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Al Hurricane Alberto Nelson Sanchez July 10 1936 – October 22 2017 Was An American Singer-Songwriter And Guitarist Dubbed "The Godfather" Of New Mexico Music. He Released More Than Thirty Albums And Is Best Known For His Contributions To New Mexico’s Unique Style Of Spanish Music. He Received His Nickname Hurricane From His Mother. As A Child He Would Accidentally Knock Things Over The Nickname Became Synonymous With His Band Studio And A Recording Label. His Signature Look Which Included An Eye-Patch Was Due To An Automobile Accident That Occurred During The 1960s. These Things As Well As His Performance Style Led To Hurricane Being Known For His Ability To Improvise And Adapt. They Have Also Led To His Music And Image Being Ultimately Entangled With The History Of New Mexico Music. Al Hurricane Was Often Accompanied On Stage By His Children Sons Al Hurricane Jr. And Jerry Dean And Daughter Erika. He Also Performed Frequently With His Brothers Baby Gaby And Tiny Morrie. He Was The Subject Of A Tribute Concert Which Was Recorded As A Set Of Two Tribute Albums As Well A DVD. He Has Also Performed Alongside Fats Domino Marvin Gaye Chuck Berry Jimmy Clanton And Chubby Checker. Al Hurricane Was Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez The First Of Four Children To Jose Margarito Sanchez April 28 1910 Ojo Sarco New Mexico – September 10 1979 Albuquerque New Mexico And Bennie L. Sanchez November 26 1918 Albuquerque New Mexico – January 27 2011 Albuquerque New Mexico In Dixon New Mexico. The Sanchez Family Moved To Silver City And The Father Worked In The Mines Until He Became Injured. At Which Point Bennie Returned To Work As A Clerk At A Department Store In A Silver City. Jose Had A Band Called Los Sanchez Bennie Would Often Join In On Vocals And Guitar. She Eventually Became A Licensed Practical Nurse While Traveling With Physicians Throughout Northern New Mexico. His Father And Mother Were Extremely Supportive Of Their Children. Jose Al's Father Was A Miner During Most Of His Childhood But He Still Found The Time To Teach The Five-Year-Old Alberto How To Play The Guitar. Al's Mother Bennie Made Quite A Name For Herself She Became The President Of Hurricane Enterprises. She Not Only Promoted Her Musically-Inclined Family But Also Promoted Concerts For Johnny Cash Ray Charles Chubby Checker Fats Domino Little Richard And The One She Was Particularly Proud Of A 1972 Elvis Presley Concert In Albuquerque. Her Own Musically Talented Family Didn't Just Consist Of Her Sons Al Hurricane Baby Gaby And Tiny Morrie. It Also Consisted Of Al Hurricane's Sons Al Hurricane Jr. And Jerry Dean As Well As Tiny Morrie's Children Lorenzo Antonio And The Members Of Sparx. During His Childhood He Moved To Albuquerque Where He Began To Play And Perform In Old Town At The Age Of 12. He Attended Old Albuquerque High Which He Graduated In 1954. Al Became A Singing Waiter At The La Casita Restaurant In Old Town And While He Wasn't Working He Played For Tips In And Around Old Town Plaza. He Also Began To Sing And Write Country And Rock N' Roll Music. During This Time Al Would Also Perform At The Sky Line Club. It Was At This Club And Several Others Around Albuquerque And New Mexico That He Built His Audience. One Of Al Hurricane's First Single Records Was Distributed By Warner Bros. Records It Contains Two Tracks Titled "Lobo" & "Racer". They Are Both Instrumental Rock Songs And Were Released In 1962 Under The Band Name Al Hurricane & The Night Rockers With Writing Credits To "Albert Sanchez – Morrie Sanchez". Other Single Recordings By Al Hurricane From This Time Recorded At Norman Petty's Studio Include "South Bend / Burrito" 1960 Apt Records Instrumental "Panchita / La Mula Bronca" Challenge Records First Tracks With Vocals "Mexican Cat / Pedro’s Girlfriend" Hurricane Records Instrumental "Rosita’s Café / Only A Game Tiny Morrie " Hurricane Records . A Few Years Later In 1967 He Would Release His First Album Which Was Titled Mi Saxophone. The Two Lead Singles Off That Album Were "Sentimiento" And Its Eponymous Song "Mi Saxophone". "Sentimiento" Had Already Been Released In 1965 As A Single. These Early Recordings Were