#"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul", performed by Rubén Blades – 4:53
Like their previous live album, the album features the band's previous hits as well as cover songs of some of the artists that influenced them like Rubén Blades, El Gran Combo, and others.
He also credits Silvio Rodríguez, Rubén Blades, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, Ismael Rivera and El Gran Combo among his influences in the tropical and Caribbean music genre.
Rubén Darío | Ruben Studdard | Rubén Sierra | Rubén Blades | Ruben Blades | Rubén Olivares | Rubén Darío Paredes | Jack Blades | Boston Blades | Rubén Fuentes | Ruben Brown | Rubén Berríos | Ruben Rausing | Ruben and the Jets | Rubén Amaro, Sr. | Pedro Ruben Decima | Cruising with Ruben & the Jets | Battle of the Blades | Rubén Zamora | Ruben Vardanian | Rubén Tejada | Rubén Sanz | Ruben Sanz | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Rubén Rivera | Rubén Ortiz Torres | Ruben Ortiz Torres | Rubén Magnano | Ruben Kruger | Ruben Hinojosa |
Panamanian singer Ruben Blades wrote a song about "Babalu-Aye" called "Obalue" (misspelling of Obalu Aye), which appears on the album Caminando.
It has been recorded as "Caballo Viejo" or as "Bamboleo" by tens of singers such as Celia Cruz, Papo Lucca y la Sonora Ponceña, María Dolores Pradera, Julio Iglesias, Gilberto Santa Rosa, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Polo Montañes, Freddy López, Oscar D'León, Celso Piña, Rubén Blades, Roberto Torres, Plácido Domingo.
Some of the artists that have performed in the Estadio Nacional de Panama include Back Street Boys, Christina Aguilera, Sting, Enrique Iglesias, Soda Stereo, and Ruben Blades.
Additional American artists scheduled to perform on the evening entertainment stage included Patti Smith, Robert Cray, Keb Mo, Ruben Blades, Canadian Diana Krall, The Stray Cats, Los Lobos and Gloria Estefan.
In the mid-1970s he was asked by producer René López to return to music, and began recording with such Latin musicians as Rubén Blades and Eddie Palmieri.
It included hits such as Joan Manuel Serrat's "Señora", the bolero version of the Gardel/Lepera tango "Volver", and the Rubén Blades composition "Guaguancó Triste", as well as the salsa version of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain".