The Harvey Averne Barrio Band - Cucaraca Macara - Music Video

Описание: This is decited to my friend Harvey Averne.
Cucaraca Macara
Artist: Harvey Averne
Album: Harvey Averne Barrio Band
Song: Cucaraca Macara
The Harvey Averne Barrio Band
Label:Heavy Duty Records -- SLP101
Format:Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry:US
Released:1971
Genre:Funk / Soul, Latin, Rock
Style:Soul, Funk

By 1971,
the Latin rock sound pioneered by Carlos Santana out of the West Coast
had spread throughout the U.S., and Averne was no exception. The Harvey Averne
Barrio Band album was thick with aggressive rock guitars and thunderous percussion."Cucaraca Macara" was one of the record's major hits, a powerful, dense mix of rock, funk and Latin elements that still manage to incorporate the delicacy of Averne's signature vibes alongside the heavy polyrhythms.
The summer of 2009 marks Averne's 60th anniversary in the music business. At the age of 72,
he is as enthusiastic and level headed about his involvement as ever. The scope of his career is remarkable. He began playing at hotels in the Catskills following the end of World War II. He won the first two Grammy awards in the newly formed Latin music category with his productions of classic Eddie Palmieri albums.
He was also responsible for the first demo recordings of a youthful Madonna,
and for signing her on her first record deal. This compilation pays tribute to the short moment in Harvey's life when he was a recording artist for
the fledgling Fania Records. At the time, he made albums for the label while producing other people's work and running the company on a day to day basis. In other words, he experienced the joys and frustrations of working
for an independent label that was trying to stand on its own feet.

Born in 1936, Harvey grew up in Brooklyn, New York -- which he describes as the toughest neighbourhood in the city. His father had migrated from
Georgia, Russia. His mother was born in the U.S., and was of Polish heritage.
Harvey's early life was not easy - but his parents worked hard and managed
to avoid poverty.
At the age of ten, he began music lessons with his mother's cousin,
a violin teacher. He hated these lessons with a passion, and broke
his violin, knowing that it was the only way that he would be allowed to
stop. His parents bought him an accordion, and he started lessons with
the son of his father's foreman. Much to his surprise, he had a natural talent
for the instrument. "I started winning talent shows at the age of 12," he recalls.
"The big accordion and little Harvey playing 'Lady of Spain' was a winning
combination. At 13, I was already playing sweet sixteen parties, weddings
and Bat Mitzvahs.The following year I started to work away from home during
the summers, at the Catskill Mountains. They wanted to pay the Harvey Averne Trio $7.50 per week, but my mother made them go to $15."Harvey would
play the Catskill resorts over the next few years. But his music would experience a deep change,prompted by two separate but connected events: his father started working with some newly arrived Puerto Rican
immigrants, and came home singing their Spanish songs.
Back at the Catskills, while earning some extra money by cleaning the pool, Harvey saw a Hispanic dishwasher singing and playing his guitar under a
tree. Talking to Ernesto "Chico" Alvarez for Latin Beat magazine, Harvey recalled: "There he was, with his shiny gold tooth,strumming and singing ' Me Lo Dijo Adela' and 'Dónde Estabas Tú.' I fell in love with those songs and their
unique syncopation. I then talked to the owner of the hotel and convinced him
to let Pedro go into the playhouse every night, so that we could play some 'real' Latin music. We were an instant hit.