El Chicano - Viva Tirado (1970)

El disco favorito de Sandy de la rama de Chicano Rock, vengan y descubran porqué...

Artista: El Chicano
Álbum: Viva Tirado
Año: 1970
Género: Jazz Rock / Fusion / Chicano Rock
Duración: 38:51
Nacionalidad: Estados Unidos

Lista de Temas:
1. Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock) 6:05
2. Quiet Village (Les Baxter) 5:37
3. The Look Of Love (Burt Bacharach-Hal David) 2:04
4. Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) 5:35
5. Viva Tirado (Gerald Wilson) 4:53
6. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (A. A. Smith) 4:10
7. Hurt So Bad (Bob Weinstein, Harshman) 4:35
8. Light My Fire (Doors, The) 0:25
9. Coming Home Baby (Bob Tucker, Bob Dorough) 5:25

Alineación:
Little Mickey Lespron - guitar
Bobby Espinosa – Hammond
Freddie Sanchez - bass
John DeLuna - drums
Ersi Arvizu – percussion
Andre Baéza - congas

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Wikipedia dice:

El Chicano is an American chicano rock and brown-eyed soul group from Los Angeles, California, whose style incorporates various modern music genres including rock, funk, soul, blues, jazz, and salsa. The group's name is from Chicano, a term for United States citizens of typically Mexican American descent.

Origins
El Chicano, originally formed by Freddie Sanchez under the name The VIP's arose during a period of increasing Chicano consciousness in America. Their initial hit, Viva Tirado, was a jazzy soul rock rendition of Gerald Wilson's original song about a bullfighter. The song did very well on Los Angeles radio and remained #1 for thirteen straight weeks. Other notable tracks recorded by El Chicano are the funky Tell Her She's Lovely as well as a cover of Van Morrison's 1967 hit, Brown Eyed Girl.

Original members of El Chicano include Bobby Espinosa, Freddie Sanchez, Mickey Lespron, Andre Baeza, and John De Luna. During the 1970s, new members Rudy Regalado, Max Garduno, Danny Lamonte, Brian Magness, Jerry Salas, Joe Pererria. joined the group.

On their 1970 albumViva Tirado the group covered the Herbie Hancock jazz standard "Cantaloupe Island". The song was one of nine songs which included the hit single "Viva Tirado" which went gold.

El Chicano continues to be active with a combination of original and new members. They performed on the 2009 PBS pledge break special, Trini Lopez Presents the Legends of Latin Rock, along with Thee Midniters, Tierra, and Gregg Rolie (of Santana and Journey fame).

Original keyboardist, Bobby Espinosa ‒ who laid down Hammond organ on some of El Chicano's most recognizable tracks ‒ died on February 27, 2010.Former percussionist, Rudy Regalado, who spent twelve years with the band died on November 4, 2010. Latin percussionist of former Santana renown, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., recorded with the band from 2010 to 2012,[5] and is currently performing with the band Chicago.

Discography
Singles

    Viva Tirado (Parts 1 & 2) (1970) US #28
    Cubano Chant b/w Viva La Raza (1971)
    Brown Eyed Girl (1972) US #45
    Tell Her She's Lovely (1973) US #40

Albums

    Viva Tirado (Kapp Records) (1970)
    Revolucion (1971)
    Celebration (1972)
    El Chicano (1973)
    Cinco (1974)
    The Best of Everything (1975)
    Pyramid (1976)
    This is El Chicano (1977)
    Viva El Chicano! - Their Very Best (1988)
    Chicano Chant (1997 Reissue)
    This is El Chicano 1998 (Reissue)
    Painting the Moment (1998)
    Latin Legends Live (1998)
    Masters Collection (2004)