https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KIYLonMPus
This song is so good.
They were a gang in the Bronx, apparently, but a socially conscious one. The lead singer brokered a truce among all the gangs in the Bronx in the 70s. I don't understand this history very well. His name was Benjamin Melendez and he passed away very recently.
I'm sure other people on ILX know more about the Ghetto Brothers than I do. I created the thread in the hopes that they will share anecdotes and insights.
― Treeship, Friday, 14 July 2017 04:07 (six years ago) link
There are entire documentaries about these guys
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 July 2017 04:18 (six years ago) link
and now they have their own ILM thread
― Treeship, Friday, 14 July 2017 04:19 (six years ago) link
https://youtu.be/VIWI8gO6V5E
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 July 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
See also 80 Blocks From Tiffanys etc
― Οὖτις, Friday, 14 July 2017 04:53 (six years ago) link
This album is wonderful salsa-inflected rock. "girl from the mountain" is my favourite track
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 14 July 2017 11:46 (six years ago) link