The Krayolas

San Antonio’s the Krayolas began in the middle-’70s as teen pop/rockers and as time passes have matured into among Tx’ best-respected impartial rock rings. The Krayolas had been created in 1975 by vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Hector Saldana and his sibling David Saldana, who dealt with vocals, percussion, and occasionally keyboards. While industry rock and roll was dominating radio as well as the outlaw nation scene was extremely popular in Tx, the Saldana brothers (still in senior high school at that time) provided different things: upbeat pop music with buzzing guitars, catchy hooks, and sharp harmonies. Also offering guitarist Truck Baines and bassist Barry Smith, the Krayolas started playing local night clubs and soon gained a popularity in San Antonio as “the Tex-Mex Beatles” because of their lively retro-inspired sound. In 1977, the Krayolas cut their debut one, “All I REALLY DO Is certainly Try” b/w “Sometime” and released another 7″, “Aw Tonight” b/w “Roadrunner,” afterwards the same season; both appeared independently label, Box Information. The Krayolas released a reliable blast of singles over another many years while playing through the entire Southwest, and Sir Douglas Quintet keyboardist Augie Meyers and regional legends the Western world Side Horns produced guest appearances on the periods. The Krayolas released their initial full-length record, Kolored Music, in 1982, with Deceased End Life pursuing in 1987. Nevertheless, despite reviews that are positive and a devoted local pursuing, the Krayolas were not able to broaden their group of fans beyond Tx and Oklahoma, and in 1988 the music group split. In 2007, Hector Saldana set up Best Riffs Just, a compilation from the Krayolas’ out of printing singles plus some uncommon tracks; the music group reunited to try out some shows to get the discharge (with Joe Sarli overtaking on bass), and Augie Meyers contacted the music group with a lately rediscovered demo for the tune he’d created for the Sir Douglas Quintet in 1967. Meyers urged the Krayolas to record “Small Fox,” as well as the music group quickly trim an EP offering the tune. “Small Fox” earned more than enough regional airplay and reviews that are positive the fact that Krayolas began focus on a full-length record, La Conquistadora, that was released in 2008. The reunited Krayolas became unexpectedly prolific, playing regular shows and launching another full-length record, Longer Leaf Pine (No Smack Gum) in ’09 2009. Long Leaf Pine included the tune “Corrido Twelve Mind in a Handbag,” a robust track about the Mexican medication wars created in the design of a normal folk track; the tune gained the group a lot of press protection, including an attribute story on Country wide General public Radio. Another fresh recording from your Krayolas, Americano, found its way to 2010; the disk was the group’s first bilingual launch and featured visitor shows by Flaco Jiménez and Augie Meyers.