I attended Bobby Espinosa's memorial service this past weekend. It was a very nice service with the church filled to capacity. It was a "who's who" of ELA musicians and other musicians who were influenced by El Chicano. It was awesome to be around all of these great musicians whose records I bought when I was young and learned to play the guitar by listening to the records. I was able to catch up with my friend and mentor Rudy Salas, leader of the group Tierra. After the service, we went to Steven's steak house and got the chance to see members of El Chicano and Tierra pay Bobby Espinosa a musical tribute. What a special time and what better way to remember Bobby. I will remember that and I will remember the words spoken by the priest who conducted the service, also a musician from back in the day, who asked all the musicians present to "keep the music alive." That's right, we need to keep our music alive and that is why I am working on putting "Brotherhood" together again. Look out here [...]
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We in the band Brotherhood are very sadden with the passing of El Chicano icon Bobby Espinosa. We learn to play music through El Chicano and got lost in the Latin Rock vibe because of them. We had the honor of playing with them several times and he was always a true mentor. His B3 Hammond sound will truly be missed and I for one will continue to keep the music of El Chicano alive by continuing to play some of their hits. Viva El Chicano and Viva Bobby Espinosa!! God bless you and your family Bobby.
Hi everyone,
We are going to be adding new tunes for our next gig at the SM Moose. The songs will be danceable and some will be rockin'. We hope that you all can make it. So far we have been having a good time playing at the SM Moose. We had a good crowd at the last gig, which motivates us to keep learning more songs and make our presentation better! Hope to see you all at the gig.
Moe
We are going to be adding new tunes for our next gig at the SM Moose. The songs will be danceable and some will be rockin'. We hope that you all can make it. So far we have been having a good time playing at the SM Moose. We had a good crowd at the last gig, which motivates us to keep learning more songs and make our presentation better! Hope to see you all at the gig.
Moe
Hi everyone,
Well, we played our first gig of the year last Friday at the Santa Monica Moose Lodge. We had a good turnout and the band played great. We all had a good time! I used a sub bass player named Danny Delgadillo that night and he did a great job for us with no rehearsal, as my regular bass player was on vacation. We are looking forward to playing as much as we can this year and thank God for the opportunity to play music. Talk to you all real soon and I looking forward to hearing from you all! Also, I hope to get Brotherhood (big band) going strong this year so be on the look out for Brotherood gigs this year.
Jose
Well, we played our first gig of the year last Friday at the Santa Monica Moose Lodge. We had a good turnout and the band played great. We all had a good time! I used a sub bass player named Danny Delgadillo that night and he did a great job for us with no rehearsal, as my regular bass player was on vacation. We are looking forward to playing as much as we can this year and thank God for the opportunity to play music. Talk to you all real soon and I looking forward to hearing from you all! Also, I hope to get Brotherhood (big band) going strong this year so be on the look out for Brotherood gigs this year.
Jose