About Minachum Atdao

To write about the Delgado Brothers and this album really puts me in a quandary. On one hand these boys are so fabulous to work with that it ought to be easy. On the other hand, they are well known on the island, even before their first LP “PARA SI JUAN” came out, that much have already been said by the people who knew them… a thousand times or more. 

Suffice it to say that the title of this album “MINACHUM ATDAO” is modesty to the ultimate. While I and the many fans of the Delgado Brothers feel that the first album contains quality work, this second release equals it not exceeds that production which would further enhance the Delgado Brothers popularity on the island. This fivesome of boys have rung up an unparalleled strings of local songs that to produce them will take more financial backing than the Corporation can afford presently. Their  collections of songs, adaptations, originals and traditionals is a mirror of their charm, their warmth, their willingness to learn new techniques and take criticism like PROS…and their ability to encourage groups and other local talents to work and put out their best will unalterably raised them to the top of the performing, recording and production list.

I am sure you have met these boys before. Whether in person or in “PARA SI JUAN”… their first release, or in home tape recordings. I hope you are able to continue the relationship, friendship, or what have you, through their subsequent releases, whether in their Christmas and religious LPs…soon to be released, or in some of their upcoming new singles. If you aren’t acquainted with the DELGADO BROTHERS, then I suggest you pick up one of their albums or singles… you have a rare treat in store for you.

I would like to say that this album represents the Delgado Brothers at their best, especially since they had to put up with me not only as the producer and coordinator, but also as a “partial artist”. The Delgado Brothers at their best…writing songs, translating, arranging, SINGING…at their best…for that is what they are and deserve to be …THE TOP LOCAL RECORDING FIVESOME on the island…but most of all because they are five fabulous guys to work with.

-Laling Camacho