Recorded On Equipment Purchased From Norman Petty That Buddy Holly Recorded On. This Recording Equipment Gave The Recordings Their Signature 50s Sound. He Began To Perform Outside The New Mexico Music Scene Performing In Throughout The American Southwest And Western United States In Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington And Wyoming He Even Toured Northern Mexico In Baja California Chihuahua Coahuila Durango Mexico City Nuevo León Sonora And Tamaulipas. In Fact It Was On His Way To A Concert In Denver Colorado. On November 1 1969 Where He Got Into A Car Accident In Which He Lost His Right-Eye. This Did Not Deter Him From Pursuing His Musical Career Instead It Gave Him His Unique Performing Look An Eye-Patch Across His Right Eye. He Even Went On To Play Other American Cities In Other Regions Such As Chicago And Miami Al Hurricane Has Even Played Internationally In The Cities Of Asunción Buenos Aires And Málaga. Al Recorded Several Albums From 1967-To-1974 These Included Three Albums Recorded Around 1973 Canciones Del Alma Sigue Cantando And Corridos Canta. These Were Each Spanish Language Releases Which Continued To Blend The Sounds Of New Mexico The Southwestern United States'. The Latin Folk And Country/western Sound Was A Hit Each Of The Three Communities Of Fans. Both Chicano And Country Venues Would Be Popular Spots For Al Hurricane To Play His Music.
Another Release At The Time Instrumentales Con Al Hurricane Saw Al Return To His Old Instrumental Rock Style Of Music.
In 1974 Al Hurricane Saw Two Major Milestones. His First Full-Length Collaborative Album With His Brother Tiny Morrie Para Las Madrecitas The Album Is A Tribute Album To Their Mom And A Tribute To Mothers In General. It Also Saw "Sentimiento" His First Hit Single Selling Its Two-Hundred-And-Fifty-Thousandth Copy. Al Hurricane Performed On A Popular Nationally Syndicated Television Show Called The Val De La O Show. It Was A Talk Show And A Music Variety Show. On His Appearances He Chatted With The Host And Performed New Hits From His Recently Released Albums Which Included Material From His Albums Up To Vestido Mojado. The Songs He Played On The Show Also Included A Live Performance Of A Mariachi Version Of His Hit "Sentimiento" To Lip Sync-Style Music Videos Of Recent Hits Like "Vestido Mojado". The Music Video Clips Also Contained Some Of His First Video Appearances Performing With His Son Al Hurricane Jr. As Well As His Brothers Tiny Morrie And Baby Gaby. During The Late 1960s Al Hurricane Tiny Morrie And Bennie Sanchez Purchased The Sky Line Club And Renamed It "The Far West" In The Early 1970s. From Here Al Performed With A Band Billed As Al Hurricane Band. The Nightclub Also Became A Hotspot For Country/Western And Spanish Language Music And Dance. Artists Like Purple Haze Made The Club Their Regular Place To Perform. It Was Also A Spot Where Traveling Chicano And Tejano Artists Would Perform Including Selena. In 1979 Father And Son Al Hurricane And Al Hurricane Jr. Recorded Their First Album Together Called Cantan Corridos. During Selena's Concert In The Early 1980s Which Bennie Sanchez Promoted Selena Met Al Hurricane And Heard Him Perform His Song "Sentimiento". She Went On To Perform A Cover Called "Sentimientos" On Her Alpha LP. After The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot In 1980 Al Hurricane Wrote A Song That Was "strictly Narrative Not A Subjective Account Or Soapbox. The Song Does Not Attempt To Assign Blame." The Song Was Called " El Corrido De La Prison De Santa Fe" It Is The Lead Song On An Album Titled La Prision De Santa Fe. A Few Of Bennie Sanchez's Kids Al Hurricane Tiny Morrie And Baby Gaby Got Together To Do A Tribute Album For Her. It Was Similar In Concept As Al And Morrie's Previous Mother Related Album But It Was A Bit More Ambitious Than Their Previous Effort. Madrecita Te Debo Tanto Also Had Performances By Lorenzo Antonio And Gloria Pohl The Wife Of Tiny Morrie The Mother Of Lorenzo Antonio. After These Two Projects Al Hurricane Became The Lead Singer In The Supergroup Bandido. The Band Released Four Albums During The 1980s It Saw Success Not Just On New Mexico Radio But Also In Chicago Along The West Coast And Internationally