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zonkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 02:34 PM
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"Only in New York could an aspiring mortician be a star witness against
Edited on Wed Sep-20-06 02:35 PM by zonkers
an accomplished Cuban-born klezmer player accused of a beating up a hapless subway conductor for refusing to kick a belligerent homeless man off the train."

Roberto Juan Rodriguez, 44, a former drummer for Gloria Estefan, Joe Jackson and Paul Simon, faces up to a year in jail for allegedly assaulting 59-year-old subway conductor Charles Johnson last December....


http://www.amny.com/news/local/crime/am-suit0920,0,1171564.story?coll=am-topheadlines
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 02:39 PM
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1. Great find.
Who knew there were violent Cuban klezmer players. :shrug:
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zonkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:02 PM
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2. Found it via "Gothamist", a website about NY. And violent Cuban klezmer
players are a silent epidemic, Prag. Educate yourself.
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deucemagnet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-20-06 03:15 PM
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3. Hey! I just came across this article myself!
www.violentcubanbornklezmerplayers.com/Rodriguez
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