Metiendo Mano
Metiendo Mano! is the first collaborative studio album by Puerto Rican-American trombonist and singer Willie Colón and Panamanian singer-songwriter Rubén Blades, released on October 7, 1977, through Fania Records. The album was produced by Colón and Jerry Masucci and it's the first of five collaborative albums by Colón and Blades. The record includes the song "Pablo Pueblo", which is considered to be one of the initial forays into "conscious" or "intellectual" salsa and was the theme song to Blades' unsuccessful Panamanian presidential bid in 1994. Craig Harris wrote in MusicHound World that the album "not only represents a historic meeting of musical minds but remains a dance-inspiring masterpiece."
Track listing
Personnel
Producer:Executive Producer:
Musicians:
- Willie Colón – Trombone Solo, Gong, Percussion
- Ruben Blades – Acoustic Guitar
- Leopoldo Pineda – Trombone Solo
- Papo Vasquez – Trombone
- Lewis Kahn – Trombone
- Salvador Cuevas – Bass
- Milton Cardona – Conga, Clave, Talking Drum, Quinto
- José Mangual Jr. – Bongos, Maracas, Percussion
- Nicky Marrero – Timbales
- José Torres – Piano
- Sonny Bravo – Piano,
- Tom Malone – Tuba, Harp Synthesizer
- Yomo Toro – Cuatro, Lead Acoustic Guitar
- Ruben Blades – Lead Vocals
- Chorus – Willie Colón, Ruben Blades, Milton Cardona, José Mangual Jr
- Willie Colón
- Louie Cruz
- Louis Ortíz –
- Louie Ramírez
Engineers:
- Jon Fausty
- Irv Greenbaum
Design – Izzy Sanabria
Title Design – Pam Lessero