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On 2007-09-05 18:41, Jeff Central wrote:
Aloha Lucas,
Here are pics of the front and back cover as well as the song titles and liner notes.
Los Pinguinos at El Shrimp Bucket, Dorado Records, no #
(La Bamba, La Mucura, Serenata Huasteca, Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros, Pintado de Azul, La Malaguena, Triana Morena, Saca La Botella, El Gustito, La Sitiera, Cielito Lindo Huasteca, La Jirafa, Capri, Novia Mia, Colaz, El Pastor)
Liner Notes:
Down the West Coast of Mexico, about 800 miles south of Los Angeles, lies the enchanting port city of Mazatlan. Here among its picturesque callas and across from the strong breakers of the Pacific is located El Shrimp Bucket. It is at this fine restaurant that the quartet Los Pinguinos performs nightly to the delight of its guests.
The Penguins were discovered one evening by Carlos Anderson, the genial “gringo” restaurant owner, as they strolled along the malecon offering to serenade anyone interested.
The quartet has one of those rare combinations of voices which blends magnificently into one, and yet retains the individuality of each singer. Furthermore, they possess the delightful quality of versatality—which they so ably demonstrate here with such fiery selections as La Bamba and Colaz—such poignant Mexican ballads as El Pastor and Cielito Lindo Huasteca.
Los Peguinos are comprised of three brothers—Jose Luis, Hijinio, and Julian Ornelas who come from Concordia, about 14 miles north of Mazatlan, and Alvaro Robles, whose home is the Pacific coast city of Los Mochis. None has studied music—not one reads a note, but for some inexplicable reason about thirteen years ago, each picked up a guitarra and because of a tenacious desire, persisted in perfecting his natural talents—so that today, not only the visitor to Mazatlan may thrill to their delightful rhythms, but those “stay-at-home” gringos also can be charmed—and perhaps persuaded to finally take that trip to Mexico.
Throughout this country of contrasts one finds many outstanding groups of musicians. Those of us fortunate enough to pick Mazatlan for our adventure south of the Rio Grande—and also to have the pleasure of hearing Jose Luis, Hijinio, Julian and Alvaro—will know they’ve heard the very best!
Cover design by Duane Wiens
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
[ Edited by: jeff central 2007-09-06 20:14 ]
[ Edited by: jeff central 2007-09-24 17:15 ]
Dude, you rock! That brings back so many memories!!
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