PAULITO Y SU ELITE

YOSHI'S OAKLAND, CA
MARCH 18 TO MARCH 20, 2011

PHOTOS AND TEXT BY TOM EHRLICH © 2011

Paulito showed the Bay Area why he and his band of young timberos are still considered timba royality.  Three solid night of hard core timba with Paulito in great form, improvising and performing his patented dance moves (including Pa'l piso) throughout every song.

What follows are photos from the sound check and the first night's performance.  Hopefully I can get to the photos of the other two nights soon.

THE BAND

Paulito Fernández Gallo - Leader, lead vocals
Mykel Llerena Flores - Vocals
Susy Noriega - Vocals
Marlon Blanco- Keyboards
Yosmel Garcerán R - Trombone, coros
Gerardo E. Rodríguez - Trumpet, coros
Osnay Martines Valdés - Trumpet
Israel Morales Figueroa - Drum set/timbales
Rolando Michel Balón - Congas
Arturo Cruz - Bass
Luis "Coqui" Chacón - Bongó y campana
José Antonio Rodríguez - Sonidista

Paulito F.G.

Paulito F.G.

Mykel and Paulito

Marlon

Coqui and Yosmel during sound check

Coqui during sound check

Mykel, Arturo and Paulito

Susy

Legendary drummer Walfredo de los Reyes and Israel during sound check

Israel during sound check

Gerardo during sound check

Arturo bass, Coqui bell

Marlon during sound check

Marlon sound check

Mykel with DJ Walt Digz in the background

Gerardo singing coro

Arturo sound check

Paulito

Pa'l piso

Marlon and Arturo during sound check

Rolando

Rolando sound check

Paulito and Alisa of Plaza Cuba

Arturo sound check

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Susy

Mykel, Paulito, Susy

Paulito

Mykel and Arturo

Marlon

Paulito and dancer from crowd

Mykel and Yoshi owner of the club

Arturo and Yoshi

Paulito sound check

Osnay sound check

Metales

Marlon

José sound engineer

Israel

Paulito, Yoshi, Susy