WEBVTT
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I'M HUELL HOWSER.
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WELCOME TO OLVERA STREET,
A VERY HISTORIC PLACE.
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BECAUSE, YOU SEE,
BACK IN THE 1780s,
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THIS WAS LITERALLY
THE BIRTHPLACE
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OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
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SINCE THAT TIME, LOTS
OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE
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HAVE CALLED THE AREA
RIGHT AROUND HERE HOME,
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INCLUDING THE AFRO-AMERICANS,
THE CHINESE COMMUNITY,
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THE ITALIANS, AND THE FRENCH.
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SINCE THE 1930s,
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THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY
OF LOS ANGELES
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HAS CONSIDERED THIS PLACE
TO BE KIND OF ITS SHOWPLACE,
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ITS CENTERPIECE.
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AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO START
OUR PROGRAM THAN RIGHT HERE,
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BECAUSE OUR ENTIRE PROGRAM
IS ABOUT MARIACHI MUSIC.
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AND IF YOU'RE IN A MUSICAL MOOD,
AND YOU FEEL LIKE JOINING US,
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COME ON ALONG WITH US
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AS WE ALL CONTINUE
OUR SEARCH TOGETHER,
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THIS TIME
WITH THE HELP OF MUSIC,
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FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.
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[ "CALIFORNIA HERE I COME"
PLAYS ]
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[ APPLAUSE ]
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[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
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IT'S KNOWN
AS THE MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE,
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AND SUPPOSEDLY, IT STARTED
IN THE STATE OF JALISCO,
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IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART
OF MEXICO
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BACK IN THE MID-1880s.
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I SAY "SUPPOSEDLY" BECAUSE,
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THESE DAYS,
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THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOME CONTROVERSY
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ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN
MARIACHI STARTED.
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THE WORD "MARIACHI"
IS A MYSTERY,
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BUT THERE'S MANY THEORIES.
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ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
THEORIES,
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AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE THEORIES
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THAT MANY OF YOUR VIEWERS
AT HOME HAVE HEARD OF,
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IS ACTUALLY A FALSE THEORY,
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BUT IT'S A VERY ROMANTIC,
A VERY EXCITING THEORY.
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BUT IT'S WRONG.
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THAT THEORY WAS
THAT THE WORD "MARIACHI"
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EVOLVED FROM THE FRENCH WORD
MARIAGE,
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AND THAT DURING THE FRENCH
OCCUPATION OF MEXICO
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FROM 1861 THROUGH '67,
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THAT THAT'S
WHEN THE WORD MARIAGE
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STARTED TO BE APPLIED
TO THE MUSICIANS
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WHO WERE PROBABLY PLAYING
FOR THE FRENCH WEDDINGS
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AND WERE USING
A LOT OF FRENCH MELODIES.
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PRETTY SOON, THESE MUSICIANS
STARTED CALLING THEMSELVES
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AFTER THE WEDDING,
WHICH WAS THE MARRIAGE.
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IF THAT'S WRONG,
WHAT'S RIGHT?
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THE REASON IT'S WRONG
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IS BECAUSE THERE'S DOCUMENTATION
OF THE WORD "MARIACHI"
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BACK TO THE 1850s --
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ACTUALLY, ONE PARTICULAR
DOCUMENTATION
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OF A PRIEST COMPLAINING
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ABOUT THE NOISY, DRUNKEN SOUNDS
OF THE MARIACHIS.
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I DON'T SAY THAT NEGATIVELY
OR PEJORATIVELY,
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BUT THERE IS
WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.
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SO PROBABLY BACK TO THE 1840s
OR 1850s,
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THE WORD "MARIACHI,"
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BECAUSE IT CAME TO BE
IN THE AREA OF JALISCO,
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MAY VERY WELL BE RELATED
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TO SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS
VOCABULARY OF THE COCA INDIANS.
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THERE'S ACTUALLY A TOWN THERE
NAMED COCULA,
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WHICH IS NAMED
AFTER THE COCA INDIANS.
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THERE'S A WHOLE BOOK
WRITTEN ON IT
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BY A GUY NAMED HERMES RAFAEL
IN MEXICO
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ON THE LINGUISTIC ORIGINS
OF THE WORD "MARIACHI"
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AND THE HISTORY OF IT.
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THERE ARE OTHER THEORIES
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THAT THE WORD
CAME FROM THE WORD "MARIA,"
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EVOLVED INTO "MARIACHI,"
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OR THAT ALSO
IT MAY HAVE COME FROM
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THE NAME FOR THE VIRGIN
IN AN AREA THERE --
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A VIRGIN THAT WAS CALLED
MARIA DE LA HACHE,
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AND IT EVOLVED FROM THAT.
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SO THERE'S MANY THEORIES.
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THE POINT IS, THOUGH, IS THAT
SOMEHOW THIS WORD CAME OUT
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AND CAME TO BE USED
FOR THIS ENSEMBLE OF MUSICIANS
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THAT STARTED
TO REGIONALLY DEVELOP
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A VERY EXCITING KIND OF MUSIC
IN THE MID-19th CENTURY.
