Re: a moment with Raul rekow .....
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK DANIELE AND MACK FOR THEIR BEAUTIFUL POSTS ABOUT RAUL REKOW. I TOO WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND/BROTHER OF RAUL AND HIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, I TOO MISS HIM EVERY DAY AND ALSO FEEL A GREAT VOID IN MY LIFE. WE ALL ARE VERY LUCKY THAT WE GOT TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GREAT CONGUERO & HUMAN BEING WHO WAS LOVED VERY MUCH BY MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO SEE THE SANTANA BAND OPEN FOR JOURNEY LAST SUNDAY DOWN HERE IN L.A. AT THE FORUM. WHEN WE ARRIVED THE BAND WAS ALREADY PLAYING AND I FELT NOTHING IN MY HEART TO SIT THERE AND WATCH, SO I WALKED AROUND A BIT, THEN CARLOS WENT ON ONE OF HIS "INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES" WHICH REALLY UPSET ME MORE, BECAUSE HE SHOULD ABIDE BY HIS OWN WORDS, DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT TO THIS SECOND, CARLOS HAS YET TO CALL THE REKOW FAMILY TO SAY GET WELL OR GIVE HIS RESPECTS, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IS A HUGE SHAME, AND SEEMS TO SHOW ME WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE REALLY IS, I HAVE HUNG OUT WITH THE BAND MANY TIMES IN THE LAST 37 YEARS THAT I HAVE KNOWN RAUL, AND HAD SEEN MANY TIMES THE ANTICS OF CARLOS, SO SAD. SO I KNOW MANY OF YOU SANTANA FANS WILL NOT THINK THIS IS TRUE OR WILL BE VERY ANGRY AT ME FOR THIS POST,BUT THERE ARE MANY WHO ACTUALLY SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON OVER THERE IN THE SANTANA ORGANIZATION, AND KNOW HOW CLOSE THIS POST IS.I TOO WAS A HUGE FAN SINCE DAY ONE,AND MY FAVORITE ERA WAS '72 THRU ABOUT '75, BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THE YEARS WHEN I FEEL THE GREATEST PERCUSSION SECTION CONSISTED OF ARMANDO, RAUL AND ORESTES. SORRY TO OFFEND SOME OF YOU FANS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS HEAR WHAT REALLY HAS HAPPENED.
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