Rick Jarrard No one else was recording in Spanish and English. They were not. But, of course, the odds were really against it because all the standard Christmas songs were out already, and it was a long shot. But it felt like something incredible to me and I always had that hope. At the time I had my Brazilian drummer, Paulino, and he did the drums.
I played the bass, the guitar, and the Puerto Rican cuatro [a small guitar, common in Puerto Rico], and I also played the guiro [a musical instrument made from a gourd, with a serrated surface scraped with a stick]. I did a duet with the bass and the cuatro. The arrangement was really between me and me. We did not hire a cuatro player. Top Artists. Top Charts. Hot Songs. Billboard Top Videos. Top Articles. By Leila Cobo. Filled with expressive illustrations, the book sees Feliciano as a superhero flying in a red convertible spreading holiday cheer around the world on Christmas Eve with his Christmas anthem.
Feliciano rejects the idea he is a hero, but is humbled by the comparison. At least I did something with my life instead of sitting on my a-- all my life and not doing anything. And you know what, she has. And I think people will discover it after this pandemic is gone, and I'm still here, man. I haven't gone anywhere. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Feliciano wanted a song that would unite all people with its positive message and bilingual lyrics.
Feliciano said he was stuck in a Los Angeles recording studio and he missed his 11 brothers and extended family. They had always celebrated Noche Buena — otherwise known as Christmas Eve — by drinking rum, caroling and eating traditional Puerto Rican dishes. I missed the whole Christmas scene. He sang the song and also played guitar and cuatro — a traditional, stringed Puerto Rican instrument that his uncle had taught him.
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