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La música tejana, Michigan-style
Los Bandits plays Tex-Mex music, the infectious accordion-led dance music created along the Texas-Mexican border, but with a twist.
This Kalamazoo-based conjunto calls its music "Tex-Mex, Michigan style," a mixing of rhythm and blues, gospel and country rock influences with norteño and tejano performance style and instrumentation. They have a big, rousing and danceable sound that gets listeners on their feet in short order.
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Los Bandits (photo on left), are:
Rene Meave, Vocals, guitar, percussion, drummer, bass player, sound man, roadie, songwriter, co-founder, Tejano, Mexica y a former mirgant farm worker
Guillermo Martinez, Accordion, Lead Vocals, songwriter, co-founder, poet, soupmaker, Tejano, de San Luis Potosi, Y a former migrant farm worker
Steve Vandenberg, Lead guitar, sings when he wants to, Played with Tyme in the sixites with Ralf Cole of the infamous Canadian band Lighthouse and had Bob Seger sing back up on a song entitled Love To Love, written by Neal D., The song placed 10 with a bullet on Billboard, a lone wolf...
Greg "Slider" Orr, bass (ugly)guitar, sings most of the time, songwriter, local bassplayer celeb, (everyone wants him in thier band), lady charmer, teacher, and a funny guy
David Garcia, drummer, the tallest Mexican I know, has an ear for music, loves jazz his kids and his woman and a quiet man.
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Los Bandits style reflects the richness of Tex-Mex music by combining Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Country, Rock, Norteno and Tejano music. Los Bandits bring an alternative world beat sound that appeals to a very diverse audience. Los Bandits de Michigan...
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