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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Status Quo |
| Date | Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:02:53 -0600 |
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Down here in Texas there are many male Hispanics who love hard rock and
metal. When I worked at 96-X in Longview/Tyler Tx in '97 I'd get calls from
guys all the time who loved Ozzy, KISS, Van Halen and Zep. I didn't think
it was a big deal, if they loved what I was playing it was cool with
me! We didn't have a FM Spanish language station in East Texas until 3
years ago, its now a Top 10 rated station.
It's kind of strange to see rap artists riding low-riders when that whole
car culture originated with hispanics in the 60's...
Billy
At 01:45 PM 2/27/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >The one curiousity was that there was a huge contingent of Hispanics in the
> >crowd, and they were clearly there to see Status Quo. I hadn't realized
> >that the band had tapped into that market. Does anyone know how or when
> >that happened?
>
>
>----didn't you know that Hispanics are the largest minority now and
>getting bigger? Interesting that you noticed that, David. My brother
>Xavier and I are Mexican. I am the only one in my family that was born
>in the US. Anyway, for years we have been the only hispanics in the
>crowd. The Ramones shows were the only times that we would see our
>compadres.
>
>Anyway, I was at the Division of Laura Lee show back in December and we
>counted 13 hispanics in the front row with us. It was really cool, actually.
>
>At The Strokes, I saw a caravan of young hispanic guys and gals linked
>together making their way through the crowd to the front row.
>
>My brother commented that something had to change. We noticed in our
>surroundings that most hispanics were into Hip Hop, Rap, and Freestyle.
>
>I don't know how the Status Quo became so popular with the latino folks,
>but hey that's great!
>
>Viva Rock-
>L
>
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