In Germany Venezuela And Spain. The 80s Also Saw The Release Of Another Collaborative Effort This Time It Was Collaborative Compilation With Morrie And Jr. Entitled 15 Exitos Rancheros. The Album Was A Hit Within Albuquerque And Got Plenty Of Airtime On Radio Lobo. After Three Bandido Releases Two Collaborative Family LPs And A Compilation Album Called Exitos De Al Hurricane. Al Hurricane Released His Next Solo Album The Return Of Al Hurricane "EL" Godfather. He Did Another Collaborative Compilation Album With Tiny Morrie And Al Hurricane Jr. 15 Exitos Rancheros Vol. 2 In 1994. Once He Returned To His Solo Albums Al Hurricane Began To Focus More On Ranchera Music On His 1995 Sigue... "La Leyenda"!!! And Mid-90s Album The Legend Of New Mexico. Not Only Did He Want Emphasize The Ranchera Sound He Also Wanted To Focus On His Roots In Rock And Country/Western He Re-Added Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode And Hank Williams' Jambalaya To His Live-Music Repertoire. In 2000 Al Hurricane Was The Subject Of A Documentary By DJR Productions Al Hurricane Native Legend. The Documentary Focused On The Life And Career Of Al Hurricane. It Ran Sixty Minutes And Contained Old Footage And Photographs Of Al Hurricane Throughout His Life. It Also Contained Live Performances Of "Sentimiento" "Johnny B. Goode" And His Then Unreleased "Siempre". The Album Siempre Came Out Soon After The Release Of The Documentary. It Continued Al Hurricane's Focus On Ranchera And Western Sound While Adding In A Cumbia Vibe Into The Beat. ¡Que Viva El Godfather! Released In 2003 Showed An Increased Enthusiasm To Include An Even Stronger Mix Of Ranchera And Cumbia. Both Albums Contained Number One Hits On Local New Mexico Radio Stations. Al Hurricane's Touring Hadn't Stopped He Had Continued To Tour Nationally And Internationally. In Saginaw Michigan Al Even Managed To Pull In A Crowd Of 8 000 People. According To A Local Paper "the Bouncy Music Was Something Even Those Who Don't Habla Español Still Could Savor." Al Hurricane Recorded His Next Album Albuquerque In 2007. The Following Year Isleta Casino & Showroom Played Host To A Tribute To Al Hurricane The Concert Was Recorded And Released A Set Of Two CDs And A DVD. The DVD Contained Small Documentary-Like Slideshows That Educate The Audience In Order To Inform Them On The Upcoming Artists And Songs. His Latest Album 2010's Hey Sugar Baby! Had Al Hurricane Playing Around His Sound In Fun And Creative Ways. The Album Ventures In Reggae Reggaeton As Well As Italian Brazilian And Turkish Genres. He Was Married Twice. He Has Had Eight Children Al Hurricane Jr. Darlene Sandra And Jerry Dean From His First Marriage And Nelson Erika And Danielle And Lynnea From His Second Marriage. Lynnea The Twin Of Danielle Died At The Age Of 2. Discography
Solo Studio Albums
Mi Saxophone 1968 Canciones Del Alma 1970? Sigue Cantando 1973? Corridos Canta 1973? Instrumentales Con Al Hurricane 1973? Vestido Mojado 1974 La Prision De Santa Fe 1980 Exitos De Al Hurricane 1980? The Return Of Al Hurricane "EL" Godfather 1980? Sigue... "La Leyenda"!!! 1995 The Legend Of New Mexico 1995? Siempre 2000? ¡Que Viva El Godfather! 2003 Albuquerque 2007 Hey Sugar Baby! 2010 Studio Albums With Tiny Morrie Al Hurricane Jr. Gloria Pohl Baby Gaby Lorenzo Antonio
Para Las Madrecitas With Tiny Morrie 1974 Cantan Corridos With Al Hurricane Jr. 1979 Madrecita Te Debo Tanto With Tiny Morrie Al Hurricane Jr. Gloria Pohl Baby Gaby And Lorenzo Antonio 1979 15 Exitos Rancheros With Tiny Morrie & Al Hurricane Jr. 1986 15 Exitos Rancheros Vol. 2 With Tiny Morrie & Al Hurricane Jr. 1994 Live At The Kimo – Vol.1 And Vol. 2 – With Al Hurricane Jr. 2014 Studio Albums With Bandido
Under The EMI Capitol And/or Discos Musart Label In The 1980s Al Hurricane Released Four Albums With The Supergroup Bandido. Bandido First Release Bandido Second Release Bandido Third Release 15 Exitos De Groupo Bandido Live Tribute Albums
A Tribute To Al Hurricane - Live Vol. 1 2008 A Tribute To Al Hurricane - Live Vol. 2 2008 Documentaries With Live Performances
Al Hurricane Native Legend 2000 A Tribute To Al Hurricane 2008
