Trio Los Panchos

[JSngry]

Well, I am! Que romantico!

Don't know squat about'em though, so if you got something to add, bring it on!

[kh1958]

Well, I am! Que romantico!

Don't know squat about'em though, so if you got something to add, bring it on!

I don't know them, but I have sort of grown to like the style of Trios from Mexico and Cuba--the singing is sometimes too much for me, but the guitar playing is usually really nice.

[JSngry]

Up, for our guest!

[Late]

They made at least two records with Eydie Gorme that were (in full, in part?) reissued on this compact disc:

I actually really like this CD, even if it borders on a "cocktail" sound at times. Regardless, it's a lot of fun, is well-recorded, and is very much worth checking out if your ears don't have huge expectations. (Gorme sings in Spanish throughout, which is a plus for me.)

[JSngry]

This is stuff that is unabashedly full-blown sentimentally romantic. Not for hardasses, coots, bastards, or anybody else who needs to feel "in control" at all times to get a hard-on. Otherwise, combine Trio Los Panchos with some wine, a good sunset, and the one you love, then go for what comes natural. It's a good thing, it is.

[Late]

This is stuff that is unabashedly full-blown sentimentally romantic. Not for hardasses, coots, bastards, or anybody else who needs to feel "in control" at all times to get a hard-on. Otherwise, combine Trio Los Panchos with some wine, a good sunset, and the one you love, then go for what comes natural. It's a good thing, it is.

Then you better get the Gorme disc.

[JSngry]

I already have 4 Los Panchos cassettes purchased at a truck stop, including one where they interpret the songs of Ernesto Lecuona. Adding Gorme to the mix might be overkill.

I do have this one, though, w/arrangements by a young Eumir Deodato:

Not bad.

[Aggie87]

Jim -

THey'll be playing Austin's One World Theatre on Saturday, 1 September. Plenty of time to put it on your calendar!

[Shrdlu]

Well, of all the groups, JS!

I love the trio. Just about our first family LP when I was a kid was their Columbia album "Canciones del Corazón". We played it to death, just about. They are very musical (and isn't that what it's all about?) and the song selection on that album is excellent. Everything about it is just perfect. I don't think there's a CD of the album. A couple of years back, I got another copy of the LP off eBay for my Mom's birthday. The cover is very colorful, too. Reid Miles would have been proud of it.

[JSngry]

Is this the cover?

or this one?

Probably not this one:

Leave it to our friends the Japanese:

http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~tripan/

http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~tripan/tripanLpcd.html

They're coming to Austin? Jeez, I figured they'd be dead by now...

They must have the same manager as The Platters....

Edited April 5, 2007 by JSngry

[Shrdlu]

This is the cover

It was in that second link that you gave.

[JSngry]

Wow, it's kinda got a Cruisin' vibe to it, eh?

[kh1958]

Is this the cover?

or this one?

Probably not this one:

Leave it to our friends the Japanese:

http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~tripan/

http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~tripan/tripanLpcd.html

They're coming to Austin? Jeez, I figured they'd be dead by now...

They must have the same manager as The Platters....

Listening to a compilation CD set of Los Panchos this morning (Columbia recordings on Mexican Sony), and with a little investigation, it seems the group was founded in 1944 by Alfredo Gil (with the group until 1981, died 1999), Chucho Navarro (with the group until his death in 1993), and Hernando Alviles. The third member changed at various times over the years.

Apparently there is more than one Los Panchos performing today, with somewhat tenuous connections to the real group.

The New York Times obituary of Alredo Gil:

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/16/arts/alf...latin-trio.html

Alfredo Gil, 84, Member of Popular Latin Trio

By JULIA PRESTON

Published: Thursday, September 16, 1999

Alfredo Bojalil Gil, whose mellifluous guitar added honey to the sweet sound of the Latin trio Los Panchos, died on Friday at his Mexico City home. He was 84.

Mr. Gil, who was known by his nickname, El Guero, which means fair-haired in Mexican Spanish, was the last surviving member of the singing group.

He was born on Jan. 5, 1915, into a musical family in a musical land, the Gulf state of Veracruz. But to find recognition he had to travel to New York and its Latin nightclubs. On May 14, 1944, the trio made its debut with Mr. Gil on guitar and another Mexican, Jesus Navarro, known as Chucho, singing harmonies. The heart-melting lead voice belonged a tenor from Puerto Rico, Hernando Aviles.

Mr. Gil said they agreed to call the group Trio Los Panchos after the Mexican revolutionary, Pancho Villa, who they assumed would be well-known outside of Mexico.

...

To lighten and smooth the group's sound, Mr. Gil chose to play a small guitar with a pleasing hum, a requinto. The instrument he pioneered became essential for romantic troubadour trios.

Los Panchos made more than 300 records, ... and appeared in some 50 Mexican films. Their recordings have continued to sell tens of thousands of copies each year. While the lead singer frequently changed, Mr. Gil remained with the group until he retired in 1981.

[Shrdlu]

Nice to see this up again!

I was in a Mex restaurant in Albuquerque a few weeks ago (some name like Guardino's), and we were treated to a delightful quartet playing in this vein. I had a chat with them, and when they knew I do Latin percussion, they let me join in on their cowbell. It was a very unexpected pleasure.

[kh1958]

Curiously, many of the cuts on the CD set I have, even though an apparently legitimate release by Sony in Mexico, seem to be needle drops.

The lead guitar work by Alfredo Gil I assume is wonderful in any case.

[JSngry]

Calling Helen O'Connell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeIkAsCgR90...feature=related