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Biography -- Ozuna, Sunny.

Title: Biography -- Ozuna, Sunny.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310563936 View

Nicola, Joe,. Joe Nicola collection [sound recording] ca. 1935-1977.

Title: Joe Nicola collection [sound recording] ca. 1935-1977.

Consists of over 800 phonodiscs of Mexican and Mexican American music, along with a few paper labels from jukeboxes. Reflects the development of Texas-Mexican musical styles from approximately the late 1930s into the 1970s.

ArchivalResource: 620 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 10 in.203 sound discs : analog, 45 rpm ; 7 in.58 jukebox labels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24005996 View

Escobedo, Gilbert 1947-. Oral history interview with Gilbert Escobedo, 1996 [videorecording].

Title: Oral history interview with Gilbert Escobedo, 1996 [videorecording].

Gilbert Escobedo begins with his start in the music business with Sunny & the Sunlighters [sic, Sunliners] and reveals the influence of big band music, jazz, and rhythm and blues. He talks about his parents meeting in Elmendorf, Texas, and about his growing up with both Mexican and American cultures in San Antonio. He describes his interactions with the gangs in his old southside San Antonio neighborhood and his early work with the musical group, the Del Reys. He relates his military service with the U.S. Air Force in Germany and his opportunity to play saxophone with the United Services Organization (USO). He shares his struggle to find work after leaving the military and discusses his offer to play for the Sunliners. He briefly describes the Sunliner's combining Conjunto and Norteño music styles favored by the group and elaborates on Sunny Ozuna's business decisions and the causes for the breakup of the Sunliners. He recalls the start up of the musical group, Latin Breed, with Rudy Guerra and defends the band's reasons for not hiring women. He discloses the intricacies of working as backup for female Tejana vocalist Lisa Lopez and explains his role as manager as well as musician for Latin Breed. He gives details on the band's finances, points out a number of the band's playing venues, and deplores the hazards and hardships of traveling with a band. He mentions Latin Breed's television appearances which included the variety show, 'Fanfarria Falcon,' and notes the extent of the band's tours across the United States following their fan base of Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers. He talks about the band's early recordings with Manny Guerra of Guerra Company Productions (GCP), and provides the circumstances surrounding the departure of Latin Breed's first vocalist, Jimmy Edwards. He discusses his reasons for getting off the road and acquiring his own booking agency, Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA), and bringing in Rudy Treviño as his partner. He details the selection process for the Tejano Music Awards and notes his brother, Cleto Escobedo (Jr.), was a musician for Paula Abdul.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (VHS) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 66 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469223189 View