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El Niño y El Sol
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The Austin Chronicle, El Niño y El Sol >>
Vallejo may not be performing at the second annual Pachanga Latino Music Festival at Fiesta Gardens on Saturday, but that doesn't mean that organizer Alex Vallejo has the day off. At the Niños Rock Pachanga stage, which boasts an arts & crafts area and a photo booth from Annie Ray, Vallejo leads a drum tutorial at 1:30pm as part of a daylong series of demo sessions, featuring Charanga Cakewalk's Jake Owens (guitar), Bobby Garza of Maneja Beto (keyboard), and David Garza (songwriting). Alongside brothers A.J. and Omar Vallejo, Alex also anchors the Pachanga Allstars, a local gathering of Latin musicians, including performing artists Michael Ramos (Charanga Cakewalk), Anita Benner (Los Bad Apples), Juan Diaz (Kalua), and guitarist Adrian Quesada (Ocote Soul Sounds/Brownout), which will be making its public debut at the festival. "The whole thing came together through different jam sessions at little barbecues in South Austin; then it slowly carried over into the home studio," relays Vallejo, who hopes to one day take the group on the road as part of a packaged tour. "It seemed to fit the theme of the festival, bringing people together and celebrating the roots of Mexican culture. 05/29/09 >> go there
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