Metiendo mano!

by Willie Col贸n & Rub茅n Blades

Metiendo mano! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1977
  • Label: Fania
  • Country: Panama
  • Length: 50:24
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Metiendo mano!' introduced the major creative partnership between Willie Col贸n and Rub茅n Blades. The album combines Col贸n's hard salsa arrangements with Blades' narrative songwriting, setting the stage for one of Fania's most important socially conscious salsa collaborations.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, political, conscious, Spanish language, vocal, percussive, piano, dance

Tracklist

  1. Pablo Pueblo (6:10)
  2. Seg煤n el Color (5:58)
  3. La Maleta (4:40)
  4. Me Recordaras (3:47)
  5. Plantaci贸n Adentro (4:56)
  6. La Mora (6:35)
  7. Lluvia de Tu Cielo (5:40)
  8. Fue Var贸n (5:32)
  9. Pueblo (7:04)

Credits

  • Ruben Blades - primary artist, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, coro, written-by
  • Yomo Toro - acoustic guitar, cuatro
  • Louie Ramirez - arranged by
  • Louis Cruz - arranged by
  • Luis "Perico" Ortiz - arranged by
  • Sal Cuevas - bass
  • Jos茅 Mangual Jr. - bongos, maracas, percussion, coro
  • Milton Cardona - congas, congas [quinto], claves, talking drum, coro

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