"I grew up surrounded by all types of music...You have to remember, Panama is a port so I always had contact with all types of music—from the big bands of Count Basie to all the Cuban bands of people like Benny Moré."
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On all of the musical influences that he was exposed to in Panama in "Forty Years Into His Career, Rubén Blades is Still Building Bridges & Inspiring Change" in bandcamp daily
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