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From Grape Picker to Picking Notes: Musician Andy Bumatay

Published on: May 18, 2013

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By C. MacDonald

During the 1960s, Andy Bumatay picked grapes in the San Joaquin Valley fields near Delano, where he grew up. “It really motivated me,” said the man of Filipino ancestry, who has developed into a fantastic entertainer. “While picking grapes, I’d be thinking, ‘I want to get out of here, get an education, become a musician and go as far as I can go.'” Now 50 years later he’s still picking…read more>

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