My belief and understanding is that he was among many people who worked in the background in those early days of film making and were simply happy to be getting a paycheck. Sadly, we are also a country in love with the new. But when I was a kid growing up near New York City, Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, and The Three Stooges were on TV every single day. They also showed old cartoons like Betty Boop and Popeye which were made many years earlier. Kids like me like me fell in love with them and stayed in love with them. How lucky for me!

Yup.

I am trying to not think abou the fact that it has been more than forty years since I saw him for the first time. This was the 9th.

Thanks for the kind comment!

You might enjoy this story I wrote which involves that evening. It is also on my KZbin channel. CHEERS! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmm3gaueZqZjl68

He was a vert dear friend and I wanted to share him!

He was one of my dearest friends. I am happy to share him. Thanks for the kind word

You inspired me. I had taped the entire performance and so I took down the single piece and replaced it. I have been haunted by the first piece and cannot find out what it is. I even wrote to them but no response. I had met a number of artists in Cuba and have had no luck contacting them by email. Something funny going on I suspect. At the end, I approached the fellow who is at the end and asked him if he knew of the music of Ennio Morricone who does the music for Giuseppe Tornatore's films (one is Cinema Paradiso). Then he began to play it. If you know what that first piece is let me know. Ciao!

And you've inspired me, too. Just checking what I video'd, and what I can share, beyond some small snippets. I totally hear you about the communication issues - especially email. I was asked by one group to take photos & vids and post them, and let them know. I heard back from two people (of 5 or 6), unsure if the others received my mail, but those who wrote apologized for the delay and difficulties with Internet access/bandwidth, still an issue despite more wi-fi (and expensive to download big data). I've posted a few public vids of music from Cienfuegos and Havana, you can find on KZbin if you're interested or via my photo page (with some vids) @ www.fenichel.com/cuba You may enjoy some of it, having been there at the same time and place(s) as me. And PS... Believe me, I know how hard it is matching songs with their names! Best luck! Hasta Luego.

I figured it out. Danzon Legrand by Andres Alen. There are several versions of it on youtube. It is really a piano piece. Gorgeous.

OK, best guess it the first song is a medley of La Bella Cubana (Jose White) and Danzon Legrand (Andres Alen), but they sort of mix & match some themes. And here's a little snippet I can share easily of one of the songs I liked a lot (of many), which you have too. Though I like mine - the bass player "let his hair down" too. .-- Oops, you're faster than me, and got the Danzon. Meanwhile, though, I uploaded this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/monQeZ9-abCBjqM Cheers!!

They do not speak English, neither much access to the Internet, write in Spanish they may answer back for sure . They've performed in cities in the USA like Seattle, Tacoma and Texas. I was also looking for videos of them, thank you for posting it.

+Ed Syvertson Whaddya Gonna Do. When in Rome you root for the Romans.

Ed, I was thinking about you just yesterday and can tell you something that you might tell your kids and grandkids. You were, without a doubt, the best athlete I knew as a kid. Before there was three point shooters Steph Curry and Ray Allen, there was Ed Syverston. Cheers.

Hey Dan - Long time. Thanks so much for your kind words. I’m still playing softball and have never lost my competitive spirit. Hope you are doing well. I miss our FB connection.

@@edsyvertson4287 I gave up FB a long time ago. If you like, my email address is [email protected].

Eternally_Kara ya

@@1eclerc fck no

When I asked Fiona if she was talking, she told me that she was. I am going with that! I am also betting that Hurricane Stve Harvey is not really a hurricane.