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Back home from hot hot Louisiana, fortified by Boudin and a headful of Cajun squeezebox jams. But coming home doesn't have to mean the party ends. It just has to head up to Spanish Harlem circa-40 years ago. A little less humid, but just as hot. Joe Bataan - Riot]]> text/html 2010-02-25T16:27:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2362681/the-mayor-of-el-barrio-joe-cubas-boogaloo/
The boogaloo, like so many crossover styles before and since, was destined to have a short lifespan. A fusion of Latin and African American music forms, boogaloo was the sound of a certain part of New York City in the late sixties, and nobody personified that sound quite as completely as Joe Cuba, the author of the genre's greatest hit.]]>