An interesting lecture on the problems facing salsa musicians in New York nowadays, personal anecdotes, and the broader cultural context of salsa. Washburne discusses women musicians (La India), Hector Lavoe, drugs, the former underground economy that supported salsa (now erased as illegal after-hours clubs were targeted), etc. Although not a Puerto Rican or Latino musician himself, Washburne played with salsa bands himself and has an insider perspective to salsa musician life in New York City.
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