The Last Bandoleros

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The Last Bandoleros is an American Tex-Mex band from San Antonio and New York City . It emerged in 2013 from the merger of musicians friends; At the beginning this only served the purpose of writing songs together. Under the English-Spanish band name The Last ( English for 'the last') Bandoleros ( Spanish for ' outlaws ') they have been performing since 2016. In the same year they produced their first single, Where Do You Go? , in January 2017 Warner Bros. Records also released an EP with six of their own titles. Her first long-playing record , titled San Antonio , was also released in 2018 . In April 2020 another album (Live in Texas) with ten songs was released by Warner.

occupation

The band was founded by the three musicians Diego Navaira (bass / vocals), Derek James (guitar / vocals) and Jerry Fuentes (guitar / vocals). At concerts they regularly appear together with Emilio Navaira IV. (Drums / vocals), and all four musicians are depicted - like a silhouette - on the cover of their first EP. They are also accompanied by a squeeze box player (accordionist) both in the studio and during their live performances ; on her tour with Sting it was Percy Cardona, also from San Antonio.

Diego and Emilio are sons of Emilio Navaira III. , a Grammy and Latin Grammy winner and star of Tejano Music who died in 2016 . The band's manager is Martin Kierszenbaum .

Music style and career

HITS characterized the style of the Last Bandoleros as a mixture of "harmonious Beatlesque rock and roll with Tex-Mex and other rhythmic influences, impeccably melodic and reinforced by rough, honest guitar playing" and praised their debut single with the words "The musical swing and the happy energy in this song are pretty irresistible ”. On her single Love With a Girl , released in spring 2018, the sonic proximity to the Beatles is particularly striking; then the “Yeah yeah yeah” from She Loves You sounds in the chorus. Rolling Stone introduced her in May 2016 as one of "ten new country acts that you have to hear".

The Last Bandoleros accompanied Sting, who became aware of the group during one of their early live performances and classifies their style as “ Los Lobos Meet The Monkees ”, on his “57th and 9th” tour of the United States and Europe in 2016/2017. On his single I Can't Stop Thinking About You , the voices of the four band members can be heard in the background .

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Evidence and Notes

  1. Article " Get to Know the Last Bandoleros, Sting's New Favorite Group " from October 19, 2016 on theboot.com
  2. see the official video of "Where Do You Go?" At youtube.com
  3. biography of father Emilio at allmusic.com
  4. News from April 13, 2015 at billboard.com
  5. Quoting from the article " Critics' choice - The Last Bandoleros (Because you need Rock and Roll in your life) " from September 20, 2016 on hitsdailydouble.com
  6. after the article "Who Are The Last Bandoleros?" On the band's website (see under Weblinks)
  7. Presentation of the band in May 2016 at rollingstone.com
  8. Sting quote from February 22, 2017 on the band's website