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WELL, I'M NOT SURE
WE SETTLED THAT CONTROVERSY
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ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE OR WHEN
MARIACHI MUSIC STARTED.
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BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE --
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OVER THE YEARS, IT'S BECOME
MORE AND MORE POPULAR
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AND SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD
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THANKS TO RADIO AND RECORDS
AND MOVIES --
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MOVIES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE
OF MEXICAN CINEMA,
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BACK IN THE '30s AND '40s --
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MOVIES STARRING
FAMOUS MARIACHI SINGERS
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LIKE PEDRO INFANTE
AND JORGE NEGRETE.
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[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT MARIACHI
THAT SO CAPTIVATES PEOPLE?
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OBVIOUSLY,
IT'S CAPTIVATED YOU.
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IT HAS.
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THERE'S A LIVELY QUALITY TO IT
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
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IT CATCHES PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
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THE MUSIC IS NICE,
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BUT ALSO, IT CAPTIVATES
A LOT OF SENTIMENT,
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A LOT OF EMOTION.
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AND SO IT COMMUNICATES
THIS WHOLE RANGE
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FROM BEING HAPPY TO BEING SAD
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TO BEING LIVELY
TO BEING ROMANTIC.
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IT DOES ALL OF THAT.
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THE MARIACHI IS SORT OF --
BECAUSE OF THAT RANGE,
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IT'S JUST INHERENTLY EXCITING,
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FOR ME AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT LISTEN TO IT.
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CAN WE HEAR
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THE MOST TRADITIONAL
MARIACHI SOUND THAT THERE IS?
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SURE.
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THE STEREOTYPICAL
MARIACHI SOUND?
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THE SON JALISCIENSE
IS THE RHYTHM
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THAT COMES OUT OF JALISCO.
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THAT'S THE MOST FAMOUS RHYTHM.
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EL SON DE LA NEGRA
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IS THE MOST FAMOUS
OF THE SONES.
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IS THE GROUP READY?
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I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE.
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LET'S HEAR THAT ONE.
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THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL SOUND
OF THE MARIACHI.
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[ "LA NEGRA" PLAYS ]
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� NEGRITA DE MIS PESARES OJOS
DE PAPEL VOLANDO �
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� NEGRITA DE MIS PESARES OJOS
DE PAPEL VOLANDO �
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� A TODOS DILES QUE S� �
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� PERO NO LES DIGAS CUANDO �
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� ASI ME DIJISTE A M� �
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� POR ESO VIVO PENANDO �
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Man: YI-I-I-I AH HA HA HA!
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WHAT IS THE YELLING FOR?
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THE GRITOS?
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THAT SHOWS INVOLVEMENT,
YOU KNOW.
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IT SHOWS THAT THE MUSIC
IS CAPTIVATING.
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PEOPLE ARE CAUGHT UP
INTO IT.
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HE'S YOUR BEST YELLER,
ISN'T HE?
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WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT?
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GRITO.
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GRITO.
CAN HE GIVE US A GOOD ONE?
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S�.
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WHA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
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[ LAUGHS ]
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WHY WAS HE LAUGHING?
HE THINKS HE'S BETTER?
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CAN YOU GIVE US ONE?
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HE'S BETTER.
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AHHHHHHHH-HA-HA-HA!
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[ LAUGHS ]
VERY GOOD.
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WE SHOULD HAVE
A GRITO CONTEST HERE.
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NO, BUT THAT'S A REAL PART
OF THE MUSIC, ISN'T IT?
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IT IS, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT
IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS.
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THE AUDIENCE WILL DO THAT.
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IT'S SORT OF A SIGN
THAT THE MUSIC IS RIGHT.
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IT'S AESTHETIC INVOLVEMENT.
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THEY'RE CAPTIVATED
AND CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT.
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SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE GRITOS,
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THEN YOU KNOW
THAT IT'S WORKING.
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[ SINGING CONTINUES ]
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NOW, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING,
TO BE A MARIACHI GROUP,
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE
CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS, RIGHT?
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THAT'S CORRECT.
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COULD YOU GO THROUGH
THE GROUP WITH US
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AND EXPLAIN TO US,
IN NOT TOO TECHNICAL A WAY,
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EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF THIS IS?
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OKAY, SURE.
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THE MODERN MARIACHI
HAS FOUR BASIC INSTRUMENTS
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THAT ARE THE COMPONENTS --
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THE VIHUELA, GUITARR�N,
TRUMPET, AND VIOLIN.
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THE GUITARR�N AND THE VIHUELA
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ARE INSTRUMENTS
THAT ARE INDIGENOUS TO MEXICO.
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THEY'RE SORT OF COMING OUT
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OF THE SPANISH-MISSIONARY
INFLUENCE.
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THE MIXTURE OF THE INDIAN
AND THE SPANISH --
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THE WHOLE PROCESS
OF MESTIZATION IN MEXICO --
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IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF MEXICO,
DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED.
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SO THIS IS THE FOUNDATION,
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THE RHYTHM SECTION
OF THE MARIACHI.
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THIS, WHICH IS...
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THE VIHUELA.
