May 4 - Show #52

Theme: Chin chon chow – Louie Ramírez

Song-Artist-Album-Label

Tequila – The Champs – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

Taco Wagon – Dick Dale and His Del-Tones – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

La cucaracha – Mexicali Brass – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

The lonely bull – The Ventures – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

Cielito lindo – Dave Brubeck Quartet – Bravo! Brubeck! – Legacy/Sony

El cuchipe – Los Lobos – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

El clavo y la cruz – The Plugz – Repo Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – MCA

Adiós México – Texas Tornados – Texas Tornados – Reprise Records

La conquistadora – The Krayolas – La Conquistadora – Box Records

Nostalgia de México – Dave Brubeck Quartet – Bravo! Brubeck! – Legacy/Sony

Mexican hat dance – Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill – Spanish Rice – Impulse!

Tequila – Bill McElhiney & His Orchestra – Compilation Latin Jazz – Verve

South of the border – Wes Montgomery – Compilation Mambo Mania Talkin’ Verve – Verve

Mambo de las brujas – The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

A man and a woman – Chico O’Farrill – Compilation Mambo Mania Talkin’ Verve – Verve

Mambocito mío – Illinois Jacket – Compilation ¡Viva Margarita! – Rock River-Universal Music

Curação – Cal Tjader – Compilation Mambo Mania Talkin’ Verve – Verve

Nefertiti – Nicola Conte – Other Directions – Blue Note

Kind of sunshine – Nicola Conte – Other Directions – Blue Note

Liberalia – Vincent Geminiani – Compilation The Mood Mosaic 7-“The new shapes of
sound” – Partners in Crime

Llegando a la capital – Jaime Delgado Aparicio – El Embajador y Yo Original Motion Soundtrack Picture – Vampisoul

Kamasutra – Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab – Vampyros Lesbos Original Motion Soundtrack Picture – Crippled Dick Hot Wax Records

Soul Nuevo – Sexteto Electrónico Moderno – Sounds from the Elegant World-Groovy Night Club Music from Uruguay 1968-71 – Vampisoul


Highlights of the show:

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo! 'Latin Soul' couldn´t just let this important date pass by, and had more than half the show filled with Mexican spirit oriented music. Most of the songs came from a party album that you may find commented next.



¡Viva Margarita! Williams-Sonoma Drink Companion Series is a compilation that you may probably find in many used CD stores around the country, as well as accompanying a series of guides on drinks. The CD is produced by Williams-Sonora, and was distributed by Universal in 2004. Regarding music, it offers an unusual good collection of both Afro-Cuban and Mexicanish surf music. If you want a Latin musical party background, or give some musical context to your Cinco de Mayo, with no changing of CDs all the time, this may be your album. Renown artists such as Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Beny Moré, Chico O'Farrill can be found in Afro-Cuban lot, bringing tons of rhythms with their “descargas” and mambos. On the Mexicanish side, surf music by The Venturas, the famous tune “Tequila” by The Champs, Dick Dale and His Del-Tones; along with Mexicali Brass, ending the whole piece with “El cuchipe” by Los Lobos. Sumarizing, good music for good times of celebration.