THE CUBAN COWBOYS
"The Devil's Dance"
Playing at: Maxwell's [http://www.maxwellsnj.com/] (1039 Washington
St., Hoboken)
Get: Tickets ($8 at door) | Directions [http://bit.ly/8QvHga]
If Tom Waits got down with the Buena Vista Social Club, the resulting
sound would be the Latin surf rock of Brooklyn's Cuban Cowboys. "The
Devil's Dance" opens predictably enough, with lead singer and
guitarist Jorge Navarro (a.k.a. Hialeah Jorge) providing dramatic
vocals that range from somber to wild. Then, with a musical wink, the
band borrows the guitar line from Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love"
and the opening lyrics of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"
to transition to an infectious Havana style breakdown.
