This page contains "Radio Shows with Mark Guerrero as Guest"
and "Miscellaneous Radio Shows & Sound Bytes."
My "Chicano Music Chronicles" and "Rock Doc Chronicles" radio podcast
archives, where I interview Chicano-related and non-Chicano artists, respectively, and play their
music, can be found on Mark Guerrero Radio at
markguerrero.podbean.com and on the Mark Guerrero Radio page. Click on the links below to
hear the shows on this page.
Radio
Shows with Mark Guerrero as Guest
Mark Guerrero KTDT Downtown Radio Interview (2023)- Tucson, Arizona- Mark is interviewed by Ted Prezelsky aka Tedsky and Pocho Hetman about his music and career. Many of Mark's recordings of his songs are played. Since this show is a rock & rolll show, only Mark's rock songs are played. The interview took place on September 20, 2023. Click hereto hear the interview. (40 minutes 27 seconds)
Mark Guerrero KXCI interview (Spetember 2023)- Tucson, Arizona- Mark is interviewed by Pepe Galvez. Mark's recordings, "Rosalie," "I'm Brown," "On the Boulevard," and "The Streets of East L.A." are played, as well as Mark's version of his father's "Los Chucos Suaves." Click here to hear the interview. (32 minutes 28 seconds)
Mark Guerrero KTDT Downtown Radio Interview (2023)- Tucson, Arizona- Mark is interviewed by Maribel Sosa about his music and career and music of his father, Lalo Guerrero. Many Mark and Lalo songs are played. The interview took place on May 5, 2023. Click hereto hear the interview. (1 hour 53 minutes 36 seconds)
Mark Guerrero KXCI interview (May 2023)- Tucson, Arizona- Mark is interviewed minutes prior to his performance of Lalo Guerrero songs with The Reckless Night Ensemble at the historic Hotel Congress in Tucson, AZ. The interview aired live on May 5, 2023. Click here to hear the interview. (26 minutes 27 seconds)
Mark Guerrero interview with Radio Tecolote (2023)- Berkeley, CA- Mark is interviewed by Julieta about his appearance on a panel on Chicano music at Berkeley City College and his work as a musician and Chicano music historian. The interviewed aired live on April 12, 2023. Click hereto hear the interview. (33 minutes 2 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
interview with East L.A. Revue Internet Radio (2021)- Mark
is interviewed by Robert "Beto" Tijerina about his music and
career. The interview was conducted in July of 2021.
It's also permanently posted at eastlarevue.com. Click hereto
hear the interview. (1 hour 2 minutes 50 seconds)
Mark Guerrero on
"Through Rebel Eyes" Podcast (2021)- Mark is interviewed by
photographer/filmmaker Piero F. Giunti about his music and
career. The podcast was posted on March 10, 2021. Click hereto hear the interview. (2 hours 11 minutes 42 seconds)
Mark Guerrero and
Chan Romero
BBC Merseyside Interview (2018)- "On the Beat"
with Spencer Leigh- recordedJune29, 2018 in
Liverpool, England, aired September 2, 2018. Chan talks
about his music and career and four of his recordings are played
including "The Hippy Hippy Shake." Mark is interviewed
about his first record "Get Your Baby" by Mark & the Escorts and
discusses his father's contribution to Ry Cooder's "Chavez
Ravine" album. Those two recordings are also played.
Click here to hear the interview. (36 minutes 33 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KXCI Interview (2018)- Bob "Pepe" Galvez interview with Mark and
George Landa of Los Nawdy Dawgs broadcast "live" on August 1,
2018 in Tucson, Arizona. Records played and discussed are
Mark's "On the Boulevard," "Get Your Baby," and "Face and
Heart." Also played and discussed are recordings by Los
Nawdy Dawgs, including a rough mix of a new version of Lalo
Guerrero's "Muy Sabroso Blues" with Mark on lead vocal that had
been recorded the night before. Click here to
hear the interview. (54 minutes)
Mark Guerrero
KPFK Interview (2017)- Los Angeles- "Travel Tips From Aztlán" with
Marc Torres- Mark is interviewed about his music and career.
