Before Bobby Pulido, There Was El Primo, Roberto Pulido
Before Bobby Pulido became a star, his father Roberto was El Primo to Tejano audiences across South Texas. He called people primo—cousin—and they called him that in return. For many
Puerto Rico Was the Homeland. New York Was the Borderland.
Something extraordinary happened in New York after World War II. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans left the island and came north. They brought Spanish, family, food, politics, and music.
Corpus Christi, Texas, early sixties, young and Mexican, a musical tour as some of us knew it.
I will be taking a short trip to Corpus, but this is the first of at least four musical tours of what the music was like for us old Tejanos.
La Onda Chicano – Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution
Ruben Ramos is one of the old timers for those who have been here in Texas listening to the Tejano sound, especially of yesteryear. It so happens that Ruben Ramos
Two people from my past recently recorded some songs, Rolando Contreras and Danny Noyola.
So much talent in Molina.
Cumbias – who doesn’t want to dance to when a cumbia starts playing
Colombia gives great music and coffee, have Colombian coffee every morning as I give thanks to God and say hi to my parents and siblings that have passed.
Some actors should do at what they are good at, remembering lines.
I don’t like the music that Bad Bunny sings, but there are some exceptions. One of them is at bottom of article.
Angel Baby – Rosie Méndez Hamlin
La Razo de Oro, descendants of indigenous people and European, or if you prefer Mestizos.
Prasek’s Family Smokehouse – great place to stop – Mo stopped there
I am from Corpus Christi, Texas, and I go there often enough with one or both of my brothers, who also live here in Houston. We never fail to stop
What is Tejano Music
What is Tejano music, what is a Tejano, Lydia Mendoza, Little Joe, Narciso Martinez.
The Sound of the Accordion and Vallenatos
Twentieth Century Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez declared himself a big admirer of the genre – he even dubbed his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, a ‘vallenato song
Orgulloso de ser Chicano/Proud to be Chicano
Steve Jordan’s life is a fantastic story, and an awesome Tejano singer and accordion player.
Onda Tejano – Paulino Bernal
Gabachos had their American Graffiti; we Chicanos had something similar in Corpus Christi, Texas. The drive-in was called Picks. Not sure when Chicanos started to hang out there, but anyone
Cumbias – Santa Fe Klan
About two weeks ago, I was reading something when they mentioned a group from Mexico releasing an album of cumbias featuring the sounds of different countries, or something like that.
Not a fan of Bad Bunny, but what do I know.
I did run across the following at the bottom, and it sounded ok to me, but the grabbing of the crotch a la Michael Jackson makes no sense to me,
Writing a little less binge watching more
I love the sound of Vallaneto and recently ran across a Colombian series about Leondro Diaz. The songs of many of the Vallentos are like poems, speaking about life, the
Oscar Martinez y su Orquesta con Humberto Lefty Barrera
Down Memory Lane: Not too many people remember Oscar Martinez, and probably never heard of Lefty Barrera, Golden Glove Champion from Robstown, Texas, the home of the Cotton Pickers. As
Why do Democrats want to help the Republicans?
If they squint, lawmakers can see the outlines of a bipartisan deal that could avoid a government shutdown later this year. But bringing an agreement into focus — and enacting