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Carga Blanca - Santiago Jimenez Jr. Robert Ramos: bass Jesse Castillo: bajo “Cookie” Martinez: drums

Carga Blanca

CS: recorded in 1990 in San Antonio. This Corrido is about three men taking “Carga Blanca” (white load) or cocaine into United States. They are betrayed and killed by their payers in the City of San Antonio.

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Label Frontier

Catalog Number Frontier-102

Recording Format Cassette

Accompaniment Robert Ramos: bass Jesse Castillo: bajo “Cookie” Martinez: drums

Subjects contraband, drugs, crime, betrayal, shootout, murder, advice

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Performer Santiago Jimenez Jr.

Performer Listed on Media Santiago Jimenez Jr.

Accompaniment Robert Ramos: bass Jesse Castillo: bajo “Cookie” Martinez: drums

Recording Format Cassette

Side: A

Subject contraband, drugs, crime, betrayal, shootout, murder, advice

Track Number 5

Album title From La Piedrera To Europe

Label Frontier

Country Sweden

Catalog Number Frontier-102

Location of Label:

Pilvagen 6 S 660 50 Valberg

Staff Notes: CS: recorded in 1990 in San Antonio. This Corrido is about three men taking “Carga Blanca” (white load) or cocaine into United States. They are betrayed and killed by their payers in the City of San Antonio.

Donated By: Chris Strachwitz

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Also on this Media

Side A

1. Se Me Fue Mi Amor

2. Que Puntada

3. Vuelve A Quererme

4. La Feria De las Flores

5. Carga Blanca

6. Viva Huapango

Side B

1. La Mucura

2. El Camino De Guanajuato

3. La Picoreta

4. Over the Three Mountains

5. La Piedrera

6. El Rancho Grande

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