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Ce m\u00e9lange entre rythmes latins, soul et rock a entre autres pour objectif de s\u00e9duire le public occidental am\u00e9ricain, et cela fonctionne \u00e0 merveille. D\u00e8s 1963, Barretto avec El Watusi ou encore Mongo Santamaria avec Watermelon Man, avaient donn\u00e9 le la. Pete Rodriguez, Joe Bataan ou encore Joe Cuba, s\u2019engouffrent dans la br\u00e8che avec des tubes comme I Like It Like That ou Bang Bang. Avec Acid, Barretto marque donc les esprits, et ce petit 45 tours en reprend deux des plus grands succ\u00e8s, <strong>Soul Drummers<\/strong> et <strong>Mercy Mercy Baby<\/strong>. Mais Acid sera aussi un peu le chant du cygne du genre. 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