If there is one man who became the face of the Buena Vista Social Club was then though vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer. With his flat cap, white mustache and warm smile, he was the prototype of the old Cuban sonero. The former cobbler played in the fifties in the orchestra of Pacho Alonso and Beny Moré. In 1998, Ferrer worked with Ry Cooder on the successful album Buena Vista Social Club. The son and bolero
… of the group were heard by a global audience and Ferrer toured in old age even Europe and America. He died in 2005 at the age of 78.more
