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Valerio Longoria“Caballo Viejo”CD/CASS 336
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Buy It Now!
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Valerio Longoria - accordion & vocals, and his conjunto.
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) 1. Me Vas A Olvidar 2. El Canoero 3. Pa' Que Me Sirve La Vida 4. Por Retenerte 5. La Repetida 6. Alza La Cara 7. Jacinto Ramos 8. Caballo Viejo 9. Negra Traicion 10. Ojos Verde Mar 11. El Polquerito 12. El Arrancate 13. El Zoquetal 14. Alas Quebradas 15. El Troquero 16. Esa Mujer 17. El Lucero 18. Estoy Perdido 19. Negro Destino |
REVIEW “Traditional conjunto gleams on Mr. Longoria's `Caballo Viejo.' Though Mr. Longoria, who now lives in San Antonio, is known as an innovator among other things, he helped introduce Columbian Cumbias to conjunto the music he and his band play is much more traditional than that played by younger conjunto bands, which trade accordions for synthesizers. Yet Mr. Longoria still keeps an eye on more commercial pop music.Mr. Longoria has played from Miami to Chicago to Canada, anywhere that Texan and Mexican migrant workers go looking for jobs. To make sure he's invited back, Mr. Longoria, like any band that works bars, has diversified. On the record, he and his group Mr. Longoria on accordion, his son Valerio Jr. on bajo sexto (12-string guitar), another son Flavio on alto sax and Valerio 4th on drums play rancheras, cumbias, boleros, polkas and redovas, reflecting the makeup of Texas in the early 1800s: Americans, Mexicans and German immigrants. Though he can sing in English, the songs, mostly about love, are all in Spanish; but his audience, Americans, understand them just fine.” (Peter Watrous — New York Times) |
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“Valerio Sr. is a superb and lyrical master of his accordion (a 3-row melodeon as per the regional norm), and duets with son Flavio's sax display formidable technique and understanding. He also rattles off a clutch of finger-lickin' instrumentals with the band stripped down to let the accordion shine. Add to that his vocal talents, shared by both sons, and the facility with which Flavio and grandson Valerio IV swap sax and drum kit for a turn at the accordion, and it's clearly a fairly remarkable ensemble.”
(Brian Peters — Folk Roots) |
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