Raúl Hernández

Not to end up being confused using a classical/opera vocalist who’s also named Raúl Hernández, the Raúl Hernández profiled within this bio is a Mexican superstar who’s best-known for his a long time with los Tigres del Norte, one of the most exciting and legendary rings in the annals of norteño music (also called conjunto or Tex-Mex). The experienced vocalist (who has bass, electric guitar, and accordion) will not execute norteño solely; on his single projects from the ‘90s and 2000s, Hernández in addition has explored various other Mexican styles such as for example banda, mariachi, and ranchera. But norteño, which fuses Mexican ranchera using the polka defeat that German immigrants taken to Texas way back when, is the design that place Hernández in the map and produced him well-known in the local Mexican market. Delivered in Mexico, Hernández became significantly involved with music in 1968, when he co-founded los Tigres del Norte along with his brothers Jorge Hernández (vocals, accordion) Hernán Hernández (electrical bass), and his initial cousin Oscar Lara (drums). The group came into being because rancher D. Eduardo Hernández, the siblings’ dad, acquired suffered a major accident that still left him struggling to function — Lara as well as the Hernandez brothers produced los Tigres del Norte in the wish of earning some cash and assisting their family members out financially. At that time, none from the Hernandez brothers had been old plenty of to vote; Jorgé, the oldest from the three, was just 14 in 1968, and the theory that los Tigres del Norte (who eventually transferred to San Jose, CA) would be jointly in the 2000s most likely never happened to them. However in reality, los Tigres had been still going solid when the 21st hundred years arrived; they ended up being among norteño’s most long lasting, long-running groups aswell as you of its most significant. On the way, los Tigres gained a popularity for having extremely gutsy, biting, hard-hitting lyrics. Coping with poverty, criminal offense, drugs, and various other problems, los Tigres’ music have vividly defined the social circumstances that working course Mexicans have encountered along the U.S./Mexico border; probably, los Tigres certainly are a norteño exact carbon copy of the Clash, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, or Rubén Cutting blades. Although quite funny sometimes, los Tigres’ lyrics still possess a whole lot of bite, plus they learn how to get their factors across without having to be preachy. On the way, the norteño powerhouse constructed an enormous catalog; by the finish from the ‘90s, los Tigres acquired documented at least 50 albums (most of them on Fonovisa). It had been in 1996 (which designated los Tigres’ 28th wedding anniversary) that Raúl Hernández made a decision to go after a single profession and explore additional musical possibilities. Like a single artist, he managed his local Mexican concentrate, but while los Tigres certainly are a norteño group 1st and most important, Hernández’ single output offers included not merely norteño, but also banda, mariachi, and ranchero. His 1st single album, Rancheras con con Banda, premiered by Fonovisa in 1996, and by early 2004, Hernández experienced provided seven single albums for the Univision-allied label.