Santiago Jimenez - La Tragedia De Felipe Blanco - Corona 2017-A

Title: La Tragedia De Felipe Blanco Artist: Santiago Jimenez Accompaniment: Y Sus Valedores, vocal:Santiago y Jose Ramon Record Label: Corona Catalog Number: 2017-A Matrix Number: Cor-2031 Recording Format: 78 Notes: Cantan: Santiago y Jose Ramon. This corrido takes place on 4th of July at around 11am. Felipe Blanco was killed by a man named Manuel Garcia. They were going to fight but they made up and went to a pool hall to play pool. During a game of pool, Manuel stabbed Felipe in the heart three times. Corrido ends with Felipe Blanco going to the cemetery while Manuel goes to Jail. View more information about this and other recordings at the University of California at Los Angeles' Frontera website: http://frontera.library.ucla.edu/recordings/la-tragedia-de-felipe-blanco This recording is from the Arhoolie Foundation’s Strachwitz Collection of Mexican American and Mexican Recordings. For more information about the Arhoolie Foundation visit our website at: http://www.arhoolie.org For detailed information about the Frontera Collection read the book: The Arhoolie Foundation’s Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings by Agustín Gurza with Jonathan Clark and Chris Strachwitz. http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/publications/book/arhoolie-foundations-strachwitz-frontera-collection-mexican-and-mexican-american