Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists

  The story Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists written by Humberto Gonzalez is a musical anecdote that explicitly describes the success of the band The Rondels. Having been a member of the band, the author explains the whole journey, and the process with which the band made it to the top of the charts regularly and brought about a change in the industry. This particular segment speaks of the time when the band had to perform and play on two separate venues and places simultaneously. The Rondels grew in popularity and gained the attention of masses within the state of Texas in the earliest of days, and were being called to perform on a number of venues and places during that time. Humberto Gonzalez, the author, pens the specific incident when the members were stuck in between two ways, and had to perform at roughly the same time on two different locations. This incident, as the author noted, depicts their naiveness, and their quest for adventure and fun durin...

  In the book Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists , the author Humberto Gonzalez describes the motherly figure which he and his fellow band members came across during their early years of practicing music in Laredo. The book delves deep into the journey of the band “The Rondels”, and how they emerged to a band that helped revolutionized Tejano music in the region and ultimately in the country. In this particular section, the author Humberto Gonzalez briefly speaks of the ever-helpful lady that they came across, Mama Estella. Estella was the mother of Carlos Landin, and the band members often caught up with her during the days they practiced at Carlos’ house. The band members, particularly the author Humberto Gonzalez was heavily inspired by her, and all of them were fond of the mother figure they had found in her. The book explains their limited, yet intriguing interactions, and her respect for the craft band members possessed, portraying that they only inter...