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Al Hurricane Alberto Nelson Sanchez July 10 1936 – October 22 2017 Was An American Singer-Songwriter And Guitarist Dubbed "The Godfather" Of New Mexico Music. He Released More Than Thirty Albums And Is Best Known For His Contributions To New Mexico’s Unique Style Of Spanish Music. He Received His Nickname Hurricane From His Mother. As A Child He Would Accidentally Knock Things Over The Nickname Became Synonymous With His Band Studio And A Recording Label. His Signature Look Which Included An Eye-Patch Was Due To An Automobile Accident That Occurred During The 1960s. These Things As Well As His Performance Style Led To Hurricane Being Known For His Ability To Improvise And Adapt. They Have Also Led To His Music And Image Being Ultimately Entangled With The History Of New Mexico Music. Al Hurricane Was Often Accompanied On Stage By His Children Sons Al Hurricane Jr. And Jerry Dean And Daughter Erika. He Also Performed Frequently With His Brothers Baby Gaby And Tiny Morrie. He Was The Subject Of A Tribute Concert Which Was Recorded As A Set Of Two Tribute Albums As Well A DVD. He Has Also Performed Alongside Fats Domino Marvin Gaye Chuck Berry Jimmy Clanton And Chubby Checker. Al Hurricane Was Born Alberto Nelson Sanchez The First Of Four Children To Jose Margarito Sanchez April 28 1910 Ojo Sarco New Mexico – September 10 1979 Albuquerque New Mexico And Bennie L. Sanchez November 26 1918 Albuquerque New Mexico – January 27 2011 Albuquerque New Mexico In Dixon New Mexico. The Sanchez Family Moved To Silver City And The Father Worked In The Mines Until He Became Injured. At Which Point Bennie Returned To Work As A Clerk At A Department Store In A Silver City. Jose Had A Band Called Los Sanchez Bennie Would Often Join In On Vocals And Guitar. She Eventually Became A Licensed Practical Nurse While Traveling With Physicians Throughout Northern New Mexico. His Father And Mother Were Extremely Supportive Of Their Children. Jose Al's Father Was A Miner During Most Of His Childhood But He Still Found The Time To Teach The Five-Year-Old Alberto How To Play The Guitar. Al's Mother Bennie Made Quite A Name For Herself She Became The President Of Hurricane Enterprises. She Not Only Promoted Her Musically-Inclined Family But Also Promoted Concerts For Johnny Cash Ray Charles Chubby Checker Fats Domino Little Richard And The One She Was Particularly Proud Of A 1972 Elvis Presley Concert In Albuquerque. Her Own Musically Talented Family Didn't Just Consist Of Her Sons Al Hurricane Baby Gaby And Tiny Morrie. It Also Consisted Of Al Hurricane's Sons Al Hurricane Jr. And Jerry Dean As Well As Tiny Morrie's Children Lorenzo Antonio And The Members Of Sparx. During His Childhood He Moved To Albuquerque Where He Began To Play And Perform In Old Town At The Age Of 12. He Attended Old Albuquerque High Which He Graduated In 1954. Al Became A Singing Waiter At The La Casita Restaurant In Old Town And While He Wasn't Working He Played For Tips In And Around Old Town Plaza. He Also Began To Sing And Write Country And Rock N' Roll Music. During This Time Al Would Also Perform At The Sky Line Club. It Was At This Club And Several Others Around Albuquerque And New Mexico That He Built His Audience. One Of Al Hurricane's First Single Records Was Distributed By Warner Bros. Records It Contains Two Tracks Titled "Lobo" & "Racer". They Are Both Instrumental Rock Songs And Were Released In 1962 Under The Band Name Al Hurricane & The Night Rockers With Writing Credits To "Albert Sanchez – Morrie Sanchez". Other Single Recordings By Al Hurricane From This Time Recorded At Norman Petty's Studio Include "South Bend / Burrito" 1960 Apt Records Instrumental "Panchita / La Mula Bronca" Challenge Records First Tracks With Vocals "Mexican Cat / Pedro’s Girlfriend" Hurricane Records Instrumental "Rosita’s Café / Only A Game Tiny Morrie " Hurricane Records . A Few Years Later In 1967 He Would Release His First Album Which Was Titled Mi Saxophone. The Two Lead Singles Off That Album Were "Sentimiento" And Its Eponymous Song "Mi Saxophone". "Sentimiento" Had Already Been Released In 1965 As A Single. These Early Recordings Were Recorded On Equipment Purchased From Norman Petty That Buddy Holly Recorded On. This Recording Equipment