Western Folklife Center - Corrido de los Latinos Unidos

Corrido de los Latinos Unidos

Jose F. Garcia and his band at the 2008 Corrido Contest

Photo by Charlie Seemann

At the Western Folklife Center's corrido contest in Nampa, Idaho -- the Gran Concurso de Corridos -- Jose F. Garcia won first place for an original composition, "Corrido de los Latinos Unidos," featured in this episode of Ranch Rhymes.

Length: 5:34 ~ Listen or Podcast from iTunes.

Read the lyrics ~ in Spanish or English.

The corrido contest is part of the Folklife Center's effort to document Mexican and Mexican American ranching and song traditions in the West. A second contest will be held in Woodburn, Oregon, on August 25th.

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