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Tejano legend Oscar Martinez to sit in with Lonely Knights
Larry Lange will have a very special guest when the Moose Lodge hosts the record release party for “San Antonio Serenade” by Lange and His Lonely Knights: 75-year-old Corpus Christi bandleader and songwriter Oscar Martinez. As the trumpet player in Isidro Lopez’ band in 1954, Martinez was there at the start of what would be called Tejano music, when Lopez put words to Mexican polka instrumentals.
Martinez is best known for writing “El Tejano Enamorado,” which has been recorded by more than 30 artists since 1965. He has rarely played Austin in recent years.
Also on the bill are the Nortons, Mariachi Corbetas and Joanna Ramirez.
The FREE show is Sunday Jan. 17, 2- 7 p.m., at the Moose Lodge (2103 E.M. Franklin Avenue, 926- 0043).
Oscar Martinez Dec. 31, 2009 in Corpus
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By Ricardo V. Zavala (de Robe, TX)
January 15, 2010 11:46 AM | Link to this
!Que viva Oscar Martinez! El Gallo Copeton / Tejano Enamorado, the jefe de la onda Orquesta Tejana!!! The Sunglows, Little Joe, Ruben Ramos, Latin Breed, David Lee Garza, etc., etc., etc…..followed his onda! The boleros still sound great! I got my dancing shoes on!! I still have his original “El Gallo Copeton” record album!