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 Post subject: Israel "Cachao" Lopez 1918-2008
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2008, 8:59 am 
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080322/ap_ ... bit_cachao

He was just on the cover of this month's Bass Player mag too.


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 Post subject: Re: Israel "Cachao" Lopez 1918-2008
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2008, 10:04 am 
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sad news indeed :cry:

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 Post subject: Re: Israel "Cachao" Lopez 1918-2008
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2008, 1:24 pm 
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Very sad!! :( I just found about him from that article and started listening to him............


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 Post subject: Re: Israel "Cachao" Lopez 1918-2008
PostPosted: March 24th, 2008, 8:13 pm 
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What a legend! What a legacy!

He lived close to my house. . . Never got to meet him, but I often heard reports that somebody had just seen him at the grocery store, etc.

So glad BP got to do a proper article before he died.


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