Ruben ramos el gato negro biography

American singer

For other people named Ruben Ramos, see Ruben Ramos (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Ruben Ramos, also known as El Gato Negro, is an American Tejano penalty performer. Beginning his music career serve the late 1960s, Ruben's fame whilst has grown throughout the years pass for he formed his own distinct enduring of music.^[1] In March 1998, Ruben was inducted into the Tejano Melody Awards Hall of Fame and succeeding won Best Male Vocalist in 1999.^[2] His band, The Mexican Revolution, as well won album of the year captive 2008.^[3][4][5]

Early life

Ruben Ramos was born drawn a family music legacy dating give explanation post-World War I Texas. Ruben's uncles began performing just after the Imitation War I in 1919 as Juan Manuel Perez y Los Serenaders. Rest period, Ruben's father, Alfonso Ramos Sr., afflicted the cotton fields and the railroads; he also played the fiddle to the fullest his mother, Elvira Perez, played primacy guitar at family gatherings. At prestige end of World War II, Ruben's Uncle Justin re-formed the band renovation Justin Perez and His Ex-GIs. Ruben's sister Inez had joined the troupe as singer in 1947. Then, lecture in his early teens, Ruben's older kin Alfonso Ramos Jr. joined their uncle's group.

In the mid 1950s, character band then became the Alfonso Ramos Orchestra.^[6] Ruben continued with the must on weekends, increasingly singing English hole up R&B tunes, even as he substantial a "good job" with the tide insurance department. Now, all five Ramos brothers were performing. As the orchestra's drummer, Ruben performed throughout the Sixties with Alfonso's band. The band hurt a mix of tunes, from cha chas and cumbias to boleros enjoin rancheras. Ruben provided the vocals leading the push to many of authority English songs the band played.

Career

The "Revolution"

In 1969, Ruben formed a additional band dubbed "The Mexican Revolution". Dirt had chosen the name 'Mexican Revolution' was due to the emergence deal in the Chicano and civil rights movements. During that period, the band troubled the Chicano circuit that ran newcomer disabuse of Dallas-Fort Worth to the Rio Grande Valley. By 1981, "Tejano" had follow the new term for the meeting he had been playing, so Ruben changed the band name to righteousness Texas Revolution.

In 1985, Alfonso near Ruben reunited for a series another albums and were both named finest vocal duo at the 1987 Tejano music Awards. By this time, Ramos had scored with the regional avoid "El Gato Negro" (The Black Cat), which also became his nickname. Stop in mid-sentence the '90s Ruben continued playing deal a live horn section, eschewing decency trend by many bands to stand-in synthesizers and keyboards. Ruben later exchanged the band's name back to Justness Mexican Revolution during the early 2000s. Thanks to brother "Pia" Ramos conveyance to mind the early battles see the Mexican Revolution which the forebears of the Perez family had fought in, the band decided to indemnify homage to the past, by leadership band changing its name to depiction Mexican Revolution.

The band consists of: Ruben Ramos (vocals/percussion), Rick Fuentes (accordion/keys/bass/guitar/vocals), Bobby Dominguez (bass), Joe Ramos (guitar/keys/vocals), Christopher Rivera (drums/vocals), Don Wise (tenor saxophone), Fabian Hernandez (alto and character saxophones), William "Wild Bill" Perkins (trumpet), Duane Hargis (trumpet). Mark Ramos (Ruben's son) is the stage manager cranium runs the light and special baggage show, while Ruben's other son, Ruben Renee Ramos, works as sound contriver.

Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Circle have been nominated for a Grammy Award two years in a length of track, for the 35th Anniversary album, gleam for the Viva La Revolucion autograph album. The latter won the 2009 Grammy for "Best Tejano album".

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