El Chicano

El Chicano El Chicano is one of the most important Latin rock groups of the 1970s. Originally called the V.I.P.s and formed in East L.A. in the early 1960s as an R&B cover group, the band changed its name in 1970 to reflect the rising cultural and political consciousness among Mexican American youth at the time. In 1965 organist Bobby Espinosa joined original V.I.P.s guitarist Mickey Lespron, bassist Freddie Sanchez, percussionist Andre Baeza, and drummer John De Luna, and by 1969 the group was…