A short segment aired on August 19, 2017 about Mark's early
years with his first teenage band, Mark & the Escorts.
Their first recording, "Get Your Baby" is played. Mark's
1972 Capitol single, "I'm Brown" is also played. The
entire interview was archived on the KPFK website. Click
here
to hear the short KPFK intro (34 seconds) Click here to
hear the interview. (13 minutes 25 seconds)
Mark Guerrero NPR
Interview about Chan Romero and Question Mark (2016)- Mark
contributes comments on a "Latino U.S.A." episode called "Latino
Heroes of Rock & Roll." Chan Romero and Question Mark are
interviewed on the show, which was aired in 2016 and
posted on line. Other Latino artists profiled on the show
were Rob Trujillo of Metallica, Alice Bag, and Carlos
Alomar (David Bowie's right hand man). Click on the
following links to hear the interviews.Chan Interview
(6 minutes 49 seconds), Question Mark Interview (11 minutes 23 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KXCI Interview (2016)- Bob "Pepe" Galvez interview broadcast "live"
on July 27. 2016 in Tucson, AZ. Pepe and Mark discuss the
"Eastside Sound" of the 1960s in East Los Angeles. Pepe
plays various East L.A. classics such as "Farmer John" by
The Premiers, "Land of a Thousand Dances" by Cannibal & the
Headhunters, "That's All" by Thee Midniters, and "Get Your Baby"
by Mark & the Escorts. Also played are "On the Boulevard"
by Mark Guerrero and "Juan Manuel" by Lalo Guerrero.
Click here
to hear the interview. (51 minutes 50 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KXCI Interview (2015)- Bob "Pepe" Galvez interview broadcast "live"
on July 28, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona. Records played and
discussed are Mark's "I'm Brown" and "On the Boulevard" and Lalo
Guerrero's "La Minifalda de Reynalda" and "Elvis Perez on which
Mark played guitar. George Landa of Tucson's Los Nawdy
Dawgs is also interviewed. Click
here
to hear the interview. (33
minutes 5 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KCLA-FM Interview by Pat Vegas of Redbone (2014)- "Chance To
Have It All" with Pat Vegas and Acelabella- July 14, 2014 in
Hollywood, California. Mark's songs "I'm Brown,"
"Pre-Columbian Dream," and "Blood On the Sun" are played.
The show starts after 48 seconds. After you hear the
intro, Mark's interview starts at 34:18. You can drag the
scroll bar to that point. There are several drop outs during
the songs due to technical problems, but there are some
interesting comments during the songs.
Click on the link to hear the
interview on chancetohaveitall.podomatic.com:
Click
here to hear the interview.
(38 minutes 12 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
DubLab.com Interview (2013)- Mark is interviewed by Ganas about
the "Eastside Sound" of the mid-1960s in East Los Angeles.
The show was done "live" on July 15, 2013 and then archived
on the DubLab.com website. Thirty recordings from the
era selected by Mark are played and discussed, along with
information on the musicians, the venues, and the scene.
Hear the interview in two parts.
Part 1- Clickhere (73 minutes 2 seconds) Part 2- Click
here (68 minutes 33
seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KUNM Interview (2013)- "Raices" with Adam Aguirre,
Albuquerque, New Mexico- telephone interview recorded on October
28, 2013. The interview covers many periods of Mark's
career including Mark & the Escorts and the 1960s, his
recordings of the '90s, and working with his father on Ry Cooder's
"Chavez Ravine" album. Click here
to hear the interview. (79 minutes 25 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KUNM Interview (2013)- "Raices" with Adam Aguirre,
Albuquerque, New Mexico- telephone interview recorded on
November 4, 2013. The interview covers the East L.A. music
scene of the 1960s. Click here
to hear the interview. (35 minutes 25 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KUNM Interview (2010)- "Raices" with Adam Aguirre, Albuquerque, New
Mexico- telephone interview recorded on August 18, 2010 and
broadcast September 6, 2010 to promote Mark's upcoming September
25, 2010 performance at El Museo Cultural in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. Hear the interview in two parts. Part 1- Click
here(72 minutes) Part 2- Click
here(46 minutes 7 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
WPMD.org Interview (2009)- "Steve Propes 45s Show"
with Steve Propes- broadcast "live" on October 17,
2009 on wpmd.org from Cerritos College in Cerritos, California.
