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A giant in Colombian music and their gift to the world has died this last week. Joe Arroyo was sui generis, mixing all manner of trans-Caribbean music styles to make something uniquely his own.
His obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/arts/ ... at-55.html
Some music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhtn3HROvgA << tough vid on this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fenBM95vjkA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjItAj8fTo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d2jdSKOfLA << neat playing/explanation of one of his best

Damn' hard to make choices from this discog:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joe-arro ... iscography << don't forget to look at his DVDs--the one from '04 en vivo especially

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"Amen, brother"-ED