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IT HAS FIVE STRINGS.
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THE WAY THE TUNING IS --
IT'S LIKE A GUITAR,
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BUT THE TUNING
IS A LITTLE BIT INVERTED.
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AND THE INSTRUMENT IS DESIGNED
TO HAVE A FAST DECAY.
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COULD HE PLAY
JUST TO LET US HEAR THE SOUND?
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THE STRINGS OR...
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JUST A LITTLE, YEAH.
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UNOS MANICOS.
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AND THAT COMBINES WITH THIS,
WHICH IS THE...
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THIS IS THE GUITARR�N.
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WHICH IS VERY THICK.
COULD WE HOLD THAT UP SO...
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IT'S THICK-LOOKING.
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THE VIHUELA
HAS THE SAME SHAPE.
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THE GUITARR�N
IS A SPECIAL INSTRUMENT.
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IT'S THE BASS,
BUT IT'S ALSO --
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THERE AREN'T VERY MANY PORTABLE
ACOUSTIC BASSES IN THE WORLD,
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SO THIS IS KIND OF
AN INTERESTING THING.
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COULD WE HEAR THAT?
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THE OTHER INTERESTING THING
ABOUT IT IS
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IT'S PLAYED IN OCTAVES,
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SO IT'S BEING PLUCKED
IN ALMOST A HARP-LIKE STYLE.
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CAN WE HEAR
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE...
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SOUNDS KIND OF LIKE A BASS,
DOESN'T IT?
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IT IS A BASS --
ABSOLUTELY...
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ESPECIALLY WHEN HE PLAYS
ROCK-'N'-ROLL BASS LINES ON IT.
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IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE
A ROCK-'N'-ROLL BASS.
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NOW, HERE ARE OUR OLD FRIENDS
BACK HERE.
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THIS IS
THE DISTINCTIVE SOUND HERE.
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TRUMPETS ARE ACTUALLY,
IN MODERN MARIACHI,
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A FAIRLY LATE ADDITION,
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COMING FIXED MAYBE
IN THE 1920s AND 1930s.
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REALLY?
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SO THE EARLY GROUPS
DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE TRUMPETS?
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NO, THE EARLIEST MARIACHIS
WERE PROBABLY HARP,
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QUINTON, WHICH IS SORT OF
LIKE THE VIHUELA,
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AND VIOLINS.
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COULD WE HEAR JUST A FEW SECONDS
OF TRUMPETS?
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WE KIND OF KNOW
WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE,
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BUT IT'D BE FUN
TO HEAR THEM.
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VERY GOOD.
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AND THE DOUBLE-TRUMPET SOUND
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IS NOW REALLY WHAT PEOPLE
RECOGNIZE FOR MODERN MARIACHI,
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ABSOLUTELY.
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AND THIS IS THE --
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DO YOU CALL THEM FIDDLES,
VIOLINS?
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NO, VIOLINS.
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MODERN MARIACHI --
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WELL, VIOLINS GO BACK
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TO THE EARLIEST DAYS
OF MARIACHI, OF COURSE.
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IN MODERN MARIACHIS,
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YOU USUALLY HAVE
THREE OR MORE VIOLINS
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AND PLAY IN THREE PARTS.
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WE HAVE 3-PART,
USUALLY PARALLEL HARMONIES
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FOR THE VIOLIN SECTION.
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CAN WE HEAR JUST
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT?
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SURE.
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[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]
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VERY GOOD.
AND YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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AND YOU HAVE
THAT UNMISTAKABLE SOUND.
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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
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Howser: NOW, I'M CURIOUS
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AS TO HOW POPULAR
THE MUSIC IS
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AS PART OF THE AMBIENCE
OF YOUR RESTAURANT
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IN OLVERA STREET
AND ALL OF THAT.
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IT REALLY DOES MAKE THE AMBIENCE
OF THE STREET.
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I THINK ANYTHING THAT --
WELL, YOU LIKE LIVELINESS.
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IN A MEXICAN ATMOSPHERE,
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PART OF THE CULTURE WOULD
REQUIRE A SONG, DANCE.
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THAT'S PART
OF THE MEXICAN CULTURE --
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AN INTRICATE PART OF IT.
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SO IT'S SOMETHING
THAT, ALMOST,
00:13:06.553 --> 00:13:08.253
YOUR CUSTOMERS
HAVE COME TO EXPECT
00:13:08.321 --> 00:13:10.356
WHEN THEY COME IN HERE
TO EAT MEXICAN FOOD.
00:13:10.423 --> 00:13:11.857
THEY ALWAYS CALL ME
00:13:11.925 --> 00:13:13.659
AND THEY SAY, "DO YOU HAVE
MARIACHIS TODAY?"
00:13:13.727 --> 00:13:15.527
I SAY, "ABSOLUTELY.
COME ON DOWN."
00:13:15.595 --> 00:13:17.262
THEY REALLY DO ENJOY IT.
00:13:17.330 --> 00:13:20.366
THEY ASK FOR SONGS
AND SIT THERE FOR HOURS
00:13:20.433 --> 00:13:22.401
LISTENING TO MUSIC SOMETIMES.
