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Solid shell congas
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:25 pmby pcastag
to those of you who are interested in hearing what they sound like, here they are in the hands of some young cuban masters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCgHIAiScOk&feature=subPC
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:29 pmby Anonimo
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:43 pmby Garvin
Nice link Leedy. I wonder if you know where they get their hardware. Do you know these guys?
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:51 pmby Anonimo
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:18 pmby PRDRconguero
Great soul there man. I love seeing the young generation carrying the torch
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:24 pmby docarroyo
Conrad is a very nice guy I met him in Philly when he was taking over a gig for me, I lost contact with him but seemed to be a great person.
Re: Solid shell congas
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Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:35 amby Psych1
He made a bongo cajon for me. Very fast, great work, great service & communication. I recommend him.
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Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:55 amby ABAKUA
Ah yes, Adonis & Michel with Luis Asprina.
Here's the vid that started it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqkg7FasvQg Using the same tumbadoras, Adonis uses cow & bull skins for the heads. They sound great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWyCGU6UoBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijShxgymfIwWe will be hooking up with these brothers when we head over shortly. Ive already made contact with them.
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Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:41 pmby windhorse
Those guys are awesome! Anything they endorse is Golden! Abukua you are a lucky man to be visiting such great players! Send us updates!!
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Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:49 pmby konkoba98
PC,
Are you saying the tumbadoras used in the video by the young Cubans are the spiritinthewood congas? They look different to me. The hardware looks different... a crown on the Cubans drums, on the hardware and also as a logo/sticker thing. I posted the question of who made those congas on one of their videos a while back and the response by the videographer/documentary maker was 'production in cuba'. The spiritinthewood tubs are made in USA... Pennsylvania.
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Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:35 pmby Uber Jalemon
Left handed bongos player?
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Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:41 pmby Omelenko1
The congas in the video are made by "Los Chinitos", in a suburb of La Habana. They make solid wood instruments, tumbadoras, batas.....
Dario
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Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:31 pmby Anonimo
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Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:58 pmby ABAKUA
windhorse wrote:Abukua you are a lucky man to be visiting such great players! Send us updates!!
Thanks brother, I have been keeping an eye on Adonis and his crew for a few years now, the development, evolution and creativity is just insane!
I literally just got off the phone with Adonis! Its all set!!
2 weeks to go! Bring it on!!!
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Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:12 amby pcastag
If you're in Santo Suarez or hook up with the conjunto folklorico say hello to alberto Villareal and his family for me from Paolo, great peeps, and a great folKlorist as well.
PC