Ruben Moreno & Zydeco Re-Evolution ~ "You and I" LIVE (Aug 2012)

"Zydeco and Creole culture had always been a part of my life, but I'd never experienced the rush that I did the first time I played with Leroy Thomas at the Continental Club. I was about 10 years old when my aunts kidnapped me, threw me in the back of the van with a washboard just my size and said to me, "you gonna meet yo' uncle Leroy today." As I got to the Continental, I saw this big tall man dressed sharp, like he just stepped off the photo shoot for Harlem Nights. He shook my hand, his big one completely engulfing my little one, and blinding me with the diamonds on his fingers. He said "I'm Leo Thomas, Leroy says you gonna join us on stage 'n play a few numbas. You ready?" I said, "I guess so." So Leroy and Leo kicked off the song "why you wanna make me cry" and then they announced their special guest: me. I walked out into the club amongst the crowd of drunken men and half naked women. I should have been comfortable in that environment, but it was my first time hearing my name called out and, I don't know, it just got to me I guess. As soon as I stepped on stage I felt powerful. For once, I felt that, even though I was young, this was the piece missing from the puzzle I had been trying to piece together. This is what I wanted, not only to be a musician but an entertainer: I wanted to please the crowd. The way they reacted to the performance on stage, and the way Leroy swung his accordion in the air; it was just so much. The rush I felt was addictive, this is who I was meant to be." ~ RM Website Here: http://www.rubenmusik.com this song "You and I" from the CD titled "Por Ti Volare" (For You I'll Fly) Buy the ACTUAL CD here: http://rubenmusik.com/?page_id=46 Tour Schedule here: http://rubenmusik.com/?page_id=31 Other videos of Ruben Moreno here:    • Ruben Moreno at Eagle's Hall - May 2011   You can download Por Ti Volare here http://www.itunes.apple.com/us/album/... Video Production and Promotion by: [email protected]