Willie Colon and Hector lavoe - Guisando - The Beginning of the Salsa Revolution
By: Corriente Latina | 01.15.2010
"Guisando" became the first album in which they shared the credits and the album cover. "Guisando (Doing A Job)" capitalizes to the utmost the gangster image of The Hustler, where in which the main photograph shows Willie partaking in a game of pool with the musicians of his orchestra. With "Guisando", Colon and Lavoe present a rebellious, aggressive and irreverent style of making music. Their lyrics tackle, sometimes with humor, the stories of the purse-snatchers or thieves who, like the character Vincent from "Guisando" who, sooner or later, do not escape justice. Even though in this photograph they appear scaling the safe of a bank, the gangster image – reinforced later on in the album covers for La Gran Fuga (The Big Break) and Lo Mato.
