Based on the Texas border in the '60s and '70s, built a small following as something of a protest singer. He specialized in corridos, storytelling ballads with a tendency to turn toward the political. The lyrics cover elements of the Chicano movement: walkouts of laborers, 's push for unionization, generalized Mexican pride. He does this with the singsong cadence common to so much norteno music, a bouncing bajo with lightly plucked guitar in the front. ' vocals are perhaps stereotypical, but provide something of a cultural backdrop for the lyrical messages. There are more musically interesting takes on tejano/norteno music out there to be had ( , for example), but the mix of bare musicality and lyrical prowess meet well in ' work. ~ Adam Greenberg