David Byrne sings his Spanish homework with Leon Gieco - "Solo Le Pido A Dios"

David Byrne & Leon Gieco at a 1990 Benefit Concert for El Taller "In the early evening Leon Gieco and I stop by for tea at the apartment of Mercedes Sosa, a force in Argentine music for a number of decades. This reminds me of the human chain of connections that brought me here, to her apartment. Bernardo Palombo, an Argentine folksinger, was teaching me Spanish in the early '90s in New York. He introduced me during classes to the music of Susana Baca, Silvio Rodriguez, and others, and I would practice all my still rudimentary Spanish by asking about their music and lyrics. Amelia Lafferriera, a friend of Bernardo's here in Buenos Aires, had worked with Silvio, as well as with Leon Gieco, a folk rock singer here. Leon is friends with Mercedes Sosa. I covered one of Leon's songs "Solo le Pido a Dios" on my first tour here (I also covered one made famous by Mercedes too, "Todo Cambia") and later, in New York, he invited me to join him in a concert he did with Pete Seeger." From David Byrne's new book, Bicycle Diaries For more, visit: http://www.tallerlatino.org