Ramón Ayala (accordion player)
Ramon Ayala | |
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Birth name | Ramón Covarrubia Garza |
Born | Tampico, Tamaulipas | December 8, 1945
Genres | Conjunto |
Instruments | Bajo sexto, accordion, Drums |
Years active | 1952–present |
Labels | Falcon Records, Bego Records, Bronco Records, Cometa Records, Ideal Records, Ayala Records, Bernal Records, National Records, R y N Records |
Associated acts | Pedro Ayala, Los Hermanos Ayala or Hermanos Ayala |
Ramón Ayala is an accordion player from Hidalgo, Texas, who currently resides in the Rio Grande Valley. He is the son of Pedro Ayala. His progressive style and technique has earned him the 2009 Accordion Player of the Year Award from the .[1][2] In 2009 he celebrated his 45th career anniversary.[3]
Career[]
Ramón Ayala started playing the accordion in 1951. He learned to play the drums in 1954. In 1955, he picked up the bajo sexto after his father Pedro Ayala, El Monarca del Acordeón, showed him his first two chords. By 1956, Ramón Ayala and his brother Pedro Ayala Jr., who played the accordion, joined their father in Pedro Ayala y Su Conjunto. Since 1956, Ramón Ayala has gone on to record for over a dozen studios releasing 88 recordings in album, single, cassette and CD formats. Ramón Ayala has recorded with Freddy Fender, Paulino Bernal and Esteban Jordan, among others. To date, he has released 105 recordings.
References[]
- ^ "South Texas Conjunto Association | All we know is CONJUNTO 100% Es Todo!". Conjunto.org. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ [1] Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". www.themonitor.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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External links[]
- The Arhoolie Foundation 1[permanent dead link]
- The Arhoolie Foundation 2[permanent dead link]
- The Arhoolie Foundation 3[permanent dead link]
- 1928 births
- Latin Grammy Award winners
- People from Hidalgo County, Texas
- Bajo sexto and bajo quinto players
- Living people
- American male songwriters
- Songwriters from Texas
- Latin music songwriters
- 20th-century accordionists
- 20th-century American musicians
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century accordionists
- 21st-century American musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians