Cintron, Marty Interview

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Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Oral histories -- Miami Beach (Fla.)
North and Central America -- United States -- Florida -- Miami-Dade -- Miami Beach
Popular Music
Genre:: Video Recordings
Spatial Coverage:: United States -- Florida -- Miami Beach
Coordinates:: 25.8116481 x -80.1927944

Scope and Content:: Pop artist Marty Cintron, founder of the group "No Mercy," talks about growing up in New York and the trajectory that got him to Miami Beach. He always wanted to be a pop star and at age twelve, he got his first guitar for Christmas. After College he left New York to find his luck in Las Vegas and was finally “discovered” playing and singing at a club on Ocean Drive. Marty talks about the music “scene” and how it has changed on the Beach over the past two decades. ( English )