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036 - Live at The Cotillion w/ The Estrada Brothers · Here's to You

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Thanks for the copy Emily, I really needed it.
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No problem. We gotta hurry because we're
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always late. Oh no.
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The lights turning red. No.
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Oh, man, there's copy everywhere.
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Where are the napkins? Don't worry about it.
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We can just go ahead and I'll schedule with to you Auto.
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They'll come to where we're at and then they'll clean it while
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we're at the wedding. OK, you drive.
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I'll schedule with to you auto. What's the website?
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Go to to youauto.com. Wait, what was it again?
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The number 2, The letter U. Auto.com Perfect.
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They are there. There's the phone number that
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you said. Having.
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It do what kind of splendorship? The alcohol and soul?
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What are they? Music.
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Let's go. Happy birthday.
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We'll see him for a dinner with Ross.
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We'll see him for a dinner with Ross.
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Come on, get us, get the hummin. The.
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Music. Oh my God.
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Damn. Holy shit.
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Oh, that's awesome. Thank you, guys.
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Damn, we got a whole performance bitch.
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You haven't even done an intro in a long ass time.
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I told you guys to sit next to each other and.
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Then you're gonna go through. This problem?
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He does have it. That's why everyone always asks
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for Dusty to do the intro. Yeah, yeah.
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Because he has that sexy therapy.
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He has that sexy, therapeutic voice, that's why.
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Not this. Strong.
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Hey, hey, welcome back to another episode of Here's You
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The Podcast. It is your boy D, the producer
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extraordinaire. To my left, as always, we've got
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famous fan of Sir McAllister KK. And to her left, we've got the
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Sex and the City AVG&OEP. Ohh.
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Sex and the City. OK.
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Hi guys. It's me, Emily.
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I really have set up my intros better.
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I need to do better on your intros.
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Well, I'm here today. We'll try again tomorrow.
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What do we have here? Who do we have here today?
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With us today, we've got a special duo and I've had the
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pleasure of seeing perform live. We actually just got a special
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treat from them because we're coming live from the cotillion
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Today. Took Alex up on his offer, but.
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Joining us is the Estrada Brothers Benji Cosway.
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Was that was I? Welcome, welcome.
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Can you tell him, a 90s kid, when I say where's that?
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Yes, yes. He's like chilling killing, drug
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killing, well shot, Colin. Well guys, thank you for coming
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to our podcast. Earlier.
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You guys gave us a little sneak peek of your music and it was
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amazing. What did you think, Fanny?
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My God, I wanted to dance. So was the song called Candela
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Yes, in La Noche. I forgot you.
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Have to tell for the non Spanish people.
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Oh yeah, speaking people, not me cuz I speak Spanish, but like Oh
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yeah, what? And it's a little.
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Strange, I said. You were yellow.
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I'm I'm yellow and brown the same time and you mix it
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together, it gets a good combination.
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No one will bat an eye if you're at the carnet saw that like.
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No, I'm always invited to the Carnet, Yeah.
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Always. Always.
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Always. So yeah, it's candela and
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loskuro. But now that you said that, that
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totally sounds like the nightclub remix.
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So Candela and La Noche is totally what you're gonna be
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doing. It's gonna be the remix name,
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yeah. Candela and Loskuro, though.
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Okay. So how long did it take you guys
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to? That's an original, right?
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Yes. Yeah, yeah.
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Okay. What?
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We'll just go into that part first.
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You know, we haven't even fully introduced you guys yet.
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Let's just start real quick, actually, never mind backing up
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again. Hosuan, Benji, the Strada
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brothers. They play trumpet, guitar, bass,
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drums, a lot of other crap. Fingers.
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Fingers. They fingering all right.
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That's what the kind of podcast this is.
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Okay, by the way. By the way, we're explicit.
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Yeah, we don't get cancelled here, all right?
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So when I share on Facebook, I'm gonna do the specific share or?
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You can not share this specific family member.
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We could make it PG. 13 No, no, no, no, no, it's fine.
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Let's let's go. Yeah, let's go.
