ChrisMontez.com- website of legendary Chicano rock,
Latin, and pop star, Chris Montez. Chris had a huge
hit with "Let's Dance" in the early 60s and followed
up with several easy listening hits in the mid-60s including,
"Call Me." He also has recorded Spanish language
albums.
DelgadoBrothers.com-
website of the Delgado Brothers band. The Delgado
Brother's roots go back to the Eastside Sound of the 60s with
The Exotics. Their current band, which features Bob,
Steve, and Joey Delgado, is an authentic and excellent blues
band.
AlanODay.com-
website
of the late singer-songwriter Alan O'Day. Alan's recording of
his song "Undercover Angel" was a #1 hit in 1977.
He also wrote Helen Reddy's hit song "Angie Baby"
and co-wrote the Righteous Brothers' mega hit "Rock 'N'
Roll Heaven." Alan grew up in the Coachella Valley
in Southern California where he played in a Chicano
band called the Renes.
AlexDelZoppo.com-
website of musician/songwriter Alex Del Zoppo. Alex
was a member of the band Sweetwater, who played at the
original Woodstock festival in 1969. He's played and
recorded with many major artists over the years, including
Eric Burdon, The Beach Boys, and Donovan, and works with
songwriters organizations that help young songwriters
develop. Alex also played keyboard with my reunited
70s band Tango for a show in 2009.
AlCampos.com-
website of singer, songwriter, trombonist, producer, arranger,
Al Campos. Originally from Highland Park, California,
he now resides in Copenhagen, Denmark. Al performs
in the genre of Soul, Smooth and Funky Jazz with deep roots
in Gospel music.
BarelaBand.com-
website of Orange County-based
11-piece band led by the Barela brothers, Tony and Richard.
Barela is a horn-driven band who's musical style is a
throwback to the great horn bands of the 70s and 80s, such
as Tower of Power, Chicago, Average White Band, and Earth,
Wind & Fire.
CannedHeatMusic.com-
website of legendary blues band Canned Heat. Fito
de la Parra, born and raised in Mexico, has been a member
since 1968, performed at Woodstock, and has been with the
band ever since. He now is band leader and custodian
of their legacy.
ChicoBand.com-
website of the great L.A. Latin/rock band Chico, whose roots
are firmly planted in East Los Angeles. In the 60s,
some of the members were in the popular East L.A. band, The
Village Callers. Their excellent lead vocalist is Bertha
Oropeza.
Coco MontoyaBand.com-
official website of phenomenal blues guitarist/vocalist,
Coco Montoya.
CornellHurdband.com-
website of Austin,
Texas based singer/songwriter Cornell Hurd and his band, the
Cornell Hurd Band. Cornell recorded a versions of Lalo
Guerrero's "Do You Believe In Reincarnation" and
"Adios To Mexico City," the latter on his latest
CD, "Texas by Night."
Daniel Valdez- facebook
page of singer/songwriter/actor, Daniel Valdez. A member of El
Teatro Campesino with his brother Luis in the 60s and 70s,
Daniel was one of the stars of the play and movie "Zoot Suit,"
performed with Linda Ronstadt on her "Canciones de Mi Padre"
tour and record, and has the 1974 album "Mestizo" to his credit.
JorgeSantana.com- website of founding member of Malo
and solo artist, Jorge Santana.
LatinPlayboys- facebook
page
of Los Lobos members Louie Perez and David Hidalgo's side
project/experimental band, the Latin Playboys.
Los Fabulocos- facebook
page of the and East Los Angeles "Calimex" band whose music is a
mix of rock, blues, and Mexican and Tejano styles sung in
English and Spanish. The roots music band that features Kid
Ramos, formerly of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, James Harmon, The
Mannish Boys.
LosTremolocos.com-
L.A. based roots band whose music encompasses Mexican
folk, Tex-Mex, country, norteño, cumbias, honky tonk, cajun,
zydeco, blues and roadhouse rock n roll.
MarthaGonzalez.net- website of
singer/musician/activist/academic, Martha Gonzalez of the East
L.A. band Quetzal.
MundoTish.com-
official website of singer/songwriter, Tish Hinojosa.
PcMunoz.com- official website of poet/speaker/songwriter,
pc Muñoz. pc is an excellent poet and songwriter from
San Francisco.
PonchoSanchez.com-
official website of Poncho Sanchez, whose Latin jazz band
is one of the best, if not the best, in the world. Poncho
grew up on the eastside of Los Angeles and his musical director,
David Torrez, is a former member of Tierra.
