For Ferrer, Beuna Vista Social Club

Another member, Ibrahim Ferrer, from the original Beuna Vista Social Club has passed away. Sad news indeed. I was introduced to their music watching a film made on this cuban musical group some years back. Somehow the images of these men, all over their seventies, chomping their cigars and still leading a fulfilling life with a measured grace which only age could bestow, fascinated me. And their music, though sang in cuban, is filled with the flavor of life. What a way to live one's life, still being able to enjoy one's interest till the day one leaves this world.

I hope I can still go out for walks in the forests 40 years later.

Here's to you Mr Ferrer. Thank you for your music and inspiration.