| My musical autobiography started out as
simply a couple of audio clips and photos to share with a couple of news:rec.music.afro-latin
News Group members.
When several additional members expressed
an interest on hearing and seeing more, I began to fill in and expand the
autobiography. This activity eventually led to the development of this web
site. The autobiography spans my musical life from birth to the present
day with recollections, recordings, anecdotes, photos, etc., and includes
original 1962 recordings of Guy Hoffman's Latins featuring Carlos Federico and
original 1964 recordings of Cesar's Men. Photos include original 1970s pictures of
Celia Cruz and Pete Escovedo.
My wife Mary continues to be a major influence in my
appreciation of Latin Music and culture, in general, and of Puerto Rican
music and culture, in particular. The table format is used to allow easy
updates and additions. Please feel free to sign my guest book and to or
view my guest book (when they are available) and to email comments or
suggestions regarding the my autobiography.
In recent years, Mary and I have been privileged to host some dinners for
Larry Harlow bands and photos of these events are included in the
autobiography.
Please note that the date sequences may be a little
mixed up, as it is hard to recall some of the dates (dates such as
1953/00/01 indicate probably 1953, the 00 month means unknown, and the 01
day is a probable sequence number; "00" in day with a non-zero
month means the month is known but exact day is unknown). The influential
LPs/CDs are samples of musical influences (the dates are approximate).
All photos thumbnails may
be clicked for viewing a larger version and you may use the Back Button on
your browser to return to the page on which you clicked the thumbnail.
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