“I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds.” ThinkingNumbersNew YorkCrowdsLatin Author:Ruben Blades
“I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.” FirstsPersonsAmericaPoliticalViewsNew YorkHappeningsPoint Of ViewLatinFirst PersonLatin AmericaLatin American Author:Ruben Blades
“And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez.” FirstsNew YorkAlbumsHookedPanama Author:Ruben Blades
“So that when I came to New York again, it was, I'm not too sure right now, but it was '74 or '75. I went to Miami in '74 and then I came to New York, I think, at the end of '74.” ThinkingEndsNew YorkRight NowMiami Author:Ruben Blades
