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Big Daddy & Mr. Soul
Ray Barretto Basslines

Ray Barretto had some huge hits in the sixties with his funky latin style known as bugalu. Most of these hits were held together by some extremely catchy bass lines. The original musician credits for these songs went out to "Big Daddy" and "Mr. Soul". Many rumors went around for years about the actual identity of these bassists. Thanks to Latin Bass Network member and incredible bassist Ruben Rodriguez, we got the word from Ray himself that Big Daddy was Bobby Rodriguez and Mr. Soul was Bobby Valentin. Truly historical bass work by two of the greats of latin bass playing.

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