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No, we me and Venti need. This RR actually, we don't try
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to say that explicit. We just now we're like, you know
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what, there's going to be a couple cuss words in here.
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We're going to say a couple stuff.
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We just, we just, we just say it.
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We're like, yeah, we're not even going to try to pretend that
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we're. Not anyways.
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Anyways, Good. Let's talk about you guys, OK?
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Are you guys born and raised from Wichita?
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No. Raised.
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Raised Yes. Raised, Born, not born, No.
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Where are you guys born? We were born in Los Angeles.
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Okay la two up. To two Mexican immigrants, our
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parents yeah, Felix and Anna. They're from Jalisco, and I was
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Calientes. Oh, OK, We're kind of Pisas.
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Yeah. I'm.
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I'm sucking the pisy. I was Calientes a little bit.
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Sounds like I was. I was Chiles.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Which I had for the first time,
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like a year ago. What it's.
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In October? Yeah.
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OK. It's crazy.
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I was like, I called my mom immediately.
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He's like, why didn't you tell me?
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But quino me. He's dead.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So, yeah. Well, I mean, we're not very
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tropical like I was. Calientes is in a tropical area.
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Correct. Right.
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And it's stuck at the gases in. So it's like we don't, we
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wouldn't have a lot of seafood like that, you know?
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Yeah. They didn't make it at home all
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the time. Like, yeah, yeah, cuz we don't,
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you know, like, we're gonna go to a Lago, We're gonna go to La
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Lago. Na.
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Yeah. Porous frijoles.
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No palace. Yeah.
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Why does my brother call? Cata de nopal to some people.
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What kind of insult is that? Like what?
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Do you tell people they have a cata de nopal?
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Yeah, it's because they're trying to act like they're not
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Mexican, but they're like hella Mexican looking.
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And so it's kind of insulting, but it is insulting.
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Cata de nopal for you know, on Spanish speakers is face of
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cactus, Cactus of cactus face, yeah.
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Cactus face OK because I was confused.
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I was like. What are they saying here?
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I'm like Benny told me. Yeah, no, it's like, and you
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said it's a saying. So it's like when you when you
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pretend that you're not what you are and you're like, Oh no, I'm
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too good to be Mexican. I'm too good to eat healthy.
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As with my food, I'm too good for any of that.
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And you're like, okay, what the freaking no pile in your in your
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forehead or seriously. But that's like saying like
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there, there no part of you looks white.
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I thought it. Was a skin color joke for some
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reason and I was like, sure, it stems probably from because
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Mexicans can be a little racist. It's true.
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It's true. Yeah.
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So, OK, so moving on, Anywho, so your guys were born in LA, What?
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Part of LA or just like what part?
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Of like 20 minute bike ride from Venice Beach, Culver City.
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Technically Culver City. We went to elementary school at
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Braddock Drive Elementary. So how long did you guys live
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there? My cousins also went there, not
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that. Until I was 10.
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So 1992 and then plus 10 + 10. I have perfect pitch.
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But I suck at numbers. My natural talent isn't quick
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math. Hey, but you still got the other
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one. It's fine.
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People have calculators now for that reason.
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Yeah, that's fine. Three 2003 we moved to.
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Yeah. No, we moved here in 2002,
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right? Yeah, 2.
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Fort Wayne IN for like 9 months. Didn't work out.
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We're like, this sucks this is too Midwest.
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And yeah, and the winter, that was the first time we
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experienced winters cuz it was la, la you have rain in the
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winter, not snow. And so we were in Fort Wayne IN
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just like so. That's a funny story.
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Now, with your chunk last, you're like, no, this is snow,
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right? So cold.
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Dude okay. So there's a really sad story.
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I'm gonna try to keep it together while I tell us it's
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kind of emotional. We're we're fresh from LA like
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first time in the Midwest. We're experiencing like cold for
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the first time, like at that level there's like there's snow
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And we were wearing our LA cold jackets like we were me and him
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were like 5th and 4th grade or something like that.
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Yeah, 5th and 4th grade. And we come to school in our
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jackets and my parents are super broke like we're super poor
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like. Didn't know what we were doing.
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Like, didn't have, you know, any idea.
