Era feliz en Venezuela.

Amo mi país.

Pero me tocó salir.

Eran dos sentimientos encontrados.

El primero era dejar mi carrera musical y saber que me iba a enfrentar a algo que no sabía hacer.

Ya, llegar acá, cambiar la vida para trabajar en construcción.

Mira, en muchos momentos, venía muy cansado.

No quería saber nada de la música.

No quería saber nada de instrumentos.

E, incluso, hubo un momento en el que tuve un accidente, donde una máquina cayó sobre esta mano.

Me la quebró.

Por acá entró un pedazo de metal, salió por acá.

Y comenzaron a dormirse mis manos.

Ya no quería tocar.

Cipriani: He was very, very brave to start working construction and doing what he was doing.

I know he did it for us, and I remember-- I'm sorry.

♪ [Banjo and upright bass playing "Hermano Migrante] ♪ Troop: ♪ En mi tierra natal ♪ ♪ Both: ♪ Andando por la sierra ♪ Hill: What was it like when you met Joe and then you got this now opportunity to start playing music?

Bellorin: Yo estaba en pleno día de trabajo.

Cipriani: And suddenly, he received a call, and that was Joe.

Bellorin: "Mi nombre es Joe".

Cipriani: "My name is Joe."

Bellorin: "Soy músico".

Cipriani: "I am a musician, and he said, "Well, I'm going to play in Durham on December 2021."

Bellorin: He said, "¿Quieres participar conmigo?"

Cipriani: "Do you want to participate?

Would you like to be part of it?"

Troop: ♪ Gritan: "¡Calla, migrante!

♪ Both: ♪ ¡Esperanza no hay!"

♪ ♪ "Do your work without papers?

♪ ♪ Keep us fed and go die" ♪ Troop: We all got together, I was like, "All right, 'Hermano migrante'".

And I just remember him being like, "That's a good song."

We had instant alchemy.

We were finishing each other's musical sentences.

Bellorin: Lo nuestro fue amor musical a primera vista.

Troop: ♪ Sociedad descarada ♪ Both: ♪ Ni le entra a la mente ♪ Troop: The audience was deeply moved and gave us an immediate standing ovation.

We felt it.

They felt it.

That gives you reason to be.

Bellorin: ♪ La la ay la ♪ Troop: ♪ Ay ay ay ay ♪