Gave The Recordings Their Signature 50s Sound. He Began To Perform Outside The New Mexico Music Scene Performing In Throughout The American Southwest And Western United States In Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington And Wyoming He Even Toured Northern Mexico In Baja California Chihuahua Coahuila Durango Mexico City Nuevo León Sonora And Tamaulipas. In Fact It Was On His Way To A Concert In Denver Colorado. On November 1 1969 Where He Got Into A Car Accident In Which He Lost His Right-Eye. This Did Not Deter Him From Pursuing His Musical Career Instead It Gave Him His Unique Performing Look An Eye-Patch Across His Right Eye. He Even Went On To Play Other American Cities In Other Regions Such As Chicago And Miami Al Hurricane Has Even Played Internationally In The Cities Of Asunción Buenos Aires And Málaga. Al Recorded Several Albums From 1967-To-1974 These Included Three Albums Recorded Around 1973 Canciones Del Alma Sigue Cantando And Corridos Canta. These Were Each Spanish Language Releases Which Continued To Blend The Sounds Of New Mexico The Southwestern United States'. The Latin Folk And Country/western Sound Was A Hit Each Of The Three Communities Of Fans. Both Chicano And Country Venues Would Be Popular Spots For Al Hurricane To Play His Music.
Another Release At The Time Instrumentales Con Al Hurricane Saw Al Return To His Old Instrumental Rock Style Of Music.
In 1974 Al Hurricane Saw Two Major Milestones. His First Full-Length Collaborative Album With His Brother Tiny Morrie Para Las Madrecitas The Album Is A Tribute Album To Their Mom And A Tribute To Mothers In General. It Also Saw "Sentimiento" His First Hit Single Selling Its Two-Hundred-And-Fifty-Thousandth Copy. Al Hurricane Performed On A Popular Nationally Syndicated Television Show Called The Val De La O Show. It Was A Talk Show And A Music Variety Show. On His Appearances He Chatted With The Host And Performed New Hits From His Recently Released Albums Which Included Material From His Albums Up To Vestido Mojado. The Songs He Played On The Show Also Included A Live Performance Of A Mariachi Version Of His Hit "Sentimiento" To Lip Sync-Style Music Videos Of Recent Hits Like "Vestido Mojado". The Music Video Clips Also Contained Some Of His First Video Appearances Performing With His Son Al Hurricane Jr. As Well As His Brothers Tiny Morrie And Baby Gaby. During The Late 1960s Al Hurricane Tiny Morrie And Bennie Sanchez Purchased The Sky Line Club And Renamed It "The Far West" In The Early 1970s. From Here Al Performed With A Band Billed As Al Hurricane Band. The Nightclub Also Became A Hotspot For Country/Western And Spanish Language Music And Dance. Artists Like Purple Haze Made The Club Their Regular Place To Perform. It Was Also A Spot Where Traveling Chicano And Tejano Artists Would Perform Including Selena. In 1979 Father And Son Al Hurricane And Al Hurricane Jr. Recorded Their First Album Together Called Cantan Corridos. During Selena's Concert In The Early 1980s Which Bennie Sanchez Promoted Selena Met Al Hurricane And Heard Him Perform His Song "Sentimiento". She Went On To Perform A Cover Called "Sentimientos" On Her Alpha LP. After The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot In 1980 Al Hurricane Wrote A Song That Was "strictly Narrative Not A Subjective Account Or Soapbox. The Song Does Not Attempt To Assign Blame." The Song Was Called " El Corrido De La Prison De Santa Fe" It Is The Lead Song On An Album Titled La Prision De Santa Fe. A Few Of Bennie Sanchez's Kids Al Hurricane Tiny Morrie And Baby Gaby Got Together To Do A Tribute Album For Her. It Was Similar In Concept As Al And Morrie's Previous Mother Related Album But It Was A Bit More Ambitious Than Their Previous Effort. Madrecita Te Debo Tanto Also Had Performances By Lorenzo Antonio And Gloria Pohl The Wife Of Tiny Morrie The Mother Of Lorenzo Antonio. After These Two Projects Al Hurricane Became The Lead Singer In The Supergroup Bandido. The Band Released Four Albums During The 1980s It Saw Success Not Just On New Mexico Radio But Also In Chicago Along The West Coast And Internationally In Germany Venezuela And Spain. The 80s Also Saw The Release Of Another Collaborative Effort This