Track Listing

1. Capricho
2. Corrido de Pennsylvania
3. Aunque en Miles Calles Vivas
4. Pollita
5. Pensa en Mi
6. Viva Laredo
7. Peregrina
8. Cucaracha
9. Jesusita
10. Jesusita en Chihuahua
11. Nunca Te Creas
12. Ella Es Mi Delirio
13. Sueno en Rio Grande
14. India Bonita
15. Que Me Gano con Llorar
16. Cubanita
17. Rancho Grande
18. Sin Tu Charino
19. Cancion Mixteca
20. Por Esos Montes
21. Guero Estrada
22. Punaladas
23. Vete de Mi
24. Postas de Retrocarga
25. Gregorio Cortez
26. Chicano

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #95356 in Music
• Released on: 1994-05-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Amazon.com
The first album in Arhoolie's superb Tex-Mex series, this traces the roots of the modern norteño-Tejano-conjunto sound. We hear the early accordion players and duet singers, then see them come together in the 1930s and '40s, forming the heart of the style as it has existed ever since. All the key names are here, from the blind fiddler El Ciego Melquiades to the magnificent Texan diva Lydia Mendoza, accordion pioneers Santiago Jiménez and Narciso Martinez, and the trend-setting Alegres de Teran. A 36-page booklet puts the music in context and makes this an essential purchase for anyone interested in border music. --Elijah Wald

Customer Reviews

excellant cd a must for your collection
If history of music is what you want start with this cd it is full of great old music.