00:13:22.469 --> 00:13:25.371
NOW, YOU SAID,
"DO THEY HAVE MARIACHIS?"
00:13:25.438 --> 00:13:28.040
NOW, THAT'S THIS DEBATE
WE'RE HAVING
00:13:28.108 --> 00:13:29.842
ABOUT WHAT ARE MARIACHIS --
00:13:29.909 --> 00:13:32.378
WHO ARE MARIACHIS
AND WHAT IS IT?
00:13:32.445 --> 00:13:34.213
DO YOU HAVE MARIACHIS,
00:13:34.280 --> 00:13:37.116
OR DO YOU HAVE FOUR GUYS
PLAYING MUSIC?
00:13:37.183 --> 00:13:39.585
I HAVE THREE GUYS
PLAYING MUSIC.
00:13:39.652 --> 00:13:41.053
WE HAVE A TRIO.
00:13:41.121 --> 00:13:44.023
AND I GUESS IN ENGLISH,
IN THE ANGLO CULTURE,
00:13:44.090 --> 00:13:45.657
THREE GUYS IS A TRIO.
00:13:45.725 --> 00:13:48.093
IN MEXICAN CULTURE,
IF YOU HAVE A MARIACHI,
00:13:48.161 --> 00:13:49.661
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:13:49.729 --> 00:13:52.131
IS THE MEN THAT ARE WEARING
THE CHARRO OUTFITS
00:13:52.198 --> 00:13:53.465
WITH THE BIG SOMBREROS.
00:13:53.533 --> 00:13:55.067
AND THEY TEND TO HAVE
00:13:55.135 --> 00:13:57.036
QUITE A DIVERSE SELECTION
OF INSTRUMENTS.
00:13:57.103 --> 00:13:59.638
THEY'LL HAVE A VIOLIN,
THEY'LL HAVE TRUMPETS,
00:13:59.706 --> 00:14:01.440
THEY'LL HAVE THE BIG GUITAR.
00:14:01.508 --> 00:14:04.309
AND IT'S A SPECIFIC TYPE
OF MUSIC THAT THEY PLAY ALSO.
00:14:04.377 --> 00:14:07.112
WHILST VARIOUS MARIACHIS
ARE VERY DIVERSE
00:14:07.180 --> 00:14:08.781
IN WHAT THEY PLAY,
00:14:08.848 --> 00:14:11.550
PEOPLE HAVE COME TO EXPECT
A SPECIFIC TYPE OF MUSIC
00:14:11.618 --> 00:14:13.686
FROM THE LARGE
MARIACHI GROUP.
00:14:13.753 --> 00:14:17.389
THE TRIOS THAT WE HAVE
PLAY EITHER ROMANTIC MUSIC,
00:14:17.457 --> 00:14:20.192
WHICH ARE CALLED BOLEROS
IN SPANISH,
00:14:20.260 --> 00:14:23.629
OR THEY'LL PLAY NORTE�O MUSIC --
NORTHERN MUSIC --
00:14:23.697 --> 00:14:25.764
THE COWBOY-POLKA STYLE MUSIC.
00:14:25.832 --> 00:14:29.635
[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
00:14:43.149 --> 00:14:45.651
NOW, VIVIEN HAS BROUGHT US
OVER HERE
00:14:45.719 --> 00:14:49.254
TO THE CORNER OF FIRST
AND BOYLE STREET IN EAST L.A.
00:14:49.322 --> 00:14:51.757
BECAUSE THIS IS
KIND OF THE PLACE,
00:14:51.825 --> 00:14:54.026
ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY,
00:14:54.094 --> 00:14:57.296
WHERE THINGS HAPPEN AS FAR
AS MARIACHIS ARE CONCERNED.
00:14:57.364 --> 00:14:58.630
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:14:58.698 --> 00:15:00.499
EVERYBODY'S OUT
LOOKING TO PERFORM
00:15:00.567 --> 00:15:02.701
AND MAKE SOMEBODY'S NIGHT
A HAPPY ONE.
00:15:02.769 --> 00:15:04.303
WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE?
00:15:04.371 --> 00:15:07.106
THE MARIACHI GROUPS COME OVER
HERE AND JUST KIND OF WAIT?
00:15:07.173 --> 00:15:08.741
THEY ASSEMBLE.
00:15:08.808 --> 00:15:12.478
THIS IS VERY MUCH LIKE
PLAZA GARIBALDI IN MEXICO CITY,
00:15:12.545 --> 00:15:14.513
WHERE IT'S A TRADITION THERE
00:15:14.581 --> 00:15:17.416
THAT MARIACHIS WILL ACCUMULATE
IN A CERTAIN PART OF TOWN.
00:15:17.484 --> 00:15:18.784
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THAT IS.
00:15:18.852 --> 00:15:21.253
HERE IN LOS ANGELES,
THIS IS THE PLACE
00:15:21.321 --> 00:15:24.256
IF YOU WANT TO COME
AND PICK UP A MARIACHI BAND.
00:15:24.324 --> 00:15:25.691
FOR ANY KIND OF EVENT.
