Villa, Beto / Father Of Orquesta Tejana: Volume 1
Album: Father Of Orquesta Tejana: Volume 1   Collection:World
Artist:Villa, Beto   Added:Aug 2007
Label:Arhoolie Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-09-09 Pull Date: 2007-11-11 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Nov 11 Nov 4 Oct 28 Oct 21 Oct 14 Oct 7 Sep 23 Sep 16
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 18, 2009: Music Casserole
Rancho Grande
4. Oct 30, 2007: At the Cafe Bohemian
Southern Select
2. Aug 12, 2008: At The Café Bohemian
Southern Select
5. Oct 23, 2007: At the Cafe Bohemian
Rio Grande
3. Nov 06, 2007: At the Cafe Bohemian
El Sapo
6. Oct 16, 2007: At the Cafe Bohemian
Southern Select

Album Review
Decca
Reviewed 2007-09-06
Wickedly cool blend of big band swing and Mexican Tejana music recorded in the late 1940s and early ‘50s. All instrumentals, featuring Villa on a swinging alto sax. If you like retro charm, you will love this. Trust me.

*1. A bright and bouncy polka to start things off. Fun!
2. Midtempo & lazy w/a sweet, playful air.
3. Light and bright polka w/good horns.
4. A slow, romantic dance w/a sweet sort of whining sound.
*5. Upbeat, brassy polka w/a tripping melody. Yee haw!
*6. Slow dance w/a lazy, sort of melodramatic feeling. So nice.
7. A happy, toe-tapping polka.
*8. Slow w/a cool big band brassiness.
*9. Fun percussion enlivens this mid/upbeat Latin dance.
10. Slow, swaying romance.
*11. Big, brassy polka, a Tejana classic. Electric guitar adds much.
12. Midtempo cha-cha w/lots of style.
13. Sweet slow dance w/extra romance.
14. Wiggly, upbeat folk dance w/a bright playfulness.
*15. Fast, fast and brassy. Nothing subtle about this one.

Track Listing
1. Southern Select   8. Angelina
2. Salvador   9. El Sapo
3. Tequila Es Mala Yerba   10. Rosalia
4. Rosita   11. Rancho Grande
5. Rio Grande   12. Nereidas
6. Morir Sonando   13. Maria Elana
7. La Picona   14. San Buena Ventura
  15. El Suby