Time It Was Collaborative Compilation With Morrie And Jr. Entitled 15 Exitos Rancheros. The Album Was A Hit Within Albuquerque And Got Plenty Of Airtime On Radio Lobo. After Three Bandido Releases Two Collaborative Family LPs And A Compilation Album Called Exitos De Al Hurricane. Al Hurricane Released His Next Solo Album The Return Of Al Hurricane "EL" Godfather. He Did Another Collaborative Compilation Album With Tiny Morrie And Al Hurricane Jr. 15 Exitos Rancheros Vol. 2 In 1994. Once He Returned To His Solo Albums Al Hurricane Began To Focus More On Ranchera Music On His 1995 Sigue... "La Leyenda"!!! And Mid-90s Album The Legend Of New Mexico. Not Only Did He Want Emphasize The Ranchera Sound He Also Wanted To Focus On His Roots In Rock And Country/Western He Re-Added Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode And Hank Williams' Jambalaya To His Live-Music Repertoire. In 2000 Al Hurricane Was The Subject Of A Documentary By DJR Productions Al Hurricane Native Legend. The Documentary Focused On The Life And Career Of Al Hurricane. It Ran Sixty Minutes And Contained Old Footage And Photographs Of Al Hurricane Throughout His Life. It Also Contained Live Performances Of "Sentimiento" "Johnny B. Goode" And His Then Unreleased "Siempre". The Album Siempre Came Out Soon After The Release Of The Documentary. It Continued Al Hurricane's Focus On Ranchera And Western Sound While Adding In A Cumbia Vibe Into The Beat. ¡Que Viva El Godfather! Released In 2003 Showed An Increased Enthusiasm To Include An Even Stronger Mix Of Ranchera And Cumbia. Both Albums Contained Number One Hits On Local New Mexico Radio Stations. Al Hurricane's Touring Hadn't Stopped He Had Continued To Tour Nationally And Internationally. In Saginaw Michigan Al Even Managed To Pull In A Crowd Of 8 000 People. According To A Local Paper "the Bouncy Music Was Something Even Those Who Don't Habla Español Still Could Savor." Al Hurricane Recorded His Next Album Albuquerque In 2007. The Following Year Isleta Casino & Showroom Played Host To A Tribute To Al Hurricane The Concert Was Recorded And Released A Set Of Two CDs And A DVD. The DVD Contained Small Documentary-Like Slideshows That Educate The Audience In Order To Inform Them On The Upcoming Artists And Songs. His Latest Album 2010's Hey Sugar Baby! Had Al Hurricane Playing Around His Sound In Fun And Creative Ways. The Album Ventures In Reggae Reggaeton As Well As Italian Brazilian And Turkish Genres. He Was Married Twice. He Has Had Eight Children Al Hurricane Jr. Darlene Sandra And Jerry Dean From His First Marriage And Nelson Erika And Danielle And Lynnea From His Second Marriage. Lynnea The Twin Of Danielle Died At The Age Of 2. Discography
Solo Studio Albums
Mi Saxophone 1968 Canciones Del Alma 1970? Sigue Cantando 1973? Corridos Canta 1973? Instrumentales Con Al Hurricane 1973? Vestido Mojado 1974 La Prision De Santa Fe 1980 Exitos De Al Hurricane 1980? The Return Of Al Hurricane "EL" Godfather 1980? Sigue... "La Leyenda"!!! 1995 The Legend Of New Mexico 1995? Siempre 2000? ¡Que Viva El Godfather! 2003 Albuquerque 2007 Hey Sugar Baby! 2010 Studio Albums With Tiny Morrie Al Hurricane Jr. Gloria Pohl Baby Gaby Lorenzo Antonio
Para Las Madrecitas With Tiny Morrie 1974 Cantan Corridos With Al Hurricane Jr. 1979 Madrecita Te Debo Tanto With Tiny Morrie Al Hurricane Jr. Gloria Pohl Baby Gaby And Lorenzo Antonio 1979 15 Exitos Rancheros With Tiny Morrie & Al Hurricane Jr. 1986 15 Exitos Rancheros Vol. 2 With Tiny Morrie & Al Hurricane Jr. 1994 Live At The Kimo – Vol.1 And Vol. 2 – With Al Hurricane Jr. 2014 Studio Albums With Bandido
Under The EMI Capitol And/or Discos Musart Label In The 1980s Al Hurricane Released Four Albums With The Supergroup Bandido. Bandido First Release Bandido Second Release Bandido Third Release 15 Exitos De Groupo Bandido Live Tribute Albums
A Tribute To Al Hurricane - Live Vol. 1 2008 A Tribute To Al Hurricane - Live Vol. 2 2008 Documentaries With Live Performances
Al Hurricane Native Legend 2000 A Tribute To Al Hurricane 2008 read less
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Another Release At The Time Instrumentales Con Al Hurricane Saw Al Return To His Old Instrumental Rock Style Of Music.
