True story, I meet Armando at B st music in San Mateo , and we become best of friends , I was a builder and he wanted his garage in the Avenues san Francisco sheet rock and I was going to do the work. We went all over the city to music shops haight street among others he knew everybody or vs via. What was amazing in his garage were hundreds of drums he used in shows he played. Many were one of kind top shelf drums. I was in conga heaven, he was my favorite conga player and the nicest man on the planet. We jam in his livingroom. Wow.... I was blown away. Thanks for the memory. R.i.p. Armando!!!
Armando plays musical rhythms on the congas. We can dance to his rhythms and that is the difference with many hand drummer who simply showboat and look and sound like they are playing and shuffling a deck of cards. RIP Armando! Thank You For The MUSIC!