Quinto Sol- facebook
page of East L.A. Chicano band, Quinto Sol. On their my space
page they describe their music as, "deeply rooted in community
and roots music - from the Americas, to the Caribbean and
Africa. Having emerged from the artist/activist community of
East Los Angeles in 1994, Quinto Sol is roots-reggae at its
core, woven seamlessly with Latin rhythms like cumbia, rumba,
and son. Quinto Sol is a collective of musicians, inspired to
use music as a tool for awareness of socio-political and
economic issues facing their community.
RitchieValens.com-
official Ritchie Valens website, authorized and developed
by Ritchie's family, Bob, Connie, Irma and Mario.
RogerConnellyBluesMerchants-
website of blues band, Roger Connelly Blues Merchants. I worked with Roger
in a band in the late 70s. He recorded one of my songs,
a blues shuffle called "You Gotta Thank the Black Man"
on his 1996 CD "No Stranger To Bad Weather."
RosieandtheOriginals.com-
website of Rosie and the Originals. Rosie Hamlin
is a pioneering Chicana singer, who's vocal on "Angel
Baby" is a timeless classic.
Suenosband.com- official website of the
Sacramento-based Chicano soul band first formed in 1979.
They have several CDs out in English and Spanish featuring
their music, which has elements of r&b, funk, and Latin.
They're most known for their ballads such as "Baby, I Love
You," "Oh, Little Girl," and "Hollywood Girl."
SunnyOzuna.com- official
website of Chicano music pioneer Sunny Ozuna and his legendary
band Sunny & the Sunliners.
Sweetwaterband.com-
official website of the band Sweetwater, who recorded
for Warner/Reprise Records from 1968 to 1972 and performed
at the original Woodstock festival in 1969. Bassist
Fred Herrera, a Chicano from Los Angeles, is a founding member
of the band as is Alex Del Zoppo, a keyboardist who sat in
with my band Tango at our 2009 reunion.
TheAceBand.com-
website
of 60s East L.A. band, Ace. The band is still together
to this day.
GarageHangover-
webpage on a website called garagehangover.com,
which has info, photos, and record label scans relating to
the popular 60s artists.
TimWiedenkeller.com- website
of singer/songwriter/musician Tim Wiedenkeller. Tim,
who lives in Tucson, Arizona, is a world-class performer on
guitar, banjo, and mandolin, in addition to being an excellent
singer/songwriter. I sang on his upcoming CD on several
tracks, including a great song about Tucson's Barrio Viejo,
where my dad was born and raised, called "The New Old
Pueblo."
Record
Companies
ArhoolieFoundation-
website
for Arhoolie Foundation. Arhoolie Records was founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz,
the label released countless albums representing blues,
gospel, Tejano, Mexican, Cajun zydeco, old time country, jazz,
and world music. This is the label that released "Pachuco
Boogie, Featuring Don Tosti" and many other Latino CDs
by artists such as Freddy Fender, Lydia Mendoza, Flaco Jimenez
and many others. It is now a non-profit foundation.
Barrio
Gold Records- website of Shin Miyata's record company,
which has reissued many classic recordings by Chicano artists
in Japan.
Chicano-Magazine.com- website of Orange County's #1 Chicano magazine. The magazine has lots of photos and information on Chicano music and musicians, particularly Eastside sound artists.
Del-Fi
Records-
website with info on Bob Keane's Del-Fi Records, the label
that released recordings
by Ritchie Valens, Chan Romero, the Romancers, and Ronnie
& the Pomona Casuals.
DionysusRecords.com-
website for Dionysus
Records, which reissued my teenage band Mark & the Escorts
1965 recordings originally on Crescendo Records. To
order the compilation CD, "Eastside Sound, Volume 2,
Featuring Mark & the Escorts," which has cuts by
other Eastside bands such as the Blendells and the Premiers.
Go to the site, click on Bacchus Archives, then click on "60s
Garage/Psych & More," and scroll down to the CD.
GnpCrescendo.com- website of GNP Crescendo Records,
who have released several Malo cds, as well as CDs by Azteca
and other Latin artists.
MrDuran.com- you tube page of Richard Duran, who hosts a bi-weekly television show, which airs on Adelphia cable in parts of the L.A. area and worldwide on the internet. In addition to actors, politicians, and comedians, he's had many Chicano musical artists as guests on his show including Little Willie G. & Thee Midniters, Tierra, Redbone, The Blazers, and many others. The artists are interviewed and many perform live on the show.
Music
for Little People- website for Music for Little People,
the children's label that released the Grammy-nominated CD
"Papa's Dream," by Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero.