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And then one of the, I think the vice principal, she like,
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noticed and she like, pulls us out of class one day.
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And it's super weird. There was no warning.
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There was no, like, like notifying the parents or
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anything. I don't think, like she just
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pulled us out of class. And she's like, you guys are
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coming with me. And I was like, what's going on?
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And she's like, it's a surprise. I actually don't remember what
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the conversation was. But next thing I know, we're at
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like a Salvation Army. And she's like, you guys can
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pick whatever jacket you want. And we were like, that's so
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neat, really. They were so cool.
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We were like all the colors. Yeah, they were.
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So there were so many cool jackets, like winter jackets,
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and we're like, finally cool. And, like, I felt spoiled at the
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time, but now that I look back, I'm like, damn, that's some
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that's some poor people. Shit, dude, There's actually
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somebody out there. Was really sweet enough to do
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that for you guys. Not even knew who you were.
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My mom. When we came home, my mom was
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like, what? Like, yeah.
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Where'd you get these jackets? And we're like this nice lady
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took us and she gave it to us for.
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First White Lady, Actually, she was a black woman.
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Yeah, I love that. Yeah.
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Well, I love everything, but like, that's nice.
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She probably knew what we were going through, to be honest.
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Like, she knew the struggle. And yeah, so that was, that was
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a cool story, the cool memory. That's good.
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Yeah, that's nice. See, there's still good people
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out there too. Yeah, it is so funny.
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When you're young, you don't understand that concept of money
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like that. You know, like or your parents
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might not have it all, but they don't ever really make you feel
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poor. Or you don't remember being
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poor, because I remember. Like we used to go to the
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Salvation Army, we used to go to places like that all the time.
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And I just thought it was cool like it.
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Was like, you know it's. Funny.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So, like, I think like as a kid, you just don't always understand
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that. Or like, you know, just so it
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was so fortunate that it sounds like we had similar upbringings
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and that, like, our parents didn't.
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Like say, like, we are poor. And I'm not even saying that
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because we were pretty well off too.
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But I remember when we first moved to the States, it was
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stuff like that. Like, you know, you're
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carpooling, you're going to Salvation Army and now like,
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kids do that for fun. You know, now that I think about
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it, like if we had stayed in LA, my dad was making bank and he
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was getting like the good, like gardening routes.
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He was one of those typical like stand in the line outside of
22:45
Home Depot guys. And like, he was getting like,
22:49
really nice houses, like producer houses and stuff by the
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time, like, by the time right before we left.
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And I keep thinking about how like, man, we probably would
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have been pretty fine off, like, by now.
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But my dad chose to, like, start over.
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And because he, he became a preacher.
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And so he, like, moved. He was like, this is my calling.
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I'm going to be a preacher. And so, like, there was a need
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for a pastor in the Midwest. And he just, like, sold
23:13
everything. He sold his trucks.
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He sold like, all our nice shit, dude, like.
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We just like the Prince's house, too.
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I know that he did. That's a fun fact.
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He did work on Michael Jackson's house one time.
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It's so cool. Not on his own.
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He was working as a helper for the house, but it was like, he
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said, like Janet Jackson or like I I can't remember.
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There's just a lot, a lot of famous people who worked for.
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Like, yeah, I. Remember.
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Like crazy. Yeah.
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I mean, like, uh, who's yeah, Sylvester Stallone.
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I think they like, they like mowed his house.
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What? I didn't know that one.
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They a bunch of producer guys and like musician, like guys
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tied to The Beatles, like producer guys.
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I don't remember what their names are, but it's the bass
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player for Paul McCartney and the Wings.
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Oh. Shit, that's cool, Yeah.
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Nice. So he's tried to like I think he
24:06
took too long but he tried to reach out one time to one of the
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guys and like I don't think they answered, but like they they had
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a kind of close relationship with him and a lot of those
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people. Like cuz he was my dad's an
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awesome dude. Like, yeah.
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Yeah, he's a good he treats people well so and he does a
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good job when he works so. We think a lot of guys like our
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parents came here with nothing, like nothing on their backs or
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nothing, you know, whatsoever. If they could, if they can make
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it still to this far, we can do it as well.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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Like, honestly, I I feel like me and Benji are really driven.
