Am I right that Rubén was only featured on one track on this entire album?
I wonder why Al decided to use Kim Bullard on Stop Forwarding instead of Rubén.
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A lot of songs don't HAVE keyboards on them. The people who played keyboards: Ray Manzarek, Jim "Kimo" West (2 songs), Ruben Valtierra, Taylor Hanson, Kim Bullard. Maybe Al just thought Kim Bullard's sensibility was a better fit, or Ruben was busy that day. But I know Ruben has been described several times in the past as the touring keyboardist. I'm not totally surprised when he doesn't show up on a lot of the album tracks. At least he made it into the band photo.
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Yeah, I guess it's just a strange coincidence that so many of the featured artists Al brings on to play on the album are keyboardists. Manzarek and Hanson join Ben Folds on this list.
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Dont forget Ruben has many other commitments. He was playing for (I think) Deniece Williams just recently if I recall correctly
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I'm used to not seeing Ruben on the tracks. I was more happy he made the band photos!
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An interesting interview with Rubén in the Capitola Patch:
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I think that's the longest string of positive things I've ever read/heard Ruben say about Al ever. And it's really cool to hear something about his past & his other projects. Viva!
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Expect Ethan (@funnyradio) Ullman's archive of his howlingly funny Rubén interview to be archived in the next few days
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Sounds like Rubén had enough free time in Toronto to sit in with another group. I say "sounds" and not "looks" because the photos won't load for me.
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Jon - Nice article. I finally got a chance to meet Rubén and talk to him. Funny and very nice. He knows who I am because of facebook. That's kinda cool.
Lou- Looking forward to that interview. I didn't catch it before.
Helen- Sweet that Rubén got to sit in with jazz musicians while in Toronto. He's definitely got the chops.
Lou- Looking forward to that interview. I didn't catch it before.
Helen- Sweet that Rubén got to sit in with jazz musicians while in Toronto. He's definitely got the chops.
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