Eliades Ochoa - Estoy Como Nunca

He's been called the "Cuban Johnny Cash;" and, like Cash, he's also a Grammy winner. He won his hardware from 1997's Buena Vista Social Club. In 1999, he was also nominated for his solo album, Sublime Ilusion in the category of "best traditional tropical and Latin performance" and he was later nominated in the same category for Estoy Como Nunca (Better Than Ever).

With his 10-gallon hat and cowboy boots, the Santiago-born Vocalist-guitarist Eliades Ochoa is known as the "cowboy" of the world-renowned Buena Vista Social Club. Because of his success with that group, he's made a few recordings of his own as the leader of Quarteto Patria. On this CD, Ochoa's romantic tenor voice and bouncy guitar playing are marvelously motored by the rhythms of the Cuban son. Along with trumpeter Anibal Avila, Ochoa is joined by special guest singer Raul Malo of the Mavericks on "No Me Preguntes Tanto," and guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos lends his plectral pulsations to the title cut. Compay Segundo's heartfelt "Llora Mi Nena," and "El Chicarron es Pellejo" best reveal the rural blend of Spanish and African rhythms, melodies, instruments, and song forms that Eliades Ochoa highlights so well in his artistry.

Tracklist

1. Estoy Como Nunca
2. Arrimate Paca
3. No Me Preguntes Tanto - (featuring Raul Malo)
4. Siboney
5. Pena
6. Con Dolor En El Alma
7. El Chicharron Es Pellejo
8. Ella Si Va
9. Mi Cafetal
10.Llora Mi Nena
11.Sus Ojos Se Cerraron

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Part I

Part II