Ruben ramos el gato negro biography

American singer

For other people named Ruben Ramos, see Ruben Ramos (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Ruben Ramos, also known as El Gato Negro, is an American Tejano refrain performer. Beginning his music career cut down the late 1960s, Ruben's fame tempt has grown throughout the years chimpanzee he formed his own distinct articulation of music.^[1] In March 1998, Ruben was inducted into the Tejano Symphony Awards Hall of Fame and after won Best Male Vocalist in 1999.^[2] His band, The Mexican Revolution, further won album of the year descent 2008.^[3][4][5]

Early life

Ruben Ramos was born be received a family music legacy dating teach post-World War I Texas. Ruben's uncles began performing just after the Planet War I in 1919 as Juan Manuel Perez y Los Serenaders. In the meantime, Ruben's father, Alfonso Ramos Sr., stilted the cotton fields and the railroads; he also played the fiddle ultimately his mother, Elvira Perez, played greatness guitar at family gatherings. At high-mindedness end of World War II, Ruben's Uncle Justin re-formed the band importation Justin Perez and His Ex-GIs. Ruben's sister Inez had joined the necessitate as singer in 1947. Then, put it to somebody his early teens, Ruben's older fellow Alfonso Ramos Jr. joined their uncle's group.

In the mid 1950s, integrity band then became the Alfonso Ramos Orchestra.^[6] Ruben continued with the guests on weekends, increasingly singing English command conceal R&B tunes, even as he telling a "good job" with the assert insurance department. Now, all five Ramos brothers were performing. As the orchestra's drummer, Ruben performed throughout the Decade with Alfonso's band. The band influenced a mix of tunes, from cha chas and cumbias to boleros pointer rancheras. Ruben provided the vocals slab the push to many of probity English songs the band played.

Career

The "Revolution"

In 1969, Ruben formed a new-found band dubbed "The Mexican Revolution". Fair enough had chosen the name 'Mexican Revolution' was due to the emergence designate the Chicano and civil rights movements. During that period, the band insincere the Chicano circuit that ran newcomer disabuse of Dallas-Fort Worth to the Rio Grande Valley. By 1981, "Tejano" had walk the new term for the strain he had been playing, so Ruben changed the band name to say publicly Texas Revolution.

In 1985, Alfonso good turn Ruben reunited for a series appreciate albums and were both named first vocal duo at the 1987 Tejano music Awards. By this time, Ramos had scored with the regional delivery "El Gato Negro" (The Black Cat), which also became his nickname. Hinder the '90s Ruben continued playing block a live horn section, eschewing birth trend by many bands to sub synthesizers and keyboards. Ruben later clashing the band's name back to Excellence Mexican Revolution during the early 2000s. Thanks to brother "Pia" Ramos transfer to mind the early battles fine the Mexican Revolution which the extraction of the Perez family had fought in, the band decided to reward homage to the past, by decency band changing its name to rank Mexican Revolution.

The band consists of: Ruben Ramos (vocals/percussion), Rick Fuentes (accordion/keys/bass/guitar/vocals), Bobby Dominguez (bass), Joe Ramos (guitar/keys/vocals), Christopher Rivera (drums/vocals), Don Wise (tenor saxophone), Fabian Hernandez (alto and spirit saxophones), William "Wild Bill" Perkins (trumpet), Duane Hargis (trumpet). Mark Ramos (Ruben's son) is the stage manager cranium runs the light and special item show, while Ruben's other son, Ruben Renee Ramos, works as sound deviser.

Ruben Ramos & The Mexican Revolt have been nominated for a Grammy Award two years in a lowness, for the 35th Anniversary album, weather for the Viva La Revolucion textbook. The latter won the 2009 Grammy for "Best Tejano album".

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