ZIHelo Huracanado

We have loved all the music you’ve been posting — including lots and lots of our favorites.

Carlos took the cake though. He is sacred here in SF. People don’t even brag about knowing him. If asked, “yeah we grew up together in the Mission” or “we used to hang together in the Mission”.

A very good young friend of ours played as a teenager with Carlos. Carlos invited Tito to go on the road with him. His mom said absolutely not until he finished high school. Recounting this years later, a rather sophisticated Mexican friend said “oh yeah, well what did he play?” “Timbales”. I answered. He never said another word.

Thanks for the cool anecdote, Cathy.

Back when we were still novios, Lupita and I used to go to Doro's place on the Playa Principal at sunset where Tata's is. Doro kept what we know locally as a tejón (called a coatimundi in other places) back then that was extremely friendly and mischievous. Lupita and I would sip tequila, laugh at the passersby as they discovered the tejón, and romantiquear (somos muy cursis). Doro played a lot of good music, but Carlos is sacred here, and whenever this song was played Lupita and I would dance on the beach, lost in each other. It immediately became one of "our songs" (we have a few).