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Published on May 27, 2008 at 2:41pm
There have been other gigs that were real eye-openers for the band. "We recently played this bizarre show at a lawn club in Connecticut. I'd never even heard of a lawn club before," says Velasquez. "It was totally weird and what you would expect at something called a lawn club. Not only was everyone white and wearing suits, but they were nibbling on sushi and fine desserts while we were given cold cuts in the basement."
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Pistolera's operative words: "Groove like hell."
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Pistolera, world music, Latin alternative musicThe band probably won't receive any such crass treatment at their upcoming Houston venue, Talento Bilingüe de Houston Cultural Arts Center. After seeing them last year in Berkeley, California, Artistic Director Jorge Piña selected Pistolera for "A Night of Underground Sounds," the closing performance of its 2007-08 season.
"They had so much energy, and we want to end our season with an explosion of music from ska, rock en español, alternative rock and that unique style Pistolera brings. This program mixes traditional Mexican music and fuses it with the pop-rock sound."
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