Hey Ken...we are big fans. Waiting for their LA concert date. Bought their new CD last week. My music contact at the Pacoima swapmeet claims they
will be playing here soon...so I am anxiously waiting... Maybe we can finally meet if you attend the concert!! Keep me posted?? I will let you know if
I find out first..
While our band, Fast Eddie and the Slow Learnerz were still intact two years ago in Mulege, we performed (and sang in Spanish) several covers
of Mana. The locals loved it as well as the gringos.
We also played kickass Blues, Rock and some Jazz.
That band was a once-in-a-lifetime coming together of just the right musicians at the right time in the right place. And now...*poof*...only a memory.
As Kurt Vonnegut says: "...and so it goes...
Yes I love them
We were in a hotel in Granada, Nicaragua getting ready to go out to dinner when a live concert of theirs came on. I refused to leave the room until
the concert was over and have been a big fan since.
They did a lot to help with the turtle conservation project....real men dont eat turtles!
Originally posted by JaraHurd
Hey Ken...we are big fans. Waiting for their LA concert date. Bought their new CD last week. My music contact at the Pacoima swapmeet claims they
will be playing here soon...so I am anxiously waiting... Maybe we can finally meet if you attend the concert!! Keep me posted?? I will let you know if
I find out first..
[Edited on 4-16-2011 by JaraHurd]
I will ask Leidys if she would like to go. Her family in Colombia really enjoy Mana. She told me that Fer's Mother was the theme of many songs from
the new album.
Originally posted by BajaGringo
What really draws me to the music of artists like Mana, Arjona and Juanes are the lyrics. A lot of great messages in many of their songs...
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Tony - what happened to your music group ?
The lead singer/guitarist, and the keyboard player and his singer wife went north and never returned. Eddie still comes down. He has a house in Burro
Beach. Macy is still here. They play occasionally with other musicians who wander through, but the music genre (mostly pop pap) doesn't cut it, for
me. The level of musicianship also did not match that of two years ago. It
don't mean a thang if it ain't got that swang.
That magical year just happened, with the exact right pieces falling together by lucky happenstance. When good journeyman musicians meet they can play
as though they have played together all their lives. Of course, some disciplined rehearsal time occurred which made the performances look easy to the
audiences.
This group toured (years ago) with Mana, but fell off of the map into relative obscurity. I still hear their music on Radio Super Etrella 107.1 FM
Los Angeles, as their music is timeless. Their music should appeal to Mana fans, IMO. Enjoy!
Originally posted by soulpatch
I saw them for the first time at that same concert with Santana and Ozomatli.
Ozo ROCKED the opener.
Mana doesn't have anything in the San Diego area on the books, unfortunately.
Then next time I saw Santana there they were asleep at the wheel....not an inspired show.
I saw Ozomatli in Hollywood in '06, and what a great group of performers!
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The level of musicianship also did not match that of two years ago. It
don't mean a thang if it ain't got that swang. 
