Trio Los Peregrinos- Encore

DSCN4521This was $2.40.  I haphazardly selected it to play on Cinco De Mayo without really reading the back cover.  As a result, I totally realize it is very insulting to pass something that is Guatemalan/Bolivian off as Mexican so that is not the intent.  Next year, I will try a bit harder to get some Mexican content on May 5th.  According to the writing on the album which I assume is from the previous owner, this record is “Good”.18_%20L_Gatica%20y%20Trío%20Los%20Peregrinos_%20Ecran%201160,%2014-4-1953(3)

Other than the back cover and some Chilean web pages Google-translated into broken English, getting information on the Trio Los Peregrinos was tough.  So this is what I came up with and it may not be all factually correct.  I believe Trio Los Peregrinos (translated into the Three Pilgrims) was formed in Chile around 1953 as a backing band to Bolivian crooner Raul Shaw Moreno, who found success in Chile.

As time went by the Chilean members of the trio left and were replaced by Mario Barrios and Hugo Encianas, both from La Paz, Bolivia.  At some time, Moreno (who was more popular than Frank Sinatra in Chile) abandoned the group and became a soloist.  One webpage suggests a disagreement with his brother caused this.  Anyway, the Trio went on its own, adding Harold Mendoza from Guatemala. According to the back cover, the band has won many awards all over Latin America, including Gold Records in Chile and a Golden Palm Award at the 1967 International Festival for Song and Dance.

DSCN4522This album was their American debut and I believe it is a repackaging of some of their earlier recorded hits.  It is quite a collection of South American tunes.  Folk songs on this album come from Boliva, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Spain, and California.  The songs are a good mix of folk styles including tangos, boleros, and cha-cha-chas.Los Peregrinos

For a sample, I went with the Guatemalan tune “Perdacito De Mujar” which Google translates into “A Little Bit of Women”.  It is the fastest number on the album.

Satisfactory record.