Watermelon Man

Mongo Santamaria

Battle

Released following the success of the Watermelon Man single.

Tracks

• Watermelon Man
• Funny Money
• Cut That Cane
• Get The Money
• The Boogie Cha-Cha Blues
• Don't Bother Me No More
• Love Oh Love
• Yeh-Yeh
• The Peanut Vendor
• Go Git It
• Bayou Roots
• Suavito

Musicians include:

• Mongo Santamaria - conga
• Marty Shelter - trumpet
• Bobby Capers - saxophone, flute
• Pat Patrick - saxophone
• Mauricio Smith - flute
• Rodgers Grant - piano
• Victor Venegas - bass
• Ray Lucas - drums (tracks 2 to 5 and 7 to 12)
• Frank Hernandez - drums
• Kali Madi - drums
• Joseph Gorgas - percussion
• Chihuahua Martinez - percussion

The music on this LP was subsequently released on a double LP, a 2-on-1 CD and an expanded CD;

• Watermelon Man, Mongo Santamaria, 1973
• Mongo Explodes / Watermelon Man, Mongo Santamaria, 1995
• Watermelon Man, Mongo Santamaria, 1997

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