Humble Beginnings in Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists

Even the smallest of things as we all look around ourselves, had a beginning at some point in time. The smartphones, watches, television, and numerous other things that we consider a part of our daily lives may not have existed some decades or a century ago, and most of the things mentioned took their due time in becoming popular as a daily routine item for us. Music, and musicians are no different. The story Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists explains about the humble beginnings of the band The Rondels, depicting how they emerged to be game-changers, and helped to revolutionize the music industry in the 60’s.

The author of the book Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists, Humberto Gonzalez explains about the beginning, emergence and the eruption of the band The Rondels. The author explains that in retrospect the members had adopted from Glascow and Matthew Sayed’s famous rule and formula of success, the’10,000-hour rule’. This rule was embraced by the group in the earliest of their stages, creating a habit of practicing and playing music along side each other over time through rehearsals and performances through the week and weekends. This practice of sitting together and playing music allowed each and every member to not only polish their skills, but also ensure they’re learning something new about their craft regularly and adding to their 10,000-hour development. The band was headed by the lead singer Carlos Landin, and their music director and mentor Victor Garza. Garza and Landin became the ultimate source of inspiration for everyone in the band, uniting them under the vast umbrella of music, and guiding them to help change the course of the industry in the years to come.

Beginning of a Musical Revolution

The author Humberto Gonzalez describes the 60’s era, where many significant historical events were happening parallel to each other. The world was recovering from a recently concluded Global conflict, the American society was finally finding its feet after the great depression. The Texans, as depicted in the story were deeply affected by the Vietnam War, either directly or indirectly. These events, along with other socio-political movements going around in the country were bringing a breath of fresh and free air after a long time in the country. And at the backdrop of all this, the emergence of a new musical genre “Tejano” became the thing that ignited what would become part of the greatest revolution the American music industry had seen till this point. The advent of a new genre changed a flock of youngsters in Laredo. This flock, as depicted by the author in the book believed in working hard for their passion, and worked meticulously to bring in a taste of new music, marking the humble beginning of the infamous band “The Rondels”

The book’s portrayal of the story which takes us through the melodious, and joyous journey of the band is exquisite, as the author witnessed history unfolding in front of his eyes. The book Los Rondels: Laredo’s Original Tejano Recording Artists is available for buyers to delve into the journey that helped change the course of music in America, grab your copy from Amazon and Goodreads now!