Steve Propes is a devotee of rhythm & blues, doo wop,
surf, rockabilly, garage, low rider, girl groups, gospel of
the '40s through the '60s, preferably on vinyl. Steve
has also hosted cable TV shows on the subject on which Mark
has also been a guest. On part one, Mark mainly features
the music of Lalo Guerrero. Part two features some of
Mark's early recordings with his first band, Mark & the
Escorts as well as recordings of other East L.A. bands and
vocalists of the 60s. Hear the interview in two parts. Part 1- Click
here (59 minutes 41 seconds) Part 2- Click here (57 minutes 12 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
"Xispa con Tita" Interview (2008)- "Xispa con
Tita" with Ariana "Tita" Gallegos, interview
via cell phone broadcast "live" on February 3, 2008
on Radio Hispana 1470 am, which covers an area from Oceanside,
California down to Rosarito, Mexico, as well as on the internet
at crnlive.com. Mark talks about his and his father's
music, as well as his own music and work to promote Chicano
music and conserve its history. Mark's 1972 recording
of "I'm Brown" is played at the end of the show.
Click here to
hear the interview. (26 minutes 32 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
LuxuriaMusic.com Interview (2008)- "Riot On the Sunset Strip"
with Dominic Priore- broadcast "live" on February
24, 2008 on luxuriamusic.com from Los Angeles, California.
Priore is the author of several books, including one with
the same title as his radio show. The first hour of
music and interview was not recorded. Hear the second
hour, which is about Chicano rockers and the "Eastside
Sound" of the 1960s and features recordings by Mark's
60s bands Mark & the Escorts, The Men From S.O.U.N.D.,
and Nineteen Eighty Four. Click
here
to hear the interview.
(63 minutes 59 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
"Xispa con Tita" Interview #2 (2008)- "Xispa con
Tita" with Ariana "Tita" Gallegos, interview
via cell phone broadcast "live" on March 23, 2008
on Radio Hispana 1470 am and crn.live.com. Tita interviews
Mark about Chicano culture and the need to preserve the radio
shows that play Chicano music and to create more.
Click here
to hear the interview. (6 minutes and 34
seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KBCS Interview #2 (2008)- "Musica de La Raza- Aztlán to
El Barrio" with Patty Fong, "live" by telephone
to the station in Seattle, Washington on June 7, 2008.
We talk about the East L.A. music scene of the '60s.
Patty plays my recordings "I'm Brown," "The
Ballad of Carlos Almaraz," and "I'm a Human,"
and "Oh Yeah Whittier" by The Impalas. Mark
also talks about the late great Chicano visual artist, Carlos
Almaraz. Click here to
hear the interview. (40 minutes 57 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KQED Interview (2008)- Northern California Public Broadcasting
"California Report"- July 25, 2008. Mark is
interviewed about his father's song "Chicas Patas Boogie"
as it relates to the state of California. Mark also
talks about caló (pachuco slang) and some of the problems
Lalo had trying to break into the English language music market.
Click here
to hear the interview. (3 minutes 53 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KUCR Interview #3 (2008)- Pablo "Tripp" Treviño show-
short "live" interview on November 7, 2008 promoting
the "Trini Lopez Presents Latin Music Legends" television
taping at the Orpheum Theater in L.A.Clickhere to
hear the interview. (3 minutes 33 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KBCS Interview (2007)- "Musica de La Raza- Aztlán to El
Barrio" with Patty Fong, "live" by telephone
to the station in Seattle, Washington on November 17, 2007.
We talk about the "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular
Music" exhibit at the Experience Music Project Museum
in Seattle for which I was a consultant. Click here to
hear the interview. (19 minutes 5 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
BBC Merseyside Interview #2 (2006)- "On the Beat" with
Spencer Leigh- "live" broadcast July 15, 2006
in Liverpool, England. Subject of show, the music of
George Harrison. In studio guests Ian Kennedy and Mark
Guerrero. Also features in studio "live" solo
acoustic performances by Mark Guerrero. Click the link
to hear the interview: Part 1- Click here (52 minutes 19 seconds) Part 2- Click here (56 minutes 49 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
NPR Interview (2005)- National Public Radio "All Things
Considered"- "live" by telephone on March 18,
2005, the day after the passing of Mark's dad, Lalo Guerrero.
