Todavia Nos Queremos is the debut album from American composer/performer Roland Ruby

Roland Ruby

Roland Ruby , is an American composer, lyricist and playwright. As a singer/musician, is best known for hiring the Harlem Gospel Choir to perform his composition Mass for Mankind on his press kit and turning it into the feature film Whatever Happened to Roland Ruby? A Docudramedy Featuring the 9...

, released in 2006. Produced by Christian Fabian. Entire lyrics are in Spanish. This CD features songs that tell a romantic story of long distance love. From the opening notes of "Abrazame" to the rocking "Seis Cuerdas y Madera" to the vamping titular track, the listener is guided through themes of heartbreak and redemption. The eighth track, "Hombre del Mar", written by a then 19-year-old Roland Ruby

Roland Ruby

Roland Ruby , is an American composer, lyricist and playwright. As a singer/musician, is best known for hiring the Harlem Gospel Choir to perform his composition Mass for Mankind on his press kit and turning it into the feature film Whatever Happened to Roland Ruby? A Docudramedy Featuring the 9...

, is a tragic love story featuring Kerry Fernandez on lead vocals. The prequel to this story is presented through the songs in the follow-up CD First Kisses and Final Requests

First Kisses and Final Requests

First Kisses and Final Requests is the second album from American composer/performer Roland Ruby, released in 2008. Produced by Christian Fabian. Several tracks on this CD serve as prequel to the story first presented in Hombre del Mar , which is a track featured in the debut Roland Ruby album...

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Making of the record

The Roland Ruby Band (Gates Thomas on Piano/Keyboards; Kerry Fernandez on Vocals; Christian Fabian on Bass; Willard Dyson on Drums; Gilad on Percussion and Roland Ruby on Vocals/Guitars) consisted of seasoned recording and touring NYC area musicians. All words and music were written by Roland Ruby

Roland Ruby

Roland Ruby , is an American composer, lyricist and playwright. As a singer/musician, is best known for hiring the Harlem Gospel Choir to perform his composition Mass for Mankind on his press kit and turning it into the feature film Whatever Happened to Roland Ruby? A Docudramedy Featuring the 9...

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Track listing

1. "Abrazame" (4:14)
2. "Como el Mar" (3:50)
3. "Eres mi Cancion" (3:03)
4. "En esta Noche" (3:31)
5. "Seis Cuerdas y Madera" (5:40)
6. "Caminos y Raices" (4:02)
7. "Todavia nos Queremos" (7:43)
8. "Hombre del Mar" (3:39)

Roland Ruby Band

• Roland Ruby
  Roland Ruby
  Roland Ruby , is an American composer, lyricist and playwright. As a singer/musician, is best known for hiring the Harlem Gospel Choir to perform his composition Mass for Mankind on his press kit and turning it into the feature film Whatever Happened to Roland Ruby? A Docudramedy Featuring the 9...
  
   – lead vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Christian Fabian – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Gates Thomas – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Kerry Fernandez – lead vocals
• Gilad – percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  
• Willard Dyson
  Willard Dyson
  Willard Dyson, is a drummer on the New York City and international music scenes.He came to New York City in 1986 from the San Francisco Bay area. A versatile musician, he is at home in a myriad of rhythmic genres including jazz, R&B, Latin and Brazilian music...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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