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We've had a lot of like friction with people sometimes that like
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don't want to move as fast. And there are a lot of people
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here can get really content, you know, and like, comfortable.
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And it's like, you know, I could try to pick that apart.
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But, like, it's always all I know.
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Is that where we come from? It's like dad being an
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immigrant, starting from scratch, starting over many
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times. Yeah, kind of getting, like,
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kind of fucked over a lot of times in his life, too.
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And I'm saying that for it, but it's you can bleep that out if
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you. Want No, no we don't.
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We don't we. Don't edit Whatever's recorded
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his plays and then he started. There's some editing, like for
25:20
example for so just so you can get an idea.
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When we moved here, he had a full church like that from the
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pastor that left and someone spread rumors about him and
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ended up a lot like the whole church ended up leaving except
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for like one or two family members.
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Uh, or families in general and uh and so there.
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But he kept going and he didn't like, he didn't blame them.
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He like forgave them and like didn't try to like make things
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right. He's just like he's like you
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know what? Like that there's their own
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karma almost, you know and he just kind of kept going, uh.
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But that that drive that he had, man, we I feel like me and medji
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really have that and uh and we're just never gonna give up.
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We're gonna keep pushing our our art, you know?
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Yeah, yeah, you can't. You could.
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It depends on someone. If you want to stay comfortable,
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you can stay comfortable. If you want to do something out,
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do something in your life and you want to explore and just be
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a go getter to just get it. Because you never know what
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happens in your life. You know what I mean?
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I'm the same way too. I cannot be comfortable in one
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thing and I'll be like okay. I'll stay here.
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I'll tell, I'll tell my boyfriend.
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Be like maybe we should start a business.
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Or maybe we should? Do.
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Do something this like now like this is like like starting now.
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We definitely all have our hands in multiple cookie jars.
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Yeah, you're not, you know, you're not content.
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We, I think like that is a really great way to segue into
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also getting comfortable in the sense of like let's enjoy this
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next piece of the conversation because we're getting some cues
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that we should. Make a prepared drink for you
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guys, OK? We still have a lot more to
26:58
discuss. We still want to pick right back
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up on where, you know, just like continuing to strike forward,
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that ambition that keeps you guys going.
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And we have some awesome festivals that you guys are
27:09
about to get into. You want to tap in more into
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your guys as a Mexican American culture?
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Just added another one too. Oh, OK.
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OK, we. Want to talk more about that?
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Yes. So right now we're going to take
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a little break and then I'll make a drink.
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For you guys. OK, yes, Awesome.
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disappointed. Did you already drink it?
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No. OK, OK.
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OK. OK.
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Here's to you. Oh, yeah.
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So I I don't. I was like planning for to say
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this for a special occasion. This is a special occasion and
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we just got back to town. So like that's a big deal.
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I I'm very picky about who I shared this stuff he know really
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is. He knows how would me too.
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Yeah. That's sweet.
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Oh, yeah. OK, well, you tell us if we're
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gonna take it now or if we're gonna take it out, then let's
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take it now. OK.
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OK. I want you to.
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I want, I want you guys to talk about how delicious it is.
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OK, because it is. Cheers.
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Here's to you. Cheers.
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Here's you. Here's to this.
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Here's to you. Yeah, here's to you.
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Yeah. Oh shit, this is good.
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That's not bad. Oh my God.
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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Oh my God, this is so good. It's very strong though, yeah.
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That's dangerous then 'cause that's how good that was.
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Like, I would take another shot right now.
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Yep, Yep, Yep. And it's 47%.
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So it's like super strong. You could probably set that on
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fire. You could put.
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It on the wound, We yelled instantly.
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And then lick it. And then lick it like a cat with
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a wound. Well, guys, welcome back again,
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guys. He knows your APG girl, Emily.
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And again, let you guys know, we do have a special guest here
29:31
today. We have the Strada brothers.
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Hi guys. Hola.
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So, you know, we had a break and you know, I always make a
29:38
special drink for our guests and tell me what you guys think.