The interview aired nationally. Click here to
hear the interview. (3 minutes 37 seconds)
Mark and Dan
Guerrero KPFK Interview (2005)- "Global Village" with
Maggie Lapique- broadcast "live" on May 9, 2005
at KFPK radio in Studio City, California. World music
expert Betto Arcos also participated in studio. Mark
& Dan discuss and play music from the career of their
father, the late Lalo Guerrero. Two and a half hours
in three parts: (Part one begins with an interesting
50 second promo for KPFK's classic rhythm & blues show,
"Rhapsody in Black.") Part 1- Click here (66 minutes 8 seconds)
Part 2- Clickhere (48 minutes 46
seconds) Part 3- Click here (25 minutes 51 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
CRN Live Interview (2005)- The Chicano Radio Network (crnlive.com)
with Frank Miranda, recorded July 8, 2005. Interview
about the life and career of Lalo Guerrero. Click here to
hear interview. (62 minutes 54 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KXCI Interview #2 (2005)- "Onda Suave" with Ernesto
"Neto" Portillo, recorded on July 26, 2005 in Tucson,
Arizona. Topics of the interview: Mark Guerrero's
current band project and Lalo Guerrero and his participation
on Ry Cooder's "Chavez Ravine" record. Click
here to
hear interview. (19 minutes 28 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
BBC Merseyside Interview (2004)- "On the Beat"
with Spencer Leigh- recordedDecember 12,
2004 in Liverpool, England, aired February 12, 2005.
Also features in studio "live" solo acoustic performances by
Mark Guerrero. Click here
to hear the interview. (25 minutes 21 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KUCR Interview #2 (2003)- "The Beto Man Show"
with Roberto Tijerina- recorded October 25, 2003. Click
here to
hear the interview. (45 minutes 43 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KXCI Interview (2002)- Broadcast "live" on October
6, 2002 in Tucson, Arizona. Also features in studio
"live" performances by Mark's band, Mark Guerrero
& Radio Aztlán. Click here to
hear the interview. (21 minutes 58 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KUCR Interview (2001)- "The Beto Man Show" with Roberto
Tijerina- recorded and aired in Riverside, California in
2001. Click here to
hear the interview. (31 minutes 4 seconds)
Mark Guerrero
KCSN Interview (1980)- "La Voz Latina" with Jason
Carlos Johansen- program #1 recorded on August 24, 1980- program
#2 recorded August 31, 1980. Both shows were recorded
at the radio station at California State University at Northridge.
The shows also feature several Mark Guerrero demo and studio
recordings. Program #1 (30 minutes 26 seconds)
Program
#2 (29 minutes 58 seconds)
Miscellaneous
Radio Shows & Sound Bytes
Arty Davies
Interview about Mark Guerrero and Chan Romero in Liverpool-
Arty Davies, who played drums with Mark & Chan on four
shows in Liverpool, England in June of 2018, talks about the
experience on "Lanky Beat Live," a Liverpool radio show, on
June 3, 2019. A live version of Chan and the band
playing "The Hippy Hippy Shake" is also played. The
band included Chan Romero (lead vocal and guitar), Mark
Guerrero (lead guitar), George Eccles (rhythm guitar),
Ritchie Ballard (bass), Frank Hopley (piano), and Arty
Davies (drums). Arty Davies
2019 Lanky Beat Live Interview (9 minutes 10 seconds)
Billy Cardenas
NPR Interview on the 50th Anniversary of "Farmer John"-
The interview took place on August 7, 2014 and aired on
August 10, 2014.
