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[jim]

I bought the entire album of the previous song from Gonzalo Grau. Amazing stuff... a sample

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[jim]

The Mexican Banda genre of music actually might take a little "getting used to", maybe something like our country and western maybe or the bachata genre from the Dominican. But a couple of my favorite local restaurants have jukeboxes and mostly Mexican clientel, and the more I heard it the more I appreciated it to the point where I actually now seek it out. We have a bunch of Mexican based radio stations, so it's on quite a bit up here.

Example....

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[jim]

Mariachi Divas (Rosarito):

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[jim]

The great Benny Moré. Make sure the volume is up high when you listen.

[MrSaigon]

There was this video Jim posted a long time ago of a French group with both a male and female singer and a catchy bass line from, I think, an upright bass in the video. Liked it a lot and thinking of it after somewhat randomly stumbling into some French music. Jim? Anyone?

[jim]

There was this video Jim posted a long time ago of a French group with both a male and female singer and a catchy bass line from, I think, an upright bass in the video. Liked it a lot and thinking of it after somewhat randomly stumbling into some French music. Jim? Anyone?

I wonder if it was a group called Paris Combo:

I have this album:

From a different album I remembered people liked this one quite a bit when I entered it in one of our contests:

This is my favorite French music that I own - very politically charged lyrics in alot of the songs.

Some other French stuff I have recommended ... hmmmm.... ok Coeur de Pirate: (ok it' Canadian technically)

[MrSaigon]

I remember a video with the band playing in the street on a gloomy day. And a guy playing a double bass I'm pretty sure. Sounded most like that last one, but also with a dude singing. Pretty sure it was your post, and I think it was in a contest as well.

[jim]

How does this look and sound on a cold and blustery day?

[jim]

My body is still here freezing, but my head is already in Mexico. Cuando calienta el sol aqui en la playa ..... that's me soon.