RounderRecords-
website of Rounder Records. East L.A.'s roots band,
The Blazers, have four albums available on this label.
ThumpRecords.com-
website for Thump Records, the label that releases CDs of
artists such as, Tierra, El Chicano, and Thee Midniters.
MunsterRecords-
website for Munster Records based in Spain. They've
reissued Eastside Sound artists such as the Village Callers
"Live" as well the "Land of a Thousand Dances
Anthology" by Cannibal & the Headhunters.
They also have a large catalogue of Latin and Latin jazz artists.
VareseSarabandeRecords-
website where you can
order, "Eastside Sound, Volumes 1 through 4," which
has classic East L.A. sounds of the 60s, featuring artists
such as, the Premiers, the Blendells, Cannibal & the Headhunters,
the Romancers, El Chicano and more.
Community
Homeboy
Industries- website of Father Greg Boyle's organization
that assists at-risk and formerly gang-involved youth to become
positive and contributing members of society through job placement,
training and education. Father
Boyle has been doing great work giving hope to former gang
members for 20 years, beginning in East Los Angeles.
Their headquarters are not in downtown Los Angeles.
Visit this website and donate whatever you can to this great
cause.
PlazadelaRaza.org-
a private non-profit organization
that provides year round programs in arts education and serves
as an art center and school of performing and visual arts.
Rytmo.org-
Project RYTMO is a project founded in 2003 by CLAMA, a 501(c)3
non-profit organization dedicated to serving youth who desire
a career in music. Located in Anaheim, CA, it's designed
to provide a positive, creative and professional environment
for underserved youth who demonstrate musical, technical and/or
business potential in the arts.
Self-Help
Graphics- a
Chicano community-based visual arts center located in East
Los Angeles.
ElTeatroCampesino.com- official website of the legendary
Chicano theater group, El Teatro Campesino, founded by Luis
Valdez. The video "La Pastorela," in which
my dad plays a small role, and related books and cds are available
on the "tiendita" page.
UFW.org-
website for the United
Farm Workers, the labor organization founded by Cesar Chavez.
CaloNews.com- website about Chicano community, history, and narrative.
Art
BaviGarcia-
facebook
page of Bay Area artist/photographer, Bavi Garcia.
EastLosStreetScapers-
facebook page of East L.A. artists/muralist Wayne Healy and the
East Los Streetscapers, an artists duo of which he is a
member with his fellow artist David Botello.
JamesDeloye-
instagram page of extraordinary artist James De Loye. James
grew up in East L.A. in the 50s and 60s, graduating from Garfield
High School with me in 1967. He has both traditional
and fine art available in many media, including signed prints.
PatssiValdez.com- website
of the pre-eminent Chicana artist, Patssi Valdez. Patssi
did the artwork for the "Lalo Guerrero: The Original
Chicano" CD/DVD and the CD "Canto" by Los Super
Seven. She was also a member of the seminal performance
art group ASCO in the 70s.
Miscellaneous
AmericanSabor-
facebook page of the exhibit,
"American Sabor: Latinos In U.S. Popular Music." This
exhibit began at the Experience Music Project museum in
Seattle, Washington and subsequently travelled to New York,
Miami, San Antonio, Phoenix and other cities before a run at
the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
ArteAmericas-
facebook page of Fresno, California's
Chicano cultural center. "Arte Americas is a cultural arts
and education center, concert venue, and gallery space with a
mission to create a flourishing place for Latino arts in the San
Joaquin Valley."
AzMusicHallofFame.org-
Official website of the Arizona Music & Entertainment
Hall of Fame. Lalo Guerrero was posthumously inducted
on April 17, 2005.
BestBroadwayMusicals.com- website on the history of LGBTQ+ in theater. There would be no Broadway as we know it today without the queer playwrights, directors, actors, and producers who have created many of the most important and successful shows of all time.
BrownPlanet.com-
Musica Latina website. You
can add your favorite Latin music artists, videos, pictures,
and everything else Latin Music related.
CEMA-
website of the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The
archives of several Chicano musical artists, including Lalo
Guerrero and Don Tosti, reside in this archive. The link set to go straight to my dad's (Lalo Guerrero's)
webpage at CEMA.
My brother Dan and I also have
archives at CEMA.
DanGuerrero.com- website for my brother, television executive and producer, Dan Guerrero. He's produced television shows for Paul Rodriguez, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Vikki Carr, and others.
GarageBands-
website page devoted to some '60s hit bands that started as
garage bands including The Kinks, the Ramones, The Velvet
Underground, The Kingsmen, Paul Revere & the Raiders.
