Music doesn’t define a people…but a people that define music
By Frankie Firme
Chicano music…means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
To generic “Hispanics” (in particular, those 40 to 60-year-olds who used to be Chicanos, LOL), they figure, “OK…I’ve heard a little El Chicano, Tierra, Malo, Los Lobos, and Santana…I’m grown up now…so what’s the big deal?”