Event

Borboletta - The Ultimate Santana Tribue

The idea for this Santana Tribute Group began to come together after a show in early October 2012 when percussionist Johnny Durkin (DBB/Manchado),Cyrus Madan (Keys-DBB) and Tim Palmieri (Guitar-Kung Fu) had a warm up gig for a wedding.

"At the last minute Adrian Tramontano (Kung Fu) had to sub on drums so we picked a Santana song to start the 2nd set, and that was it," says Durkin. "Afterward, we made the decision to create a side project dedicated to our favorite Santana tunes. Cy and I have always loved listening to those albums in the van over the years, and obviously the same thing had gone on with Tim and Adrian."

Over the years, Durkin became good friends with Yahuba Garcia-Torres (Ryan Montbleau Band), a fellow percussionist and devotee to Afro Cuban Music; so, when this idea came up, Yahuba was his first thought for another percussionist. It's also an excellent experience to get to play music with crazy talented friends, and that's where Rich Zurkowski (Bass-Manchado, The Durkins) rounds out the line-up.