Who Will Be Playing Yomo Toro In The Soon-To-Be-Released Hector Lavoe Biopic El Cantante?

"Coming soon!"

Thanks. I don't know why I didn't just revive your thread. Anyway, here's a short thread on another board about Yomo Toro's instrument the cuatro

Now I hear people saying the movie is good, but it concentrates too much on his substance abuse.

Willie Colon speaks -- and is not impressed.

I can't decide whether to run out and see for myself or to hunker down with my Benny Moré box set until the storm blows over.

At least Larry Harlow said something nice.

Yeah: $$$

This is all pretty much inevitable. Apparently La India has gone off about El Cantante as well (although her salsa bona fides aren't exactly universally recognized).

I think the concern about showing Latinos as drug addicts is a bit mis-placed. Most people are not going to say, "Another Latino drug addict," they're going to say, "Another musician drug addict."

Well, I went out and bought the CD (along with Sonora Ponceña's Explorando, as recommended in the other salsa thread). Will listen to it as soon as I get tired of the Miles Davis On The Corner Sessions box. So, um, look for my comments sometime in 2027.

http://www.laopinion.com/article/20120702/ENTRETENIMIENTO/120709982/-1/ENTRETENIMIENTO

RIP Yomo, loved your cuatro playing.

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/NiLP-FYI--The-Passing-of-Yomo.html?soid=1101040629095&aid=UCI59BzK6YU

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