Posted by Ray Flores Again thanks for your help. Ray Flores
on 10/23/2006, 2:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Los Alegres De Teran... THIS IS WHAT I FOUND"
165.201.162.184
Frank, thanks for the update. Those two performers were pretty great. I would have liked to have seen them in person, but the albums will have to speak for themselves.
Kansas
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: In looking in some old boxes I found some
: recordings of Los Alegres De Teran. I
: remember my parents playing those old 78's
: and 33's. It is a style that is no more.
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: Does anyone have any information about them?
: I think the accordion player has passed on.
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: Does anyone know when he passed and what
: year? How about the other person? What was
: his name?
:
: Just asking as I have many old records. My
: parents use to just sit and listen to them.
: What a style they had.
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: RPF in Kansas
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: Led by accordionist Eugenio Abrego and bajo
: sexto player Tomás Ortiz, Los Alegres de
: Terán led the way for intricate duo
: harmonies within the norteño style of
: Mexican music. The group was formed in Nuevo
: León when Abrego and Ortiz met at a club in
: the mid-'40s, but moved around the area to
: Monterrey, Reynosa, and finally the border
: town of McAllen, TX.
: Beginning with their first record, 1948's
: "Corrido de Pepito," the group
: pioneered rich, harmonic norteño corridos
: and rancheras, along with Los Cadetes de
: Linares and Los Tremendos Gavilanes. They
: recorded over a hundred LPs and had hits
: with many songs, including "Carta
: Jugada," "Alma Enamorada,"
: and "Entre Copa y Copa." The band
: also indulged in cross-marketing moves,
: including a spot on the bill at the first
: Polka Festival, held in Chicago during the
: mid-'60s, and an appearance in several
: movies, notably, the 1961 melodrama
: Pueblito, directed by Emilio "El
: Indio" Fernández. Los Alegres de Terán
: were inducted into the Tejano Conjunto Hall
: of Fame in 1983, though Abrego passed away
: five years later. ~ John Bush, All Music
: Guide
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