00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.160
A PARTY, A WEDDING,
WHATEVER YOU WANT --
00:15:28.228 --> 00:15:30.596
JUST A LITTLE GOOD MUSIC
TO GO ALONG.
00:15:30.663 --> 00:15:32.431
SO, DO YOU WHEEL AND DEAL?
00:15:32.499 --> 00:15:35.834
YOU'RE GONNA NEGOTIATE.
THAT'S RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY.
00:15:35.902 --> 00:15:37.836
WELL, LET'S START NEGOTIATING
00:15:37.904 --> 00:15:40.305
AND SEE
WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
00:15:40.373 --> 00:15:42.207
SEE WHO'S OUT HERE TONIGHT.
00:15:42.275 --> 00:15:45.110
WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP
OVER THERE.
00:15:45.178 --> 00:15:47.613
THINK WE OUGHT TO WALK
OVER THERE?
00:15:47.681 --> 00:15:50.749
LET'S WALK OVER HERE
AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.
00:15:50.817 --> 00:15:52.451
Bonzo: THEY'RE EXCITED.
00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.587
NOW, IS THIS ALL ONE GROUP,
DO YOU THINK?
00:15:55.655 --> 00:15:57.589
IT LOOKS LIKE IT.
00:15:57.657 --> 00:15:59.324
HELLO.
00:15:59.392 --> 00:16:02.428
BUENAS TARDES.
ES SE�OR HUELL HOWSER.
00:16:02.495 --> 00:16:04.430
TIENE SU PROPIA PROGRAMA.
00:16:04.497 --> 00:16:08.100
IS THERE SOMEONE
I CAN TALK WITH ABOUT...
00:16:08.168 --> 00:16:10.502
DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
00:16:10.570 --> 00:16:12.838
NO ENGLISH?
00:16:12.906 --> 00:16:14.206
NADA, NADA.
00:16:14.274 --> 00:16:18.477
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
NEGOTIATE THIS, THEN.
00:16:18.545 --> 00:16:20.979
�TIENEN SU PROPIO GRUPO
DE MARIACHI?
00:16:21.047 --> 00:16:23.649
I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD
HIS OWN MARIACHI GROUP.
00:16:23.717 --> 00:16:24.717
�S�?
00:16:24.784 --> 00:16:26.552
THIS IS
THE GROUP HERE?
00:16:26.619 --> 00:16:27.820
�CU�NTOS SON?
00:16:27.887 --> 00:16:29.655
SEVEN PLAYERS
ALTOGETHER.
00:16:29.723 --> 00:16:31.090
NOW, IS WORK --
00:16:31.157 --> 00:16:34.626
ARE THEY WAITING
FOR SOMEONE TO COME BY?
00:16:34.694 --> 00:16:36.995
�ESPERANDO
A UN CLIENTE?
00:16:37.063 --> 00:16:39.198
�S�? �SIEMPRE
CAIGA LOS S�BADOS?
00:16:39.265 --> 00:16:42.568
REGULARLY, THEY PICK UP WORK
EVERY SATURDAY RIGHT HERE.
00:16:42.635 --> 00:16:44.670
SO THEY'RE HERE
EVERY SATURDAY.
00:16:44.738 --> 00:16:46.972
BUT HOW COULD I NEGOTIATE
WITH THEM
00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:50.676
IF I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH,
AND THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH?
00:16:50.744 --> 00:16:53.712
�C�MO PUEDE NEGOCIAR
EL PRECIO CON USTEDES
00:16:53.780 --> 00:16:55.381
SI �L NO HABLA ESPA�OL?
00:16:55.448 --> 00:16:58.217
NORMALMENTE, LOS CLIENTES
SON LATINOS.
00:16:58.284 --> 00:17:00.552
NORMALLY, THE CUSTOMERS
ARE ALL LATINO,
00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.954
SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
00:17:02.022 --> 00:17:04.023
I'M IN BIG TROUBLE THEN,
AREN'T I?
00:17:04.090 --> 00:17:06.592
"TIENE PROBLEMAS," �L DICE,
PARA NEGOCIAR.
00:17:06.659 --> 00:17:09.094
S�.
00:17:09.162 --> 00:17:12.631
HOW DO I EVER --
HOW DOES THIS EVER WORK?
00:17:12.699 --> 00:17:15.167
�C�MO PUEDE
CONTRATARLES?
00:17:15.235 --> 00:17:18.771
SHOW THEM THE MONEY,
AND THEY'LL BE THERE.
00:17:18.838 --> 00:17:22.107
HA HA HA HA HA HA!
00:17:22.175 --> 00:17:24.810
YOU'VE GOT A BUSINESS CARD HERE
THAT HE JUST HANDED YOU.
00:17:24.878 --> 00:17:27.012
SO WHAT I'LL DO --
I'LL GO TO EVERY SINGLE ONE,
00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:29.214
NEGOTIATE THE BEST DEAL,
AND TAKE IT FROM THERE.
00:17:29.282 --> 00:17:30.816
YOU'RE GONNA GO
00:17:30.884 --> 00:17:33.252
TO EVERY SINGLE MARIACHI GROUP
AND NEGOTIATE?