All of East L.A.s bands of the 1960s and beyond also started
as garage bands.
Gaytino.com-
official website of my brother Dan's one man show, "Gaytino."
The solo piece is driven by Dan's lifelong friendship with
the late Chicano artist Carlos Almaraz and by our father,
Chicano music legend, Lalo Guerrero. The 90 minute
performance travels through decades of Mexican-American
history and the gay experience from a unique and personal
perspective.
InLakEch-
facebook page
of In
Lak Ech, a performance poetry collective of Xicana multi-media
artists, writers, students, and organizers uniting to tell
Her-story through poetry. Based in Los Angeles, the
six woman group have been performing spoken word, singing
songs, and telling herstory from the concrete jungle of Los
Angeles to the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas.
KarlSandoval.com-
website
of guitar
maker Karl Sandoval. Karl's has built custom guitars
for the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, and ZZ Top.
NuestraFamiliaUnida.com-
website
started by Joseph Puentes to preserve our indigenous oral
and audio history in the form of music, poetry, and stories.
Two of my songs are on the site, "The Days of the Dons"
and "Eldorado."
RanchoMirageMusicPeople.com-
website for the recording studio
of Leon Beckon, located in Rancho Mirage, California (in the
Palm Springs area). Leon is a former drummer and a recording
engineer, who has engineered for Leon Russell and recorded
albums for Trini Lopez and many other rock and jazz artists.
SubstanceAbuseCounselor.org-This comprehensive resource directory provides 40+ vetted organizations supporting substance abuse counselors working with marginalized groups, including BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, incarcerated persons, unhoused populations, youth, and veterans. All resources include direct links to free or low-cost services, mnay of which offer 24/7 crisis support.
You Found That East L.A. Blogspot-
Guy Aversa's "Eastside Sound" blogspot, which has a ton of rare
record label scans and information on many East L.A. bands and
vocal groups of the 1960s.
Radio
Stations and Shows
ChicanoExpress.com- on line radio show of D.J. Crazy
Chuy Hernandez, "The Godfather of Tejano Soul."
crnlive.com-
website of Chicano Radio Network which broadcast 24/7 on line.
Some of its shows are also broadcast on an fm radio network.
CRN plays an eclectic mix of Chicano music.
DubLab.com-
internet radio station that plays a
variety of music. They have an awareness of Chicano music
and the music of East Los Angeles in the 1960s and beyond.
Jimmy Espinoza of Thee Midniters has been a guest and I did a
two hour show on the "Eastside Sound" of the '60s in East L.A.
EastLaRevue.com-
on
line radio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, featuring Frankie
Firme's "The Second Time Around Show." Frankie
plays classic cruising Oldies but Goodies, along with Chicano
and Eastside Sound music.
Djs Crazy "Chuy" Hernandez, Eric "Chico" Manqueros,
and "Musical Routes in Rhythm & Blues" hosted by Tom Morin can also be heard at this
site.
hot103fm- KHQT-FM radio in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
"On a Sunday Afternoon" with host Henry G, 12 to 5 p.m. on
Sundays. Click on hot103fm link to hear the show.
Click here to visit the
station's website.
kxci.org-
facebook page of 91.3 FM, Tucson, Arizona. Wednesdays- "Onda Suave" 8 to 10 p.m., host- Ernesto Portillo,
"Sabor del Barrio" 6 to 8 p.m., hosts Javier & Pepe," and "La
Serenata" 10 to midnight, hosts- Justin Enriquez & Bob Diaz
Mark Guerrero Radio-
Mark's podcast pages that have two different shows, "Chicano
Music Chronicles" and "Rock Doc Chronicles." There are
currently 36 episodes available.
Some of Mark's guests include Trini Lopez, Lonnie Jordan of War,
Louie Perez of Los Lobos, Chris Montez, Pat Vegas of Redbone,
and Ramblin' Jack Elliot. Mark interviews the guests and
plays recordings from their catalogs.
wpmd.org - "Steve Propes 45's Show," host Steve
Propes, Saturday 9 to 11 a.m., Cerritos, California, A
celebration of the 45 rpm record, rhythm & blues, soul and doo
wop, surf, rockabilly, garage, low rider, girl groups, gospel,
rare cuts, and on occasion even the hits.
XispawithTita-
on crnlive.com- "Xispa
With Tita" with host Ariana Gallegos. Bilingual
show specializing in Chicano and Latino Punk Rock, Ska, and
Reggae roots music.
