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Home on the Rio (1980)
C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department, University of Texas at El Paso Library
Sound | 1980 | Color | English and Spanish

Categories:
1980s
El Paso
Music
Documentaries
University of Texas at El Paso Library
Texas Locations:
El Paso County
El Paso
This documentary, 'Home on the Rio', profiles the contemporary music scene in El Paso, Texas. The film gives a brief history of the bicultural city's musicians, then examines the current music scene through interviews with many musicians and clips of their performances. Musicians featured include La Perla y Mariachi, Applejack, Mike Francis Quintet, Malena Cano, Doug Neal, Dalton Powell, Gerald Hunter, Riversong with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, and many others!
HAL LARSON
2014-07-10 02:53:27
We helped with the Border folk festival backn in 1980 era-loved the people and the music-am thrilled to find this web site-brings back a lot of fond memories--would love to hear from some old friends and ladies I knew then--Love to All HAL
HAL LARSON
2014-07-10 02:53:27
We helped with the Border folk festival backn in 1980 era-loved the people and the music-am thrilled to find this web site-brings back a lot of fond memories--would love to hear from some old friends and ladies I knew then--Love to All HAL
jose carmona
2014-04-20 17:10:54
A +++++
jose carmona
2014-04-20 17:10:54
A +++++
Brad Francis
2014-04-19 07:03:54
Fantastic! Just stumbled across this and what a time capsule treasure. Thanks for the good work you do in preserving the musical record of El Paso UTEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brad Francis
2014-04-19 07:03:54
Fantastic! Just stumbled across this and what a time capsule treasure. Thanks for the good work you do in preserving the musical record of El Paso UTEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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