Literatures and Cultural Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2017
Abstract
An Interview with Conjunto music legend Gilberto Perez is presented, who has a prestigious career as a singer and accordionist. He talks about his experience of performing concerts, his band "Gilberto Perez y Sus Compadres" and band members and the significance of his corrido "Las Crecientes de Beulah" which is a narration of his experience at the time when a destructive hurricane Beulah had hit Rio Grande Valley in Texas, causing displacement of Mexicans as refugees.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, D. N. (2017). Remembering Hurricane Beulah: An Interview with Conjunto Legend Gilberto Perez on Hurricane Beulah Corridos, Commercialisim and Culture. Journal of South Texas, 31(1), 50–71. https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/lcs_fac/26/
First Page
50
Last Page
71
Publication Title
Journal of South Texas
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