Billy Cardenas 2014 NPR Interview on an NPR page that includes
text of the interview and versions of "Farmer John" by The
Premiers, Don & Dewey, and Neil Young via you tube. (7
minutes 6 seconds)
Ry Cooder Interview
on working with Lalo Guerrero on the "Chavez Ravine"
CD- From an interview with Ry Cooder by Dan Buckley for
the Tucson Citizen newspaper in 2005. Ry Cooder 2005
Interview (4 minutes 5 seconds)
The Godfrey Show
on KTYM 1966- Excerpt from Godfrey's popular Los Angeles
radio show of the mid-sixties. Godfrey's show was very
popular in East Los Angeles. He played many of the recordings
of the East L.A. bands of the era and was part of the scene
in East L.A.'s golden age. In this clip, Godfrey is
publicizing a dance at St. Alphonsus Auditorium in East L.A.,
where my band, The Men From S.O.U.N.D., happened to be on
the bill with The Olympics of "Hully Gully" fame,
Little Willie G. & Thee Midniters and others. Godfrey
KTYM 1966 (1 minute 26 seconds)
Frankie
"Cannibal" Garcia- Excerpt of a radio interview with
Cannibal where he talks about how he came up with the na na na
na na intro for "Land of a Thousand Dances." Frankie
"Cannibal" Garcia (1 minute 51 seconds)
Don Tosti
Interview by Mark Guerrero- July 2, 1998- Mark interviewed
Don Tosti on a small audio cassette recorder for the article
about Tosti on his website. Don talks about his life and
career six years before his passing in 2004. Dont Tosti
1998 Interview (49 minutes 57 seconds)
Art Brambila on
KPFK-FM 1971- Chicano producer/manager of Tierra, Yaqui, and
Mark Guerrero in 1972 is a guest discussing his current projects
and playing demos by Geree Gonzalez and Steve & Rudy Salas.
Art
Brambila 1971 KPFK-FM Interview (1 hour 23 seconds)
Art Brambila on
KTTV's "Let's Rap" 1972 (audio)- Art Brambila is interviewed
by host Alicia Sandoval about the upcoming "Feria de La Raza" event at Cal State L.A.,
which took place on September 17, 1972. The concert, which
Brambila promoted, included El Chicano, Tierra, Mark Guerrero
with the Mudd Brothers, Carmen Moreno, and Elijah.Art
Brambila 1972 KTTV Interview (10 minutes 19 seconds)
Joe Ortiz on
"Impact" on KLOS radio 1972- Joe Ortiz uses Mark Guerrero's
"I'm Brown" as the theme song for his radio show. Clickhere to hear sound
byte #1 (9 seconds) and
here for sound
byte #2 (26 seconds)
Yaqui "Live" on
KCET television 1972 (audio)- East L.A. Chicano rock band,
Yaqui performs a "live" seven song set. Yaqui was managed
by Art Brambila, who also managed Mark Guerrero and Tierra at
the time. Yaqui Live
KCET TV Concert (28 minutes 48 seconds)
Mark Guerrero,
Tierra, Yaqui on KLOS radio 1972- All three artists appeared
on "Impact" with host Joe Ortiz. Art Brambila who managed
all three artists at the time was also on the show talking about
the purpose and goals of his Brown Bag Productions. Two
songs by each artist are played, including three classic songs
with social and political overtones, Mark's "I'm Brown,"
Tierra's "Barrio Suite," and Yaqui's "It's Time For a Change
("Es Tiempo Para Un Cambio." Musicians interviewed are
Mark Guerrero, Art Sanchez and Eddie Serrano of Yaqui, and Steve
Salas of Tierra. Click Mark Guerrero,
Tierra and Yaqui 1972 KLOS Interview (49 minutes 2 seconds)
Bobby Navarette
of Tierra KCSB-FM Santa Barbara radio interview c. 1981-
Bobby is interviewed at the height of Tierra's success when
their hit song "Together" was on the charts. The interview
gives a glimpse of what life was with Tierra during this time
period. Click
Bobby Navarette KCSB-FM Interview (19 minutes 54
seconds)
Mark
Guerero Radio
My "Chicano Music
Chronicles" radio podcast
archives, where I interview Chicano-related artists and play their
music, can be found on Mark Guerrero Radio at
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Music Chronicles page.
