Los Madrugadores del Bajío

The history of Los Madrugadores is somewhat confusing when approached via standard family tree discographical spectacles, in which a group is expected to have a cut-and-dried evolutionary pattern, with members joining and dropping out and so forth. Los Madrugadores were less a group with a core of stable members than they were a concept, in which various musicians assumed the name for the purpose of playing Mexican-American folk music. Los Madrugadores were the most popular Depression-era Mexican-American group, performing emotional canciones and corridos that emphasized close...