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Oh dude, it's amazing. It's perfect.
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And it was just so happened to go pair and pair perfectly
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paired with the Gen. I bra.
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Yeah. Which is like lemongrass orange.
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So this is like basically a gin mojito and I yeah, the best
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it's. Yeah, yes, I was going cuz you
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know, since summer and I was like, you usually use vodka for
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mojitos. I was like, maybe I should try
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gin, cuz y'all love gin. No, it's really delicious.
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It's really chuggable too. So let you guys know, I'm an
30:09
amateur, so I'm not a professional bartender.
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She has her doctorate in. I was valedictorian, yeah.
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Yeah, she was valedictorian of her class for bartending.
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At Mixology University. Whoa 10.
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One, so you're not an amateur at all?
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I mean, I'm. Yeah, Wait a minute.
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You're right. You're right.
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You're like I'm an amateur. I literally went to school and
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got I. Was dressed in class.
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Yeah. What?
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Yeah, you can tell. It's really good.
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Can you guys tell that we're really, really excellent liars?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're very humble.
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No, Emily has gotten her doctorate.
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We have named her valedictorian of the Here's to You class.
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I got off 20/20/21 actually. When did we start this?
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We started last year. We did start 2021.
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Damn. We'll be two years in October.
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Y'all. Wait, we started.
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Oh, OK, OK. Where we're going, you'll be
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what? Two years in October.
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Wow, Yes. Yeah, two years.
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Yeah, we're grown-ups. Slowly growing up, but I really
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believe in you guys. Thank you, thank you.
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But Speaking of, I don't know if you in one of our episodes with
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Jocelyn Galicia, we had gin. Nobody warned me that you're not
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supposed to take a gin shot, so they all laughed at me.
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We just took another gin shot and that thing was amazing.
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She took Von Bay type bombing. Oh yeah, I.
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Don't think. I That's the blue one.
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The blue bottle one. The blue bottle Oh.
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OK, everybody watched her and I was like, so no one's gonna tell
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her. So what?
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You mean no one? 'S gonna tell her.
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I'm not gonna tell her. That's what you said I was, and
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she was across. For me.
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And she looked at me and I I gave her this look like, don't
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do it. No.
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That she did. So why are you not supposed to
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take a gin shot? Because it's disgusting.
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Don't do it. You're gonna grow.
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Up. It's like you take a shot.
32:06
I'm a scan, I think. I've done that.
32:09
I must, I must be. I must be a crazy person, though
32:12
because I mean, I've shot. I've shot C Grahams gin.
32:15
Like, yeah, that's you know, I didn't know that that you're not
32:19
supposed to shoot. Like I'm over here like this is
32:21
delicious. Like OK.
32:23
No. I think.
32:25
I think you are a crazy person because of.
32:30
We're going to get to that in a second.
32:31
So I was going to say that's the perfect segue when we talk about
32:34
that it. Is a perfect segue, but if we go
32:36
that route, we're going to miss other awesome segments.
32:38
OK, OK. OK, so let's talk about you
32:40
guys. How did you guys all started?
32:43
Yeah, so we so our old. Our parents, by the way, are
32:47
very not musical. And my dad's tone deaf.
32:50
My dad can't keep time. My mom's tone deaf.
32:52
Yeah. And so.
32:54
But our oldest brother, he's 10 years older than I am.
32:57
Yeah, and nine years old. Eight years older than you, he
33:01
started playing guitar at church back when he was, you know, in
33:05
LA and then he also joined the jazz band.
33:08
He started playing like a little bit of piano.
33:11
And so when we were growing up, we just kind of wanted to be
33:13
like him because he was like another father figure.
33:16
And so we he started teaching me guitar.
33:18
He started teaching him guitar. And so we kind of followed in
33:21
his footsteps a little bit. And yeah, we just at school.
33:25
Like he picked up the trumpet side.
33:27
Side note, the reason I don't play guitar still is because I
33:30
have a weird alien finger. What that doesn't?