In 1974 Al Hurricane Saw Two Major Milestones. His First Full-Length Collaborative Album With His Brother Tiny Morrie Para Las Madrecitas The Album Is A Tribute Album To Their Mom And A Tribute To Mothers In General. It Also Saw "Sentimiento" His First Hit Single Selling Its Two-Hundred-And-Fifty-Thousandth Copy. Al Hurricane Performed On A Popular Nationally Syndicated Television Show Called The Val De La O Show. It Was A Talk Show And A Music Variety Show. On His Appearances He Chatted With The Host And Performed New Hits From His Recently Released Albums Which Included Material From His Albums Up To Vestido Mojado. The Songs He Played On The Show Also Included A Live Performance Of A Mariachi Version Of His Hit "Sentimiento" To Lip Sync-Style Music Videos Of Recent Hits Like "Vestido Mojado". The Music Video Clips Also Contained Some Of His First Video Appearances Performing With His Son Al Hurricane Jr. As Well As His Brothers Tiny Morrie And Baby Gaby. During The Late 1960s Al Hurricane Tiny Morrie And Bennie Sanchez Purchased The Sky Line Club And Renamed It "The Far West" In The Early 1970s. From Here Al Performed With A Band Billed As Al Hurricane Band. The Nightclub Also Became A Hotspot For Country/Western And Spanish Language Music And Dance. Artists Like Purple Haze Made The Club Their Regular Place To Perform. It Was Also A Spot Where Traveling Chicano And Tejano Artists Would Perform Including Selena. In 1979 Father And Son Al Hurricane And Al Hurricane Jr. Recorded Their First Album Together Called Cantan Corridos. During Selena's Concert In The Early 1980s Which Bennie Sanchez Promoted Selena Met Al Hurricane And Heard Him Perform His Song "Sentimiento". She Went On To Perform A Cover Called "Sentimientos" On Her Alpha LP. After The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot In 1980 Al Hurricane Wrote A Song That Was "strictly Narrative Not A Subjective Account Or Soapbox. The Song Does Not Attempt To Assign Blame." The Song Was Called " El Corrido De La Prison De Santa Fe" It Is The Lead Song On An Album Titled La Prision De Santa Fe. A Few Of Bennie Sanchez's Kids Al Hurricane Tiny Morrie And Baby Gaby Got Together To Do A Tribute Album For Her. It Was Similar In Concept As Al And Morrie's Previous Mother Related Album But It Was A Bit More Ambitious Than Their Previous Effort. Madrecita Te Debo Tanto Also Had Performances By Lorenzo Antonio And Gloria Pohl The Wife Of Tiny Morrie The Mother Of Lorenzo Antonio. After These Two Projects Al Hurricane Became The Lead Singer In The Supergroup Bandido. The Band Released Four Albums During The 1980s It Saw Success Not Just On New Mexico Radio But Also In Chicago Along The West Coast And Internationally In Germany Venezuela And Spain. The 80s Also Saw The Release Of Another Collaborative Effort This Time It Was Collaborative Compilation With Morrie And Jr. Entitled 15 Exitos Rancheros. The Album Was A Hit Within Albuquerque And Got Plenty Of Airtime On Radio Lobo. After Three Bandido Releases Two Collaborative Family LPs And A Compilation Album Called Exitos De Al Hurricane. Al Hurricane Released His Next Solo Album The Return Of Al Hurricane "EL" Godfather. He Did Another Collaborative Compilation Album With Tiny Morrie And Al Hurricane Jr. 15 Exitos Rancheros Vol. 2 In 1994. Once He Returned To His Solo Albums Al Hurricane Began To Focus More On Ranchera Music On His 1995 Sigue... "La Leyenda"!!! And