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MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – DALE VILLAVICENCIO

https://youtu.be/64y7c8_U81E?si=L0O2gsiivRd5CVt3 Mark Guerrero interviews percussionist Dale Villavicencio, who played in Tierra with Rudy Salas for 21 years. He is now a member of Tierra Legacy … [Read more...]

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December 26, 2025 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES- SAL RODRIGUEZ

https://youtu.be/gPwYPBU41l0?si=-y8rovERhVL3-M6n Mark Guerrero interviews drummer/percussionist Sal Rodriguez, who has been playing drums and percussion with War for the last 34 years. He was also … [Read more...]

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December 11, 2025 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – MARTHA GONZALEZ

This week Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter/percussionist/educator Martha Gonzalez of the band Quetzal, who have eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock … [Read more...]

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August 3, 2024 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – QUETZAL FLORES

This week Mark Guerrero visits with guitarist and founding member of the band Quetzal, Quetzal Flores. The band has eight albums to their credit. They call themselves an East L.A. Chican@ rock group, … [Read more...]

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July 12, 2024 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – GEORGE DELGADO

This week Mark Guerrero welcomes George Delgado, guitarist and founding member of The Premiers, the first East L.A. band to have a national hit record. "Farmer John" reached #19 in 1964. They … [Read more...]

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May 10, 2024 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – JOE ESPINOSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aRmGZmRRcw This week Mark Guerrero's East LA Music Stories interviews Joe Espinosa, bassist, who was a member of Marcy & the Imperials and The Village Callers … [Read more...]

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January 19, 2024 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST LA MUSIC STORIES – FRED RIVERA

In this episode of Mark Guerrero's East Los Angeles Stories, Mark visits with Fred Rivera, bassist with East L.A. bands The Saints, Eddie James (aka Edward James Olmos) & the Pacific Ocean, and … [Read more...]

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December 9, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES JOHN VALENZUELA

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews guitarist/singer John Valenzuela, who was in Leon & the Leisures and The Cassinos in the 60s and played with Mark Guerrero from 1971 through '74 in The … [Read more...]

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October 21, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES ERNIE HERNNDEZ

This week's East Los Angeles Music Stories features Ernie Hernández. Ernie has a long association with host Mark Guerrero. He played drums in all of Mark Guerrero's bands from 1963 through 1974, Mark … [Read more...]

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October 13, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – DANNY DIAZ

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews guitarist Danny Diaz, who starting in the early 60s played with the East L.A. bands Sal Chico, The Showmen, The Carpetbaggers (with Edward James Olmos), … [Read more...]

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June 30, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – MIKE AVERSA

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews Mike Aversa, founding member and leader of two popular East L.A. bands of the 1960s, Mickey & the Invaders and Dyna-Might. Mickey & the Invaders … [Read more...]

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May 20, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S LA MUSIC STORIES – ORLANDO ZAMORA

This week Mark Guerrero interviews Orlando Zamora, founding member of the East L.A. band of the early 60s, The Sportsmen. Zamora also played in a band with renowned actor Edward James Olmos who was … [Read more...]

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April 8, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – MAX UBALLEZ

Mark Guerrero interviews Max Uballez- founder, leader, singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter of the pioneering East L.A. band of the 60s, The Romancers. This band influenced many of the East L.A. … [Read more...]

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March 24, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – THE DELGADO BROTHERS

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews Bobby & Joey Delgado of The Delgado Brothers Band, a blues-based band who have five albums to their credit.  Some of the stories covered:  Two of their … [Read more...]

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February 17, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – TOM BRAY

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews trumpet player Tom Bray about his career, which included being a member of East L.A. bands who recorded for major labels, The Evergreen Blues in the late … [Read more...]

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February 3, 2023 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. STORIES – BOBBY AVILA

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews musician Bobby Avila, who went from having a troubled and difficult youth, which included juvenile hall and being homeless as a teenager, to having a musical … [Read more...]

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November 4, 2022 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST LOS ANGELES MUSIC STORIES – GEORGE OCHOA

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews singer/songwriter George Ochoa whose history includes being a member of the Slauson Brothers, The Men from SOUND, Cannibal & the Headhunters, Olde Tyme … [Read more...]

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August 27, 2022 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST LOS ANGELES MUSIC STORIES GEREE GONZALEZ

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews Geree (Geraldine Gonzalez), the great R&B, Latin, and pop vocalist who has sung with some of the best bands to emerge from East Los Angeles, including … [Read more...]

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August 20, 2022 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – LAWRENCE PEREZ

Singer/songwriter Mark Guerrero interviews guitarist Lawrence Perez, leader of the 1960s East L.A. band, The Premiers, who had a national hit record in 1964, "Farmer John." … [Read more...]

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September 10, 2022 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES – ANTHONY BARAY

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nsCZ14Fsvkw Songwriter, performer and musician Mark Guerrero has initiated a new podcast,  East Los Angeles Music Stories, in which he interviews key figures in the … [Read more...]

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June 25, 2022 by wpengine

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – STEVE SALAS

This month's Chicano Music Chronicles features renowned musician, performer and singer Steve Salas, co-founder of the legendary Eastside band, Tierra. Steve Salas was born and raised in Lincoln … [Read more...]

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April 2, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.30.26 ALEJANDRO DÍAZ AT RUIZ-HEALY ART GALLERY

January 29, 2026 By wpengine

Alejandro Díaz, A Latino Texan-New Yorker Exhibits at Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery. Texas native Alejandro Díaz developed an artistic practice over thirty-five years grounded in the bicultural and visual mix of South Texas and Mexico, with formative ties to Mexico City in the early 1990s. He is known for multi-media work: cardboard signs, neon, sculpture, furniture, […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.30.26 NO PORK ON FRIDAYS – A DUAL CULTURAL LEGACY

January 29, 2026 By wpengine

The Rio Grande has long been more than a river dividing nations; it has been a meeting place of cultures, faiths, and hidden legacies.  Along its banks, towns in northern Mexico and South Texas became home to families who carried with them traditions that were not always spoken aloud.  Among these were crypto-Jews—descendants of Sephardic […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.24.26 TWO MEXICAN FILM GREATS

January 24, 2026 By wpengine

During the 1940s and 1950s, two of the well-known Mexican actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema that I would see on the big screen at the Cine Azteca in the Barrio El Azteca were Arturo de Córdova and René Cardona.  The Cine Azteca was located at 311 Lincoln Street and was situated in the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.24.26 CHICANO AND MEXICAN ART AT MCNAY MUSEUM

January 24, 2026 By wpengine

The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 as Texas’s first modern art museum, occupies Marion Koogler McNay’s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in San Antonio. The museum is situated on 24 landscaped acres, featuring courtyards, a fish pond, and a beautiful nature garden. The museum’s collection of over 20,000 artworks showcases 19th- and 20th-century European and […]

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