One year ago: Bobby Espinosa of El Chicano

Feb. 27, 2011 6 AM PT

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Bobby Espinosa, the keyboard player who helped create the ‘Brown sound’ of East L.A. band El Chicano, died one year ago at age 60.

It’s a good opportunity to revisit some of El Chicano’s hits, including ‘Viva Tirado Part I’ (seen in the YouTube clip above), ‘Sabor A Mi’ and ‘Tell Her She’s Lovely.’

Have a favorite El Chicano memory? Let us know by posting a comment below.

Obituary: Bobby Espinosa dies at 60; keyboardist for 1970s Latin soul band El Chicano

-- Claire Noland

Afterword

Claire Noland

Claire Noland, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 1994, became editor of curated email newsletters in spring 2015. She had been in the Obituary Department since 2006, the last six years as editor. Before that, she was an editor in Sports. A California native and graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, she worked at the Antelope Valley Press, Los Angeles Daily News and Minneapolis Star Tribune. She left The Times in December 2015.

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