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Florencio Garza - Los Pinguinos Del Norte Rubén Castillo Juárez - accordion, Antonio Pérez Juárez - bajo sexto, José Rodríguez De La Cruz - tolaloche, vocal: Rubén Castillo Juárez - Antonio Pérez Juárez

Florencio Garza

This corrido is about the death and murder of Florencio Garza on June 31, 1932. In San Jose De Aura at a wedding, soldiers showed up looking for Garza. They took Garza in a truck to Salinas. They took him to jail and made him return the cows he stole. He was executed by firing squad. (The Ballad Of Florencio Garza), arrangement by Rubén Castillo Juárez. Recorded by Chris Strachwitz in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. CD contains a 36 page insert with notes, pictures, transcriptions, translations and Track Listing.

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Catalog Number 9024
Recording Format CD
Genre Corrido
Accompaniment Rubén Castillo Juárez - accordion, Antonio Pérez Juárez - bajo sexto, José Rodríguez De La Cruz - tolaloche, vocal: Rubén Castillo Juárez - Antonio Pérez Juárez
Performer Listed on Media Los Pingüinos Del Norte
Accompaniment Rubén Castillo Juárez - accordion, Antonio Pérez Juárez - bajo sexto, José Rodríguez De La Cruz - tolaloche, vocal: Rubén Castillo Juárez - Antonio Pérez Juárez
Recording Format CD
Recording Date 09/16/2000
Subject incarceration, execution, man, animal, shooting, death, murder
Track Number 8
Record Producer
Chris Strachwitz
Album title Trovadores De La Frontera
Country USA
Catalog Number 9024
Genre Corrido
Location of Label:
10341 San Pablo Ave. El Cerrito, California 94530
Staff Notes: This corrido is about the death and murder of Florencio Garza on June 31, 1932. In San Jose De Aura at a wedding, soldiers showed up looking for Garza. They took Garza in a truck to Salinas. They took him to jail and made him return the cows he stole. He was executed by firing squad. (The Ballad Of Florencio Garza), arrangement by Rubén Castillo Juárez. Recorded by Chris Strachwitz in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. CD contains a 36 page insert with notes, pictures, transcriptions, translations and Track Listing.
Donated By: Chris Strachwitz

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