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El Chicano was an American brown-eyed soul group from Los Angeles, California, whose style incorporated various modern music genres including rock, funk, soul, blues, jazz, and salsa. [1] The group's name came from the word Chicano , a term for United States citizens of typically Mexican descent.
The band which was previously called Mickey & The Cavaliers, was led by Mike James Aversa aka Mickey. [11] [12] He left the band in the mid-1960s to join the VIPs, a Chicano band. [13] This group which was formed in 1965 by bass player Freddie Sanchez was a night club covers band. Espinosa was the first member brought into the band by Sanchez. [14]
Ersi Arvizu, (born September, 1948) is an American singer and composer who was famous in the 1960s as part of The Sisters, the first girl-group singing and recording Chicano rock music. Until 1970 she was the lead singer of El Chicano. She is notable for her contribution to Chicano music.
Rudy Salas, who was a member of the Latin R&B band Tierra and soul group El Chicano, died on Tuesday, Tierra announced. ... In 1972, Salas played guitar for El Chicano along with his brother Steve ...
Tierra is an American Latin R&B band, originally from Los Angeles, California, United States, that was first established in 1972 by former El Chicano members Rudy Salas and his brother Steve Salas (vocals). [1]
Santana, Malo, War, [3] El Chicano, Sapo and other Chicano 'Latin Rock' groups follow this approach with their fusions of R&B, Jazz, and Caribbean sounds. Later Chicano musicians who draw from rockabilly and country include Linda Ronstadt [4] and Los Lobos. These musicians also sometimes draw from traditions of Norteño music or Tejano music.
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After they disbanded, Albert continued to write and perform with the band's leader and vocalist, Ruben Guevara. [citation needed] In the following years, Albert was a member and co-leader of original keyboardist Bobby Espinosa's version of the Latin rock band El Chicano. They released several US regional singles in the early 1980s, such as ...