Official Rubén Valtierra Discussion Thread

[TMBJon]

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.

[Orthography Enthusiast]

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.

[TMBJon]

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.

[ludovica64]

Dont forget Ruben has many other commitments. He was playing for (I think) Deniece Williams just recently if I recall correctly

[Wizzerkat]

I'm used to not seeing Ruben on the tracks. I was more happy he made the band photos!

[TMBJon]

An interesting interview with Rubén in the Capitola Patch:
http://capitola.patch.com/articles/weir ... -valtierra" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Orthography Enthusiast]

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!

[ludovica64]

Expect Ethan (@funnyradio) Ullman's archive of his howlingly funny Rubén interview to be archived in the next few days

[Orthography Enthusiast]

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.

[algonacchick]

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.