00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:35.888
RIGHT. IT'S JUST
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
00:17:35.955 --> 00:17:37.856
WELL, GOOD LUCK.
00:17:37.924 --> 00:17:39.692
I HOPE YOU FIND A GROUP.
GOSH.
00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.894
HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT HE'S GOT AHEAD OF HIM.
00:17:41.961 --> 00:17:44.196
THERE'S A LOT OF MARIACHI
GROUPS AROUND HERE.
00:17:44.264 --> 00:17:46.665
GOOD LUCK.
00:17:46.733 --> 00:17:50.636
HOW WOULD I KNOW HOW GOOD
THEY WERE WHEN I WAS --
00:17:50.704 --> 00:17:54.440
IF I DIDN'T HEAR THEM PLAY
BEFORE I HIRED THEM?
00:17:54.507 --> 00:17:56.241
NO, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE
TO TELL.
00:17:56.309 --> 00:17:58.177
YOU'D JUST HAVE TO TAKE
YOUR CHANCES.
00:17:58.244 --> 00:17:59.912
THAT'S PART
OF THIS ARRANGEMENT.
00:17:59.979 --> 00:18:01.780
YOU HIRE THEM,
AND IF THEY'RE GOOD,
00:18:01.848 --> 00:18:03.916
WELL, YOU'LL HAVE THEM BACK
ANOTHER TIME.
00:18:03.983 --> 00:18:05.451
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN --
00:18:05.518 --> 00:18:08.153
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED THEM
TO AUDITION?
00:18:08.221 --> 00:18:09.521
NO, HE SAYS.
00:18:09.589 --> 00:18:11.557
THAT'S NOT PART
OF THE ARRANGEMENT.
00:18:11.624 --> 00:18:13.025
NO SE USA AUDICIONES.
00:18:13.093 --> 00:18:15.260
WE DON'T USE
THE AUDITIONING HERE.
00:18:15.328 --> 00:18:17.629
SO YOU'RE STILL
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
00:18:17.697 --> 00:18:18.797
YEAH.
00:18:18.865 --> 00:18:20.866
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED
IN MARIACHI?
00:18:20.934 --> 00:18:22.034
MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY.
00:18:22.102 --> 00:18:23.669
ARE THEY HERE TODAY?
00:18:23.737 --> 00:18:24.970
THIS IS MY DAD.
00:18:25.038 --> 00:18:26.839
OH, THIS IS YOUR FATHER.
00:18:26.906 --> 00:18:30.376
WOW. SO YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED
TO MARIACHI MUSIC
00:18:30.443 --> 00:18:32.511
SINCE YOU WERE
JUST A LITTLE BOY.
00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.912
[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]
00:18:33.980 --> 00:18:36.849
Bonzo: HE SAYS
HE LEARNED BY EVERYBODY.
00:18:36.916 --> 00:18:39.885
THEY ALL TAUGHT HIM
HOW TO BE A MARIACHI.
00:18:39.953 --> 00:18:43.188
SO THE GROUP KIND OF
ADOPTED HIM EARLY ON.
00:18:43.256 --> 00:18:45.257
THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
00:18:45.325 --> 00:18:48.227
HE SAYS THEY HAVE
A STRONG COMMUNITY.
00:18:48.294 --> 00:18:50.496
IT'S A UNIFIED COMMUNITY
HERE.
00:18:50.563 --> 00:18:53.499
EVERYBODY SUPPORTS
THE OTHER ONE HERE.
00:18:53.566 --> 00:18:55.134
A FAMILY OF MARIACHI.
00:18:55.201 --> 00:18:56.402
THAT'S RIGHT.
00:18:56.469 --> 00:18:59.571
[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
00:19:12.385 --> 00:19:15.387
Howser: IT WAS
A VERY SPECIAL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM,
00:19:15.455 --> 00:19:19.091
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GARFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT MARIACHI
00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:21.427
TO PERFORM
IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS.
00:19:21.494 --> 00:19:23.562
IT ALSO WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
00:19:23.630 --> 00:19:28.267
FOR THE STUDENT FOLKLORICO
GROUP, ALBA MESTIZA, TO PERFORM.
00:19:28.335 --> 00:19:30.936
[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
00:19:36.643 --> 00:19:39.111
NOW, ALL THIS TOOK PLACE
00:19:39.179 --> 00:19:42.781
IN THE FIRST HALF
OF THE PROGRAM.
00:19:42.849 --> 00:19:44.983
THEN THE PROS ARRIVED --
00:19:45.051 --> 00:19:48.320
MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS,
TO BE EXACT,
00:19:48.388 --> 00:19:52.424
A GROUP KNOWN AND RESPECTED
AROUND THE WORLD.
00:19:52.492 --> 00:19:55.661
FOUNDED AND DIRECTED
BY NATI CANO,
00:19:55.729 --> 00:19:58.931
LOS CAMPEROS PUTS ON
QUITE A SHOW.
