Ray Camacho & the Teardrops

Fresno, California’s Ray Camacho & the Teardrops had been the first documenting device of trumpeter and bandleader Ray Camacho. Created in 1960 like a non-et, they melded rock and roll, soul, Mexican local music, cumbias, addresses, and originals, producing them an in-demand appeal around the live circuit. The initial group included the bandleader on trumpet and vocals, arranger Manuel Palafox on keyboards and saxophone, guitarist Mingo Cervantes, and conguero Enrique Mendoza. They started playing senior high school dances and local fairs, creating a status for dynamic live shows. They performed many displays in the East Bay Region (starting for emerging rock and roll and R&B functions such as for example Santana and Tower of Power) aswell as through the entire American Southwest, especially in Az and Tx. Their first one, “Volveras”/”Un Pollo de Carlitos” was released by Copper Condition in 1968, and was accompanied by “She’s SO EXCELLENT if you ask me”/”Sunlight Superman” on California Performers a year afterwards. Their self-titled debut record was billed towards the International Ray Camacho & the Teardrops and released by California Performers in 1970, implemented almost instantly by Ray Camacho & the Teardrops, from McAllen, Tx’ Falcon. The nonet’s biggest strike was the one “Si Si Puede,” documented in 1970. It became a rallying cry for Latin Us citizens through the Vietnam Battle (and provides since been found in the Disney film McFarland USA). The group released many albums and singles (all separately) and performed eight Defense Section USO travels in European countries and Asia — they in fact performed while under fireplace in Vietnam not really once, but double. They also performed prisons, celebrations, and senior high school reunions, aswell as rock and roll and R&B concerts. As the group divide in 1976, Camacho’s aforementioned sidemen continued to be with him, playing in a variety of groupings he led through the finish from the 20th hundred years. “Si Si Puede” was re-released using a remixed B-side by Freestyle Information in ’09 2009, accompanied by the one “Let’s Boogie” as well as the compilation THE VERY BEST of Ray Camacho & the Teardrops.