The Sons of Buena Vista ®Nothing less than the legitimate heritage of the Buena Vista Legacy living on in the younger generation of world-class musicians “THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA” is nothing less than the legitimate heritage of the Buena Vista Legacy living on in the younger generation of world-class musicians from the very source of Cuban music. These heirs and grandkids of the late legends like Ibrahim Ferrer, Compay Segundo or Ruben Gonzales are carrying on the inevitable charm of the Their lead singer, Mario “Mayito” Rivera, once aptly described as “Cuba’s Mick Jagger”, is also a representative of the everlasting presence of the unique sound of the Cuban classics like “Chan Chan” or “Longina”. The youth idol, fashionably styled, a multifaceted talent and often called “poet of rumba” was for many years the successful front man of the supergroup Los Van Van and collaborated with the “who’s who” of Cuba like Issac Delgado and Adalberto Alvarez before joining “THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA ®”. Second lead vocalist is William Borrego Rodriguez who founded “El Cabildo del Son” with Pancho Amat, the tres player of the Buena Vista Social Club and toured the world also collaborating with Cuban legends like Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanés. Together these two legends of their own in the younger generation of Cuban musicians are the lead singers of the only legitimate “THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA ®”. „Buena Vista Social Club” has put Cuba back on the musical map. Now the children and grandchildren of the elderly are speaking up so that the flame of Cuban music may continue to burn brilliantly and shall never go out … *For interested promoters the performance of “THE SONS OF BUENA VISTA” can be introduced or ended with a public movieperformance on big screens of the Wim Wenders film “Musica Cubana” included in a performance package free of charge! |