00:19:58.998 --> 00:20:01.800
[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
00:20:31.197 --> 00:20:34.133
[ MUSIC AND SINGING CONTINUES ]
00:20:41.808 --> 00:20:46.011
Man: AY-YI-YI-YI-I-I!
OH HO HO HO!
00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:49.815
NOW, THE PROGRAM ENDED
ON EVEN A HIGHER NOTE
00:20:49.883 --> 00:20:51.650
AS THE STUDENT MARIACHIS
00:20:51.718 --> 00:20:55.320
JOINED WITH THE PROS ONSTAGE
FOR THE GRAND FINALE.
00:20:55.388 --> 00:20:58.123
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
00:21:21.414 --> 00:21:23.048
AND THERE WAS MORE, TOO,
00:21:23.116 --> 00:21:26.552
BECAUSE AFTER THE PERFORMANCE,
INSTRUMENTS IN HAND,
00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:28.187
IT WAS OFF TO THE BAND ROOM,
00:21:28.254 --> 00:21:30.389
WHERE THESE YOUNG
MARIACHI STUDENTS
00:21:30.457 --> 00:21:32.524
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
OF A LIFETIME...
00:21:32.592 --> 00:21:33.992
BECAUSE, YOU SEE,
00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:36.695
THEY GOT TO SPEND THE AFTERNOON
ONE-ON-ONE
00:21:36.763 --> 00:21:40.699
WITH SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS
MARIACHI MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD.
00:21:40.767 --> 00:21:42.668
FIESTA TIME TODAY.
00:21:42.736 --> 00:21:44.870
I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE
SOMETHING SPECIAL.
00:21:44.938 --> 00:21:47.172
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA BE
THIS SPECIAL.
00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.074
WHAT IS A DAY LIKE THIS
ALL ABOUT?
00:21:49.142 --> 00:21:51.310
WE FEEL THAT WE COME HERE
TO SPEND THE DAY
00:21:51.378 --> 00:21:53.445
WITH THESE PEOPLE
AND THESE YOUNG KIDS.
00:21:53.513 --> 00:21:56.582
I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THEM
TO CONTINUE OUR FUTURE,
00:21:56.649 --> 00:21:59.918
THE TRADITION OF OUR MUSIC --
IT'S IN THEIR HANDS.
00:21:59.986 --> 00:22:01.420
SO WHY NOT COME
00:22:01.488 --> 00:22:04.023
AND HELP THEM TO LEARN
WHAT WE LOVE SO MUCH?
00:22:04.090 --> 00:22:06.125
WHAT ARE YOU ALL
TALKING ABOUT?
00:22:06.192 --> 00:22:08.660
WE TALK ABOUT...MUSIC.
00:22:08.728 --> 00:22:09.995
YEAH?
00:22:10.063 --> 00:22:12.765
IT'S NOT TECHNICAL.
IT'S NOT WRITTEN.
00:22:12.832 --> 00:22:15.501
IT'S MORE FEELING,
AND YOU DON'T --
00:22:15.568 --> 00:22:18.137
YOU'RE NOT ON TIME
ALL THE TIME.
00:22:18.204 --> 00:22:20.639
THIS IS A PIECE
THAT'S NOT ON TIME.
00:22:20.707 --> 00:22:24.410
WE KIND OF JUST GO ALONG
WITH THE RHYTHM AND FOLLOW THEM.
00:22:24.477 --> 00:22:26.745
THAT'S THE HARDEST PART
OF THIS.
00:22:26.813 --> 00:22:28.914
YEAH, BUT IT'S FUN,
ISN'T IT?
00:22:28.982 --> 00:22:30.616
OH, WE'RE HAVING A BLAST.
00:22:30.684 --> 00:22:33.519
[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
00:22:43.663 --> 00:22:45.431
WE LOOK AT THEM,
HOW GOOD THEY ARE,
00:22:45.498 --> 00:22:47.366
AND ALL THE NEW EXPERIENCES
THEY HAVE.
00:22:47.434 --> 00:22:49.968
BY THEIR EXPERIENCES,
WE LEARN, TOO, AT THE SAME TIME.
00:22:50.036 --> 00:22:51.804
WHAT KIND OF THINGS
WOULD YOU LEARN
00:22:51.871 --> 00:22:54.006
FROM JUST HANGING OUT
WITH THEM FOR THE DAY?
00:22:54.074 --> 00:22:55.941
THE TECHNIQUES
THAT THEY USE.
00:22:56.009 --> 00:22:58.544
IT'S LIKE A BIG ORGANIZATION
OF THE MARIACHI.
00:22:58.611 --> 00:22:59.945
THE NEW ONES COME IN,
00:23:00.013 --> 00:23:02.481
AND THE OLD ONES SHOW YOU
WHAT THEY KNOW.
00:23:02.549 --> 00:23:04.650
SO THEN YOU GO UP
TO THEIR LEVEL,
00:23:04.718 --> 00:23:07.019
AND THEN YOU SHOW
THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
00:23:07.087 --> 00:23:09.755
DO YOUR FRIENDS APPRECIATE
MARIACHI THE SAME WAY YOU DO?
