I would love to see this film but am nowhere near NYC and won't return to the DR for two weeks. Can it be bought or seen via the internet?
The first time I ever saw Luis Vargas play live, it was in the little pueblo of Santa Maria, where he is from. I was there to see Anthony Santos, who at that time was not a big star and still played at the small paradas in the campo. When Santos was done, Vargas just got up from a table close by me and started jamin. Probably wern't more than 100 people in the place.
And of course, he's not even the most famous bachatero in this dirt poor pueblito in the middle of nowhere. That would be "the chief", who still lives in Santa Maria in a big mansion on the main drag. Anthony Santos lives just down the road in his hometown of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, which is THE ugliest pueblo in all of the DR. Then also, there is Yoskar Sarante, who grew up in Manzanillo, which is just a few cliks on the other side of Santa Maria. He left town early in life but still has relatives there. Blah blah blah, but anyway, if anyone knows how I can get my hands on that documentary, plesae let me know K