![]() ![]() Gloria Garza was certain what her late husband would say of the wild turnout: “Hey, all right Lanier!” “This is when you realize that these roots and this music run much deeper than we understand,” said Lopez. KRTU program director JJ Lopez was equally stunned at the crush of old-timers and lowriders. “We were all surprised, but we had a feeling,” said Eddie “DJ Plata” Hernandez. Saturday’s outpouring was unlike anything at Hi-Tones before. ![]() The Royal Jesters also recorded for Epstein at his small two-track studio on Gen. bands recorded and produced by Abie Epstein, including the Commands, the Tonettes and Little Jr. In 2013, the label issued “Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label,” which compiled music by S.A. This is not the first time Numero Group has mined out-of-print San Antonio cruising music of the ’60s. The Royal Jesters last performed in October 2010 at Plaza Guadalupe, so it was touching to see all the surviving Jesters onstage singing the innocent “We Go Together,” with Escalante taking the lead vocal. ![]() The original Jesters - singers Mike Pedraza, Hernandez and Louis Escalante, along with Gloria Garza and Rose Mary Lawson, widows of Dimas Garza and Oscar Lawson - signed old records, posters, CDs and newspapers for fans while DJs played their music.Īlso making the scene were Luvine Elias Jr., whose Lowrey organ playing defined those enduring 45s trumpeter Roland Rodriguez drummer Manuel “Bones” Aragon and singers Joe Jama, Ralph Cortez and brothers Jack and Anthony Martinez.ĭimas Garza died in November 2008 Oscar Lawson died in January 2011. By 8:30, all of the CDs and vinyl albums were sold. (an hour before the record release party was to begin). ![]() Hi-Tones was jam-packed beyond capacity by 8 p.m. The Jesters gathered with family, friends and a new generation of vinyl record collectors and DJs to celebrate the worldwide release Tuesday of “Royal Jesters: English Oldies,” a 28-song collection from Chicago-based record label Numero Group. “The clock is ticking,” said Henry Hernandez, a founding member since the early days in 1957 when the teenagers were known as the Young Ones. Surviving members of the Royal Jesters, the legendary Chicano vocal group from Lanier High School who in the late 1950s,’60s and ’70s combined a love of doo-wop, rock ’n’ roll and Motown to create the West Side Sound, reunited Saturday at Hi-Tones on the St. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 9 of9 A photo of the Royal Jesters is projected Saturday Jduring the ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ record release party at Hi-Tones. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 8 of9 Rae Cabello, a DJ and vinyl record collector who was the lead researcher for the Numero Group's ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ LP spins Royal Jesters 45s Saturday Jduring the ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ record release party at Hi-Tones. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 7 of9 Royal Jesters fans Justin and Melody Boyd dance Saturday Jduring the ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ record release party at Hi-Tones. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 6 of9 Royal Jesters member Henry Hernandez (center) poses for a photo with Theresa Rivera (left) and her sister Melissa Rivera Saturday Jduring the ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ record release party at Hi-Tones. sing "We Go Together" Saturday Jduring the ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ record release party at Hi-Tones. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 5 of9 Members of the Royal Jesters Louis Escalante (from left), Henry Hernandez, Manuel ?’Bones?“ Aragon, Roland Rodriguez, and Luvine Elias Jr. Courtesy photo Show More Show Less 3 of9 The Royal Jesters The Numero Group Show More Show Less 4 of9 Members of the Royal Jesters Oscar Lawson's widow Rose Mary Lawson (from left), Louis Escalante, Henry Hernandez, and Manuel ?’Bones?“ Aragon sing "We Go Together" Saturday Jduring the ?’Royal Jesters: English Oldies?“ record release party at Hi-Tones. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 2 of9 In 1960, the Royal Jesters' lineup was Toni Arce (from left), Louis Escalante, Henry Hernandez, Mike Pedraza and Oscar Lawson. 1 of9 Members of the Royal Jesters Mike Pedraza (from left), Oscar Lawson's widow Rose Mary Lawson, Louis Escalante, Henry Hernandez, Manuel ?’Bones?“ Aragon, Roland Rodriguez, and Luvine Elias Jr. ![]()
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