Inti Illimani, founded fifty years ago, is now two bands. Another Mudcat thread deals with the split, and I respectfully ask that remarks regarding the split and the problems around it be confined to that thread and eased away from this one.

This thread will refer to one group only out of those two. This group calls itself Inti Illimani Historico, with three long-time musicians supported by three or four others who are young enough to be the sons of the former. In fact one of them is: the father and son pair are Horacio Salinas and Camilo Salinas.

Presently this group is in Chile, but they spent part of the summer in Havana, recording their latest album called "Fiesta."

Among other delights, they brought in Francisco "Pancho" Amat who is one of the great players of the Cuban "tres."