Mexican guitarist and rock singer Lalo Tex, founder of the band Tex Tex, died in Mexico City on Monday at 56, according to a written statement from his family, which did not explain the cause of death.
Everardo Mujica, Lalo Tex’s real name, founded his band in Texcoco, his hometown in Mexico, in 1986. The group quickly became one of the major examples of the Mexican urban rock, influenced by bands like Three Souls in My Mind, which was later known as El Tri, and Botellita de Jerez.
In his songs, Lalo Tex combined basic rock with boogie, blues and reggae, whose lyrics were filled with irony, humor, social criticism and hard chronicles about the lives of people in poor neighborhoods in Mexico.
Lalo’s brothers, Francisco Paco Tex Mujica (drums) and Jesus Chucho Tex Mujica (bass) also integrated the group Tex Tex. The three together composed great songs that are like vignettes of the Mexican reality in the last 30 years, such as Toque mágico (Magic Touch); Pancho Panchito; Te vas a acordar de mí (You’ll remember me), Súbete al tren (Get on the train); Artesano de la construcción (Construction Craftman); No hay trabajo (There’s no work); Padres desnaturalizados (Denatured Parents) and Perdido (Lost).
The members of Tex Tex used to call each other “Muñecos” (Dolls) as a kind of joke to highlight their pride in their cultural heritage and values, rooted in the popular culture of Mexico.
Published in San Francisco Gate on January 19, 2016
Everardo Mujica, Lalo Tex’s real name, founded his band in Texcoco, his hometown in Mexico, in 1986. The group quickly became one of the major examples of the Mexican urban rock, influenced by bands like Three Souls in My Mind, which was later known as El Tri, and Botellita de Jerez.
In his songs, Lalo Tex combined basic rock with boogie, blues and reggae, whose lyrics were filled with irony, humor, social criticism and hard chronicles about the lives of people in poor neighborhoods in Mexico.
Lalo’s brothers, Francisco Paco Tex Mujica (drums) and Jesus Chucho Tex Mujica (bass) also integrated the group Tex Tex. The three together composed great songs that are like vignettes of the Mexican reality in the last 30 years, such as Toque mágico (Magic Touch); Pancho Panchito; Te vas a acordar de mí (You’ll remember me), Súbete al tren (Get on the train); Artesano de la construcción (Construction Craftman); No hay trabajo (There’s no work); Padres desnaturalizados (Denatured Parents) and Perdido (Lost).
The members of Tex Tex used to call each other “Muñecos” (Dolls) as a kind of joke to highlight their pride in their cultural heritage and values, rooted in the popular culture of Mexico.
Published in San Francisco Gate on January 19, 2016
Mexican guitarist and rock singer Lalo Tex, founder of the band Tex Tex, died in Mexico City on Monday at 56, according to a written statement from his family, which did not explain the cause of death.
Everardo Mujica, Lalo Tex’s real name, founded his band in Texcoco, his hometown in Mexico, in 1986. The group quickly became one of the major examples of the Mexican urban rock, influenced by bands like Three Souls in My Mind, which was later known as El Tri, and Botellita de Jerez.
In his songs, Lalo Tex combined basic rock with boogie, blues and reggae, whose lyrics were filled with irony, humor, social criticism and hard chronicles about the lives of people in poor neighborhoods in Mexico.
Lalo’s brothers, Francisco Paco Tex Mujica (drums) and Jesus Chucho Tex Mujica (bass) also integrated the group Tex Tex. The three together composed great songs that are like vignettes of the Mexican reality in the last 30 years, such as Toque mágico (Magic Touch); Pancho Panchito; Te vas a acordar de mí (You’ll remember me), Súbete al tren (Get on the train); Artesano de la construcción (Construction Craftman); No hay trabajo (There’s no work); Padres desnaturalizados (Denatured Parents) and Perdido (Lost).
The members of Tex Tex used to call each other “Muñecos” (Dolls) as a kind of joke to highlight their pride in their cultural heritage and values, rooted in the popular culture of Mexico.
Published in San Francisco Gate on January 19, 2016
Everardo Mujica, Lalo Tex’s real name, founded his band in Texcoco, his hometown in Mexico, in 1986. The group quickly became one of the major examples of the Mexican urban rock, influenced by bands like Three Souls in My Mind, which was later known as El Tri, and Botellita de Jerez.
In his songs, Lalo Tex combined basic rock with boogie, blues and reggae, whose lyrics were filled with irony, humor, social criticism and hard chronicles about the lives of people in poor neighborhoods in Mexico.
Lalo’s brothers, Francisco Paco Tex Mujica (drums) and Jesus Chucho Tex Mujica (bass) also integrated the group Tex Tex. The three together composed great songs that are like vignettes of the Mexican reality in the last 30 years, such as Toque mágico (Magic Touch); Pancho Panchito; Te vas a acordar de mí (You’ll remember me), Súbete al tren (Get on the train); Artesano de la construcción (Construction Craftman); No hay trabajo (There’s no work); Padres desnaturalizados (Denatured Parents) and Perdido (Lost).
The members of Tex Tex used to call each other “Muñecos” (Dolls) as a kind of joke to highlight their pride in their cultural heritage and values, rooted in the popular culture of Mexico.
Published in San Francisco Gate on January 19, 2016
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