Reply #29: Doesn't US "have bigger enemies to worry about than an elderly musician" [View All]

[Osolomia]

Cuban Musicians Locked Out Of Grammy Awards
Friday February 06, 2004 @ 02:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Call us crazy, but — with the conflict in Iraq raging on and Janet Jackson terrorizing football fans with her breasts — don’t the U.S. government have bigger enemies to worry about than an elderly musician from Cuba?

A group of Cuban musicians, including 77-year-old Ibriham Ferrer, have been denied passage to the U.S. to attend this Sunday’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. As a matter of protection of national security, all Cuban musicians are being barred from entering the country for the awards show.

All five nominees in the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album — Ferrer, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro, Soneros De Verdad Presents Rubalcaba, Barbarito Torres and Amadito Valdes — hail from Cuba, so none of them will be on hand to accept the award. One Cuban artist, pianist Chuco Valdes — who is nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album — has managed to obtain a U.S. visa, but, according to Billboard.com, he refuses to attend unless the remainder of his Cuban brethren are allowed in the country.

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http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2004/02/0609.cfm

But if they needlessly endangered the lives of children to get to the US illegally DUers would be screaming "let them in" for their ingenuity. Go figure!