La Sombra de Chicago or La Sombra de Tony Guerrero or even the Windy City Boys is a

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band founded by Tony Guerrero. Originally from the

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suburb of

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, the group gained national acclaim and success after moving to

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, the headquarters of their label, Freddie Records.

Career

La Sombra released over twenty full-length studio albums featuring songs in both

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and

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. Following numerous line-up changes, the group disbanded in 1995, briefly reuniting in 2008 for a number of live shows. La Sombra has been credited with influencing the Tejano and

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music fields in terms of musical style, dress, and concert performances as well as a generation of newer artists including the

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Select discography

Studio albums

* ''Mi Guerita Coca-Cola'' (1984)(First album on Freddie Records and debut) * ''Where's The Beef?'' (1984) * ''No Hay Derecho'' (1984) * ''Eres Tu Muchachita'' (1985) * ''Sombra Love'' (1985) * ''Botoncito De Cariño'' (1985) * ''All I Could Do Was Cry'' (1986) * ''From The Streets Of Chicago'' (1987) * ''La Sombra Introduces La Rebeldia'' (1987) * ''Strikes Again'' (1988) * ''Chicago's Wild Side'' (1988) * ''One Of A Kind'' (1988) * ''The Chi-Town Boys R Back'' (1989) * ''Good Boys Wear White'' (1990) (Last album on Freddie Records) * ''Porque Te Quiero'' (1991) (First album on Fonovisa) * ''Intocable'' (1992) * ''Ilusiones'' (1993) * ''Caliente Dulce Amor'' (1994) (Last album on Fonovisa) * ''Mas Que Todo'' (1995) (First album on EMI Latin) * ''Alborotados'' (1997) (Last album on EMI Latin) * ''Todo Me Recuerda A Ti'' (1999)

Compilations

* ''Come Together'' (1985) * ''Double Shot'' (1988) * ''Greatest Hits Vol. 1'' (1990) * ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (1991) * ''Awesome'' (1991) * ''The Greatest Show On Earth'' (1991) * ''Lo Mejor'' (1993) * ''10th Anniversary'' (1994) * ''Our Very Best'' (1995) * ''Las Mejores Cumbias'' (1995) * ''30 Greatest Hits'' (1997) * ''30 Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' (2000) * ''In Concert'' (2001) * ''30 Greatest Hits Vol. 3'' (2002) * ''The Original Recordings'' (2004) * ''Mano A Mano'' (2004) * ''20 Exitos De Recuerdo'' (2005) * ''The Original Recordings 2'' (2005) * ''Anthology'' (2007) * ''Battle of The 80s'' (2008)

Band members

* Antonio "Tony" Guerrero Jr. -

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a ree ...

* Gavino Guerrero - lead vocals, background vocals,

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(1979 - 1994) * Cruz Guerrero - keyboards, background vocals * Albert "Tiger" Diaz - trumpet,

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

, background vocals (1985 - 1989) * Rene Limas - keyboards (1984 - 1987) * Ceaser Mojica - keyboards, vocals (1988) * Jesse Huerta -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

, background vocals (1977 - 1995) * Lorenzo "Chencho" Benavides - lead vocals (1977 - 1981) * Jose "Pepper" Gonzales -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

(1978 - 1993) * Harvey Gonzales -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, background vocals (1978 - 1995) * Frankie Trevino - guitar (1985 - 1987) * Alex "Pretty Boy" Ramirez - keyboards, accordion (1989 - 1995) * Ray Talamantez Jr. - trumpet, saxophone, vocals *Rogelio Zavala Jr.-Keyboards, vocals * Alex (Chuco) Gutierrez - keyboards, vocals (1986) * Adam Vargas - guitar *

Cruz Martínez Cruz Martínez (born June 21, 1972) is an American record producer and musician. He is a former member of the Tejano music, Tejano band La Sombra. In 1999, he joined the cumbia music group Los Kumbia Kings, created by A.B. Quintanilla. In 2007, ...

- keyboard (1989–1996) * Andrew Maes - background vocals * Bobby Rios - bass guitar and vocals (1996-Current) *Rene Ximenez - drums (1999,2000, 2009,2010) * Roland Gutierrez - keyboards * Jesse Colon - trumpet (1981 – 1984) * Joel Garza - drums (1994 – 1995) * Joe Eric Griego - drums (1997)

External links

La Sombra de Tony Guerrero at MySpace.com
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