Oye Como Va. and then some. A Satana cover. preformed by NEIL-Farrel Guitar

[SwanSong]

HI everyone always love d this song im almost sure this was from
the 1970 -1 periond if not 2.  always loved this but kind of felt it
was always 2 short...so i added my own improvising as u will
hear in different part s of song. this is played on my new yamaha
hope u enjoy and if not 70 s please correct , but im almost sure .
cheers NEIL !          

W/M  CARLOS SATANA

Now featuring Farrell lead guitar . many thanks my friend .great work .!

[Farrell Jackson]

Excellent remake Neil and the organ sounds great! I like the added extra bars and jam...cool.

Farrell

[SwanSong]

Thanks Farrell so kindly appreciate ur feedback . and for those who might not know
this is what 64 guitars gave to me in a link . found it very interesting that i did not
know  ..so here goes..

Oye Como Va" is a song written by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 1963 and popularized by Santana's rendition of the song in 1970 on their album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Top 100. The song also reached #11 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey and #32 on their R&B chart.[1

It was inspired by Israel "Cachao" Lopez's "Chanchullo."

The title comes from the first words:
 


Spanish:

English:
 


Oye como va

(Literally) "Listen to how it goes"; (Colloquially "Hey, what's up?" or "Check it out!", or more literally "How's it going?")
 


Mi ritmo

"My rhythm"
 


Bueno pa' gozar

"Good for enjoying" or "good to enjoy"
 


Mulata

See: Mulatta [2]


The fact that the phrase "Oye como va" is the title of the song and is sung somewhat separately from the phrase "mi ritmo" makes it easy to interpret the meaning as "Hey, how's it going?" However, the first sentence is actually "Oye como va mi ritmo," meaning "Listen to how my rhythm goes."

The song has the classic rhythm and tempo of cha-cha-cha. It has similarities with "Chanchullo" by Israel "Cachao" López. The Latin Beat Magazine writes, "Cachao's tumbaos for his 1937 composition of Resa Del Neleton (later changed to Chanchullo) inspired Tito Puente's signature tune 'Oye Como Va'."[3] On the original recording of the song the voice of Santitos Colon, the Puente orchestra singer at the time, can be heard in the song along with those of Puente and other orchestra musicians. Cachao can be heard playing contrabass in some of Tito Puente's live versions of "Oye Como Va."

The song has numerous arrangements and remakes by numerous artists in various tempi. NPR included the song in its "NPR 100: The most important American musical works of the 20th century"[4]

Interestingly, Cuban writer and arranger Evelio Landa wrote the song "Las Mulatas Del Cha Cha Cha" in 1955 which was performed by Benny Moré Y Su Banda Gigante among other Cuban artists including Carlos Barbería (Combo Cubano De Barbería) and Choco Orta. The chorus contains the following lyrics: "Gózalo mulata! ¡eh! ¡eh¡ ¡eh! Gózalo!" It can be theorized that the phrase "gozar, mulata" in "Oye Como Va" may have been directly inspired by "Las Mulatas Del Cha Cha Cha" and the chorus line "Gózalo mulata!" written eight years before and already prevalent in Cuban and Latino-music circles.
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[bruno]

Excellent sounds - make's me want to strap the guitar and join in. Happy music.
B

[SwanSong]

Thanks Bruno glad u enjoyed this
wishing the best to all my listeners
NEIL .1

[scratchy]

now i know this one as my son (keyboads) covered this with his "band". lovely job neil. wish i could play an instrument.

[SwanSong]

Thanks scratchy . for the feedback , and im sure there
were a lot of bands that covered this classic . great song
thanks for the listen also .!

[Pete C]

Excellent version Neil - enjoyed that a lot ! 

[phantasm777]

very good neil. not only did you do your version, but added your own flavour to it. you should be making money doing tv and movie soundtracks, you certainly seem capable!

[SwanSong]

Thanks all and dont forget to check out 2nd Version with Farrell
on Lead guitar . a little collab . !