~ Frankie Firme and The 2nd Time Around Show ~ Bringing it back, and keeping it alive, like nobody else can!

"Oldies but Goodies" is a music term describing a genre that includes  DooWop(late 1940's-early 60's), Rock & Roll, Rythym & Blues and Early Soul/Latin Soul music(1950's-early 70's), coined by L.A. DJ Art Laboe in the late 1950's, reflecting the tastes of a young Chicano & Black audience in the Southwestern United States coming of age in the 50's, 60's & early 70's, who refused to categorize themselves in conformity as the times changed & evolved, and whose musical tastes & influences have traversed the World, being copied and enjoyed by today's artists and audiences. 

Indeed, many talented Chicano & Black Artists from the 1950's & 1960's were never afforded large market exposure in "their day" , and are virtually unknown outside of their respective circles and states because of the limited and jealously guarded commercial radio airwaves of the time, despite making significant contributions to the development of American music. But now, thanks to the World Wide Internet , music and art of every genre is available to anybody around the World who has access to a computer, free of commercial and self serving limitations of others, which has enhanced the music world ten fold.

"West Coast Latin Soul" can be envisioned  as a mellow Chicano interpretation of Salsa, Mambo, Boleros, Cumbias, Corridos, and Tejano music mixed in with a unique blend of low-riding Chicano rock & roll, soul, funk, and classic R & B (i.e.  prior to the development of hip-hop, rap, and modern day R & B), which playfully rolls with bi-lingual and spanglish lyrics. West Coast Groups like SANTANA, MALO, SAPO, TIERRA, NUESTRO, MEZTIZO,WAR, and of course, EL CHICANO, have made this a unique California sound since the early 1970's, which new groups seek to actively emulate and improve upon.
  

Check out the "word of Aztlan", the latest Chicano music & entertainment news, plus stories by some of Aztlan's most talented contemporary writers on www.LatinoLA.com , where it's always, "A Brown thing, baby!"

Significant books have been written in the past couple of years, most notably "The Old Barrio Guide to Lowrider Music" and "Chicano Soul" by Ruben Molina, and "Land of 1000 Dances" by David Reyes and Tom Waldman, which reflect extensive in depth research into this particular and unique style of Chicano music from the 1950's to the mid 1970's, and the unique West Coast lifestyle it represents, " Chicano lowriders", music, and dancers.
  Dancing or listening to good music while partying, or cruising in a pretty classic car with good people as the music played, was never a crime, and this lifestyle and music continues to fascinate  people all over the World. "Who were they?", "Where are they now?", and "how can I fit it?" are frequent questions that come up when this type of music is played, and a different, non-frenzied type of lifestyle is discussed.
 Major Record labels and new, independent labels are also re-issuing classic West Coast Chicano Rock & Roll on CD, as a new generation steps up to the plate and represents, enjoying the "Souldies" of yesterday.

 "Old school" is just another word for 1980's-90's post-disco music that didn't go anywhere else, as the latest generation found themselves hitting their 30's and they too, didn't want to stop dancing or enjoying music of their day...and doesn't compare to the original sound and REAL talent  that didn't need echo chambers, clap machines, voice overs, smoke machines, sexually enhanced videos, cheap East coast accents,and synthesized percussion, despite a faux market for it.  
 Thus, is this site dedicated to the many artists that made this music, and fans that help keep this music alive as an art form....may it live forever!