fullchange.blogg.se

• #JOE MORE AND MORE TV#

Long after the X Factor came to end, Joe remained good friends with George, speaking exclusively to Smooth Radio in 2019 about his experience: McElderry said getting to perform with George Michael was "A truly unforgettable moment I will cherish forever.".

“To now be taking the brand-new 'Freedom' tour on the road where I will get the chance to perform and celebrate the music of this absolute legend is just fantastic - I can’t wait.”

#JOE MORE AND MORE TV#

And that’s bigger than any one person,” Hernández said.Read more: When George Michael came out as gay on live TV and inspired a generation To reflect his dedication to the Latino community and his pride in his culture, he renamed his group “Little Joe y la Familia.” “The music, the movement, the whole atmosphere there, just brought me to shake off old Little Joe and the Latinaires.” Hernández said. Little Joe found the change he wanted in San Francisco – where being Latino, Hispanic or Chicano culture was being celebrated. If you’re brown, you were on the other side of the tracks, which is you’re not very involved in all that’s happening.” “That’s where I became aware of Latinismo, which we didn’t have here in Texas,” Hernández said. Little Joe supported the farmworkers’ movement and befriended Cesar Chavez. The Latinaires traveled to the San Francisco area and witnessed the rise of the Chicano movement. It featured a unique blend of Norteño music, influenced by country and blues.Ī newspaper clipping of a photo of a protest for farmworkers featuring Hernández.īut music and culture began to shift in the 1970s – and so did Little Joe. The Latinaires became famous when they released their first album in 1964. “We had no recording opportunities … for the Chicano groups, there was no opportunities.” Little Joe even created his own independent labels.

In 1959, cousin David left the group, and Little Joe became the band leader of what became “Little Joe and the Latinaires.” The Latinaires began signing recording contracts with small Tejano labels. “I learned I could make some money doing that and it was better than picking cotton for sure, you know,” Hernández said. When he was 13, Little Joe began singing with his cousin’s band “David Coronado and the Latinaires.” A very musical family and that came from my grandmother on my dad’s side,” Hernández said. “Well my dad and uncle were musicians, and aunts, they played instruments and wrote songs and sang.

Through his first jobs were in the Texas cotton fields, music was a constant in Little Joe’s childhood. Little Joe Hernández leads one of the most enduring and innovative Tejano bands in the country – “ Little Joe y La Familia.” They’ve won four Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy and their song, “ Las Nubes,” became the anthem for the Chicano Movement.īut Hernández says he didn’t really discover the movement behind his music until more than a decade into his career.īorn José Maria de Leon Hernández in Temple in 1940, Little Joe was given his nickname to distinguish him from his – much taller – best friend, who was also named Joe.