Ray Barretto- A Deeper Shade of Soul (Fania 1968)
Greetings! Hello again, hope all is well in your corner of the globe. We are back in full force now with the blog, and returning to our regular posts now that the holiday season is over. As mentioned...
View ArticleRafael Duran y Omega-Pow Pow (Mr. G 1973)
Greetings fellow shakers, thought I should spice it up a bit with some Texas-flavored latin soul for this week”s post. To be more precise, this record seems to fall more in line with the guajira...
View ArticleSoul Apollo w/ Fredrick Clarke-Chombo Pa' La Tienda (Loyola 1969)
Time to time we come across our most prized findings in the oddest of places, sometimes buried under our noses. Today”s post is a shining example of how rare and otherwise expensive records are...
View ArticleDanny & The Tejanos – Mustard Greens (Tear Drop) 1966
Straight from San Antonio, Danny & The Tejanos show us some chicano funk with their instrumental “Mustard Greens.” The Tejanos had a small discography starting with San Antonio’s Pa-Go-Go label;...
View ArticleSonny Ace & the Twisters – Stand By Love (Cobra) 1964
San Antonio has been known for it’s wide array of musical tones, some have come to know this genre as The West Side Sound. This sound has an amazing conglomerate of influences ranging from blues, rock...
View ArticleSol-Maranatha (GCP 1975)
Greetings all, this week I”m hauling in some Chicano jazz-funk from the seemingly endless musical depths of San Antonio, TX. Released in “75, bandleader/keyboardist/trombonist Joe Gallardo and Sol...
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