00:23:09.823 --> 00:23:12.224
SOME PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING
MAKE FUN OF MARIACHI,
00:23:12.292 --> 00:23:14.960
BUT ONCE THEY SEE YOU PERFORMING
AND HEAR HOW GOOD YOU ARE,
00:23:15.028 --> 00:23:17.730
THEY APPLAUD AND THEY STAND UP
AND THEY'RE PROUD FOR YOU.
00:23:17.797 --> 00:23:20.032
HOW DID YOU GET INTERESTED
IN MARIACHI?
00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:22.001
HAVE YOU ALWAYS LOVED
THE MUSIC?
00:23:22.068 --> 00:23:24.636
NO. I NEVER EVEN LIKED IT
AT ALL.
00:23:24.704 --> 00:23:28.273
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU NEVER
EVEN LIKED IT AT ALL?
00:23:28.341 --> 00:23:29.842
I DIDN'T.
00:23:29.909 --> 00:23:33.012
ONCE I WENT TO GUADALAJARA,
AND I SAW THIS BIG GROUP
00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:36.515
WITH THESE FUNNY-LOOKING TRAJES
AND EVERYTHING.
00:23:36.583 --> 00:23:37.916
I LOOKED AND I GO --
00:23:37.984 --> 00:23:40.719
I TOLD MY DAD AND MY MOM,
"WHAT IS THAT?"
00:23:40.787 --> 00:23:44.423
I WAS MAKING FUN OF THE GUYS
BECAUSE THE PANTS WERE TIGHT.
00:23:44.491 --> 00:23:45.924
THEY WERE TIGHT.
00:23:45.992 --> 00:23:48.360
I WOULD LOOK AT THEM,
AND I WOULD LAUGH.
00:23:48.428 --> 00:23:51.764
BUT THEN AFTER I HEARD
THE MUSIC, I HEARD THE STYLE,
00:23:51.831 --> 00:23:53.132
IT WAS DIFFERENT.
00:23:53.199 --> 00:23:55.567
I GO,
"WELL, THIS IS MEXICAN STYLE.
00:23:55.635 --> 00:23:58.270
"THIS IS THE CULTURE.
IT'S MY CULTURE.
00:23:58.338 --> 00:23:59.672
I WANT TO PLAY IT."
00:23:59.739 --> 00:24:02.408
SINCE THEN, I JUST REALLY
STARTED PLAYING VIOLIN
00:24:02.475 --> 00:24:03.976
ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
00:24:04.044 --> 00:24:06.211
I STARTED PLAYING MARIACHI
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, TOO.
00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.614
NOW I'M IN GARFIELD MARIACHI,
AND I LOVE IT.
00:24:08.682 --> 00:24:09.815
IT'S MY LIFE NOW.
00:24:09.883 --> 00:24:11.684
I WAS GENUINELY IMPRESSED
00:24:11.751 --> 00:24:16.922
BY HOW IMPRESSED YOUR STUDENTS
WERE WITH THIS GROUP TODAY
00:24:16.990 --> 00:24:19.925
AND HOW THEY RESPECTED THEM
AND HOW THEY LISTENED TO THEM
00:24:19.993 --> 00:24:22.428
AND HOW THEY LEARNED
FROM THEM.
00:24:22.495 --> 00:24:24.263
I'M GLAD THAT CAME ACROSS,
00:24:24.330 --> 00:24:26.999
BECAUSE THE FIRST THING
WE WANT TO DO
00:24:27.067 --> 00:24:30.069
IS ENGENDER THAT RESPECT
FOR THE TRADITION,
00:24:30.136 --> 00:24:32.604
RESPECT FOR THOSE CARRIERS
THAT --
00:24:32.672 --> 00:24:34.573
MR. CANO HERE HAS CARRIED ON
00:24:34.641 --> 00:24:37.376
IN SPITE
OF TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTIES.
00:24:37.444 --> 00:24:40.112
HE'S KIND OF MADE A HIGHWAY
FOR US,
00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:43.682
WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS
A DIRT PATH OR EVEN LESS.
00:24:43.750 --> 00:24:45.484
AND HE FORGED THAT PATH.
00:24:45.552 --> 00:24:47.419
SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT
FOR THAT,
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AND THEY'VE GOT TO
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IF THEY REALLY WANT TO CARRY ON
THE TRADITION.
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WITHOUT THAT RESPECT, THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO CARRY IT ON.
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IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING FOR FUN.
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IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY
ALL AROUND.
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I TOLD YOU --
FIESTA TIME.
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YEAH, HE SAID,
"FIESTA TIME."
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DID YOU FEEL THAT?
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
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ISN'T THAT WHAT MARIACHI --
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THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
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WE LEARN FROM JUST LISTENING
TO OTHER PLAYERS.
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WE PICK IT UP.
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IF SOMEBODY'S SINGING,
WE START SINGING.
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SO THAT BECOMES
THE WAY OF LIFE.
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THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I AGREE 100%.
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IF THIS DOESN'T DO IT FOR YOU,
YOU'RE PRETTY FAR GONE.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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[ MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS ]
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[ SINGING IN SPANISH ]
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