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Santiago Jiménez, Jr. y su conjunto“El Corrido De Esequiel Hernández”
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Buy It Now!
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Santiago Jiménez Jr. - accordion & lead vocal, Victor Mermea - bajo sexto & second voice, Rufus MartĚnez - drums, Ruben Valle - bass
This album features EL CORRIDO DE ESEQUIEL HERNANDEZ (La Tragedia De Redford, Texas) the true story of a real tragedy which took place in Redford in May of 1997 when the young Texas high school student, Esequiel Hernandez was killed, by a US Marine, while herding his goats. The killing was the result of our largely misdirected “War on Drugs” under which the US government had sent armed troops to the Mexican border.
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) 1. El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez 2. Dios Me Nego 3. Polka Potpourri 4. El Mal Querido 5. Amor Ingrato 6. El Alacran 7. Amor A Lo Lijero 8. El Corrido De Un Borreguero 9. Un Dia En Chihuahua 10. Chiquitita |
REVIEWS “Santiago, Jr., has made his reputation by sticking to the old ways... But [in] the title track... which celebrates the corrido tradition, in which the song commentary focuses on a real event - he leaps beyond faithful reproduction to deliver a gritty telling of the death of the teenage goat-herder who was shot near the town of Redford two years ago by Marines. It's a whole 'nother perspective than what you've read in the newspaper, which is precisely what a corrido is supposed to be. It's also a fine lead-in to an inspired collection of romantic love songs, bouncy polkas, cumbias, and rancheras so compelling that it's almost enough to make one forget Junior's older brother, Flaco...”(Joe Nick Patoski — Texas Monthly) |
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“... a career album that not only demonstrates the great accordion king's genre-defining talents, it also encapsulates the San Antonio native's highlight-filled, 40-year career in one confident flourish, while also promising more triumphs to come.”
(Raoul Hernandez — The Austin Chronicle) |
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