This site is dedicated to the preservation of the Eastside Sound and the music of the East Los Angeles area.I am looking for contributors who wish to share their music, memories and memorabilia. Please contact me at gaversa@aol.com. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. If you are a copyright owner & wish to have something removed please let me know. This site is soley for historical & educational purposes and for listening pleasure & geared toward the record collector.
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Back in April, 2022 I received an email from Ray Suarez, son of Raul Suarez, lead guiartist of The Blue Satins. Ray informed me that his father had passed away in 2020 and that he was putting together an album of Blue Satins recordings. He offered me a copy of the record which I present her as a token of my gratitude and in memory of Raul Suarez. Thank you Ray!!
EAST LOS PRESENTS THE BLUE SATINS (Axl Records 2021)
Side A
Scarlet 45
My Wife Can't Cook
You Don't Know Me
Salesian High School Rock & Roll Show April 19, 1964
Summertime
Love Lights
My First Love
Side B
Salesian High School Rock & Roll Show October 18, 1964
Help Yourself
Oh-Pu-Pi-Do (With The Sisters)
The Bounce
Revisited (2004)
Sensation
Blue Satins selections from my You Tube channel you may listen here:
Scarlet 45RPM
Salesian High School Rock & Roll Show April 19, 1964
Summertime:
Love Lights:
My First Love:
Salesian High School Rock & Roll Show October 18, 1964
Released on the SOYLA label in circa 1969-1970, LIKE PEOPLE THE SOUNDS OF YOUNG LOS ANGELES is a very rare LP. Possibly only 500 were pressed.
The LP was a youth-oriented, non-profit compilation of different teen musicians who were part of the organization The album features a range of different music styles, folk, rock, funk jazz and soul.
TRACK LIST:
Side 1
Cold Duck - Cold Duck (On Ice) Parts 1 & 2
Folk - Oh My Darling
Free Road - Barbara
L&M Jazz Quartet - Serenade To A Chicken Wing
Truth - Time Is Running Out Part 1 & 2
Side 2
Invaders Underground - Ram Shack Part 1 & 2
Free Road - My feelings
Folk - A Helping Hand
L&M Jazz Quartet - Blues For Mary
The Profits - Fantasy Of Love Part 1 & 2
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There are two songs on this LP of interest to Eastside Sound collectors.
Cold Duck - Cold Duck (On Ice) Part 1 & 2
Band Members:
Jose Cuadra, lead vocals, trumpet, percussion
Eddie Estrada, guitar
Gregory Smith, keyboard, vocals
Victor Barrientos, drums
George Garcia, bass
This track is a fairly straight forward jazz/rock/funk fusion mix with horns reminiscent of The Jimmy Castor group.
You May Listen To Cold Duck - Cold Duck (On Ice) Part 1 & 2 Here:
Mark Guerrero began playing in Rock & Roll bands at the age of 12. He led the popular East Los Angeles band, Mark and The Escorts who recorded two singles for GNP Crescendo Records. Mark has also recorded as a solo artist for Ode Records (produced by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Lou Adler), Capitol Records and his group Tango for A&M Records. His songs have been recorded by such artists as Herb Alpert, Trini Lopez, Chan Romero and his late father Lalo Guerrero, known as the father of Chicano Music. Mark has performed in concert with his own bands and with Redbone, Eric Burdon, El Chicano, Tierra, Lalo Guerrero and many others. As a Chicano and East LA music historian, Mark has written over several hundred articles, hosts a radio podcast, interviewed hundreds of artists, has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs, consulted for museums and lectured at universities. Mark's 1972 song and record, "I'm Brown" has been twice displayed in 2009 and 2022 at the Grammy Museum in an exhibit called "Songs Of Conscious Sounds Of Freedom"
Mark Guerrero's "East LA Music Stories" is a series of interviews with artists who are part of the history of the music that has emerged from East Los Angeles. Mark interviews Eastside legends such as Little Willie G, Chan Romero, Little Ray Jimenez, Lawrence Perez of The Premiers and Sal Murillo of the Blendells. Sit back and listen as Mark takes you on a journey back in time in the artists own words to when the Eastside Sound was heard on local radio stations and at venues in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond.
Links for each program are provided:
Episode 1: Anthony Baray Of The Emeralds
Episode 2: Bobby Rodriguez of The Counts, Etalons, Impalas, Enchantments
Episode 3: Little Willie G of Thee Midniters, Malo
Episode 4: Geree of the Village Caller, Chico, & El Chicano
Episode 5: George Ochoa of Yaqui
Episode 6: Lawrence Perez of The Premiers
Episode 7: Sal Murillo of the Blendells
Episode 8: Chan Romero, musician, singer
Episode 9: Bobby Avila, East LA musician
Episode 10: Ramon "Little Ray" Jimenez of Thee Midniters, Progressions
Episode 11: Art Brambila, manager & producer in the 1970's
Episode 12: Hank Barrio of Elijah
Episode 13: Tom Bray of Elijah
Episode 14: Bobby & Joey Delgado of the Delgado Brothers
Episode 15: Eddie Delgado of The Ambertones
Episode 16: Max Uballez of Romancers, Macando
Episode 17: Orlando Zamora of The Sportsmen
Episode 18: Mike Aversa of Mickey & The Invaders and Dyna-Might
Episode 19: Jack D'Amore of The Runabouts, Royal Checkmates and The Emeralds
Episode 20: Danny Diaz, guitarist of Sal Chico, The Show Men, The Carpetbaggers, Ruben Guevara's Con Safos, Chico and Andy Tesso & The Rockers
Episode 21: Ernie Hernandez of Mark & The Escorts, The Men From S.O.U.N.D., 1984 and Tango
Episode 22: John Valenzuela of Tango
For more information about Mark and the Eastside Sound please visit Mark's blog:
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