are there still left?

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Major bummer! Didn't Compay Segundo just go a few months ago?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

It's getting like Dad's Army.
:-(

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Very sad about this.

― pete s, Tuesday, 9 December 2003 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

luv to the man. j.

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Presently hoisting a Cuba libre in his memory -- such a marvellous touch and phrasing as a pianist, and, as we saw in the "Buena Vista Social Club" film, a truly classy gentleman of indomitable spirit and humor.

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Wednesday, 10 December 2003 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

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