11.8.2008 | Wuppertal | Café ADA | 10:45 p.m.
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The plaster peels from the walls and the paint is yellowed. Havana, Cuba's capital city, a monument of the past, a living history, life's everyday burden and vitality. Embodied by music, the "Son Cubano", in a very special way. Wim Wenders has captured on film how the music ethnologist, blues and folk guitarist Ry Cooder enabled the grandfathers of Son to gain new strength, how he produced their songs to tour the entire world with them to perform. The first Buena Vista Social Club CD appeared in 1997. In 1999 Wenders produced his documentary film of the same name. The old men sing, play, dance and entertain with their music, stories, comments, winks and their mere presence. Wim Wenders accompanied the aged ensemble with his film team to performances in Amsterdam and was with them at the final concert of the tour at the Carnegie Hall in New York. Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer and Ruben Gonzales are just a few names of the old fun-loving men: their music remains lively.