Mid-90s Album The Legend Of New Mexico. Not Only Did He Want Emphasize The Ranchera Sound He Also Wanted To Focus On His Roots In Rock And Country/Western He Re-Added Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode And Hank Williams' Jambalaya To His Live-Music Repertoire. In 2000 Al Hurricane Was The Subject Of A Documentary By DJR Productions Al Hurricane Native Legend. The Documentary Focused On The Life And Career Of Al Hurricane. It Ran Sixty Minutes And Contained Old Footage And Photographs Of Al Hurricane Throughout His Life. It Also Contained Live Performances Of "Sentimiento" "Johnny B. Goode" And His Then Unreleased "Siempre". The Album Siempre Came Out Soon After The Release Of The Documentary. It Continued Al Hurricane's Focus On Ranchera And Western Sound While Adding In A Cumbia Vibe Into The Beat. ¡Que Viva El Godfather! Released In 2003 Showed An Increased Enthusiasm To Include An Even Stronger Mix Of Ranchera And Cumbia. Both Albums Contained Number One Hits On Local New Mexico Radio Stations. Al Hurricane's Touring Hadn't Stopped He Had Continued To Tour Nationally And Internationally. In Saginaw Michigan Al Even Managed To Pull In A Crowd Of 8 000 People. According To A Local Paper "the Bouncy Music Was Something Even Those Who Don't Habla Español Still Could Savor." Al Hurricane Recorded His Next Album Albuquerque In 2007. The Following Year Isleta Casino & Showroom Played Host To A Tribute To Al Hurricane The Concert Was Recorded And Released A Set Of Two CDs And A DVD. The DVD Contained Small Documentary-Like Slideshows That Educate The Audience In Order To Inform Them On The Upcoming Artists And Songs. His Latest Album 2010's Hey Sugar Baby! Had Al Hurricane Playing Around His Sound In Fun And Creative Ways. The Album Ventures In Reggae Reggaeton As Well As Italian Brazilian And Turkish Genres. He Was Married Twice. He Has Had Eight Children Al Hurricane Jr. Darlene Sandra And Jerry Dean From His First Marriage And Nelson Erika And Danielle And Lynnea From His Second Marriage. Lynnea The Twin Of Danielle Died At The Age Of 2. Discography
Solo Studio Albums
Mi Saxophone 1968 Canciones Del Alma 1970? Sigue Cantando 1973? Corridos Canta 1973? Instrumentales Con Al Hurricane 1973? Vestido Mojado 1974 La Prision De Santa Fe 1980 Exitos De Al Hurricane 1980? The Return Of Al Hurricane "EL" Godfather 1980? Sigue... "La Leyenda"!!! 1995 The Legend Of New Mexico 1995? Siempre 2000? ¡Que Viva El Godfather! 2003 Albuquerque 2007 Hey Sugar Baby! 2010 Studio Albums With Tiny Morrie Al Hurricane Jr. Gloria Pohl Baby Gaby Lorenzo Antonio
Para Las Madrecitas With Tiny Morrie 1974 Cantan Corridos With Al Hurricane Jr. 1979 Madrecita Te Debo Tanto With Tiny Morrie Al Hurricane Jr. Gloria Pohl Baby Gaby And Lorenzo Antonio 1979 15 Exitos Rancheros With Tiny Morrie & Al Hurricane Jr. 1986 15 Exitos Rancheros Vol. 2 With Tiny Morrie & Al Hurricane Jr. 1994 Live At The Kimo – Vol.1 And Vol. 2 – With Al Hurricane Jr. 2014 Studio Albums With Bandido
Under The EMI Capitol And/or Discos Musart Label In The 1980s Al Hurricane Released Four Albums With The Supergroup Bandido. Bandido First Release Bandido Second Release Bandido Third Release 15 Exitos De Groupo Bandido Live Tribute Albums
A Tribute To Al Hurricane - Live Vol. 1 2008 A Tribute To Al Hurricane - Live Vol. 2 2008 Documentaries With Live Performances
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