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I'm on FIRE (Original Post)
orangecrush
Sep 2022
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nocoincidences
(2,491 posts)1. Fantastic place!
Went there in 2018...the energy just keeps going on!
orangecrush
(30,691 posts)2. Must have been exciting
And great memories!
Croney
(5,018 posts)3. I'm confused, I thought that was just the name of the group,
and the venue by the same name was long gone. I've seen the documentary and I love the music. I'd love to visit Cuba.
nocoincidences
(2,491 posts)4. It's still there!
Croney
(5,018 posts)5. Not according to the wiki link.
"As seen in the Buena Vista Social Club documentary, when musicians Ry Cooder, Compay Segundo and a film crew attempted to identify the location of the club in the 1990s, local people could not agree on where it had stood."
Croney
(5,018 posts)6. Interesting 2006 article about the sole remaining member.
Omara Portuondo is still around at 91.
https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/369614
orangecrush
(30,691 posts)7. Thank you!