Una carta a mi hijo
Bronco BRLP-043 · McAllen, Texas
- Artist
- Gabino Garcia
- Title
- Una carta a mi hijo
- Release
- Porque estamos en Vietnam
- Label
- Bronco # BRLP-043
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- McAllen, Texas, USA
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Corrido · Tejano · Tex-Mex · Ranchera
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
"Porque estamos en Vietnam" ("Why We Are in Vietnam") - a various artist compilation of 10 Vietnam War songs, in the Tex-Mex / tejano genres, including the single of the same name above. Released on Bronco (# BRLP-043) - record label owned by Arnaldo Ramírez, who also founded the Mexican-American record labels ARV, Falcon, and Bego, also based in Texas. He featured in Billboard on 25 November 1972, in an article focusing on the explosion of Tex-Mex music. (1) Born on 9 April 1918, in Mission, Texas, USA, he died there on 11 May 1993. 9 out of 10 of these songs took a patriotic perspective, with only one calling for peace in Vietnam. (2)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the recording is documented but the performer is not. 'Una carta a mi hijo' is catalogued by UCLA's Strachwitz Frontera Collection as side A, track 1 of the Spanish-language LP 'Porque Estamos En Vietnam' (Bronco BRLP-043, produced by Falcon), a spoken-word piece on the themes of a father, a soldier and lament; no biographical information has been located for Gabino Garcia. [Source: UCLA Strachwitz Frontera Collection]
In collections
Mexican-American / Hispanic Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs