> > > > Who was that group I just seen on Univison with the
> > letter
> > >
> > > > "R" on the back of their jackets? They are a large
> > group
> > > > with alot of horns and moves that could give them the
> > > > nickname, "The Hispanic Temptations". And that one
> cat
> > > was
> > > > playing the hell out of that tuba! They even had me
> > > > bouncing, and I didn't understand a thing they were
> > > > singing,(LOL!). By the way, what's the name of that
> > type
> > > of
> > > > music?
> > >
> > > Probably Banda El Recodo. Cruz Lizárraga's Banda
> > Sinaloense
> > > "El Recodo" first recorded in the 60s, with traditional
> > > sinaloense tunes. In the early 90's, a dance fad broke
> out
> >
> > > of the banda sector of regional mexican music, and
> > propelled
> > > many older bands into a new prominence. One of these was
>
> > > Recodo... which to today is probably among the top 5
> > Mexican
> > > regional artists in the Southwest. Cruz died a few years
>
> > > ago, but the band continues on.
> > >
> > > Check
http://www.bandaelrecodo.com.mx/ and see if this
> is
> > > what you heard.
> > >
> >
> > That's them! And what do you call that type of music? I
> > know people are thinking I done lost my mind, but I am
> > digging that kind of music. Even though I don't
> understand
> > a damn thing they are saying! Man those cats have some
> > moves! Their stage prescence is off the chain. Thanks
> > David.
> >
>
> The music is simply called, "Banda." That is, of course, a
> contraction of Banda Sinaloense, which refers to Sinaloa,
> the state of Mexico where the musica was born in a fusion of
> German band music and Mexican styles of the late 1800's. The
> tuba, obviously, was a German import!
>
I can't believe they like to listen to that crap, and radio stations playing it...
