“There are people in the audience who probably disagree with my views and that’s okay, politics is not the focus of our night,” he said. “The person next to you in the audience could be a liberal, could be a conservative or may be transgender or gay. I would say at least half of our fans each night are immigrants and our two (touring) trumpet players (Lorenzo Molina, Julio Diaz) are recent Cuban arrivals. So this band that’s making you groove is the result of immigrants who came to this country. Hopefully that softens the divide a little bit.”
“We just trust that everyone is kind to each other despite their political differences. We sing songs in English and Spanish, and if people can take the love and sense of community with you after our shows, maybe that can help make the world a little better place . . . . One note and one show at a time.”
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Varied musical tastes is what defines the sonic gumbo that makes the Mavericks so truly unique. Malo grew up listening to all kinds of music in Miami, ranging from early rock from Elvis and Chuck Berry to classic country songs by Johnny Cash and Buck Owens to the big band and opera that his mother so enjoyed. Then he later absorbed the songs sung by great Cuban vocalists like Eliades Ochoa and Ivette Cepeda, both of whom Malo met and performed with two years ago as part of the PBS series “Great Performances: Havana Time Machine.”
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When Malo returned to the country where his parents were born but fled to the U.S. following the 1959 revolution in which Fidel Castro seized power and transformed Cuba into a communist nation, he was overcome with emotion.
“Well, it was truly life-changing in every sense of the word,” shared Malo, who while visiting met and subsequently signed the Cuban rock band Sweet Lizzy Project to Mondo Mundo Recordings. “We have everything to gain by lifting the embargo but politics is a rich man’s game and the people are the pawns of the politicians. Never has that been more on display than in Cuba, where their leaders have their heads in the sand.”
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