33:34
Et finger I. Have like et finger on both
33:36
hands that like basically has like a small joint compared to
33:40
what it's supposed to be like. You can bend most fingers like
33:43
all the way down right? Like there's one finger the this
33:46
finger that like it only it doesn't bend all the way.
33:51
So like if you like if I if I were to try to push this hard,
33:54
it would break what I actually really punched him in the shin.
33:57
Line. There's no line on it.
33:58
Yeah, I punched him in the shin when we were kicking.
34:01
Off of it. That's looking hard.
34:06
Hey, my Chocolate Trauma Get. Myself together real quick.
34:13
My chocolate trauma. No, I'm just kidding.
34:17
So you walk among us. So I'm.
34:20
All the time among us. Amazing.
34:27
So I punched him when I was a kid, when we were kids in the
34:30
shin and like, I actually fractured the one on my right
34:32
hand. So it bends a little like lower
34:35
than the other one. Did it hurt?
34:37
So we need a. Video It hurt him more,
34:39
basically. Basically, yeah.
34:40
You just come here, you can take a picture.
34:43
You really don't have a line or I can do.
34:45
Oh my God. Guys, we all don't have one look
34:47
at your hands. We do have one.
34:49
I'm taking a picture of this like so.
34:55
He couldn't play guitar. Yeah, my.
34:57
Brother, there's no line my this finger would block.
35:01
Pendum This finger would essentially block strings while
35:05
I try to make a chord. I'd be like, you know, and you
35:09
couldn't hear the full chord, So my brother goes, oh, that's
35:11
right, you're alien fingers. And then I stopped taking
35:15
lessons that day. He broke your heart.
35:19
Did break your Oh my God, And then we just broke it.
35:22
Just little did I know that Django Reinhardt had like 2
35:24
fingers. So, like, I could have.
35:26
I could have been. Like, I could have, yeah, I
35:28
could have overcame that, but. Easy.
35:31
The guitar. And you know what?
35:33
Stevie Wonder is blind too as well, bro.
35:36
He's playing. Yeah, he plays the piano.
35:39
It's OK. Moving on.
35:41
Did he start off blind or did he become blind after he already
35:44
played it? Yeah, some of them.
35:45
Some of them. That's what you're doing,
35:48
listeners. Google that pull over in your
35:50
car. Tell us what happened.
35:52
Yeah. Tell us someone drop it in our
35:54
comments and tell us yeah cuz. We're not gonna Google check
35:56
that, right? Are we live right now?
35:58
Yeah, no, we're not live. Oh.
36:02
We're recording you to slow down on that trick man.
36:05
Anyway, Benji continue. Anyway, so yeah, so we I sort
36:09
of, I kept playing guitar. And then so the church, we were
36:12
my dad's a preacher and so we grew up playing in church and we
36:17
had more opportunity to play because we were the only
36:20
possible musicians in the church.
36:21
So it was just like, it was like free practice, yeah.
36:25
Yeah, y'all are cheaper. We were cheaper, yeah.
36:27
They didn't have to paint them and so but hosts way.
36:30
He wanted to play the saxophone at school.
36:32
I did. And so when you when you start
36:35
band in school in 6th grade, they give you all the like
36:37
mouthpieces for the horns and they make you go try which
36:41
whatever you want and if you can make a sound they let you do it
36:44
and they gave you the trumpet one first.
36:47
How did that basic? Well, basically my dad, when I
36:52
was like 7, brought home a plastic stadium trumpet, those
36:55
Boo Boo Boo Zelas. And I like, I don't were all of
36:57
us able to play it? I feel like a lot of us were
36:59
able to make sound on it. Yeah.
37:01
And I I learned how to do it too.
37:03
And I would take it to like like concerts or like like to church
37:07
all the time. And when people would clap, I'd
37:08
like play the heck out of it. So.
37:10
So I had that in my muscle memory by the time I was in 6th
37:13
grade. She gave me all the mouthpieces
37:15
and I was like, here comes the saxophone read.
37:17
And I was like, yeah. And then I like, try to play a
37:19
sound through it and nothing came out, just air.
37:22
And I was like, I was like panicking.
37:24
I was like, no, no, no, no. And she's like, try this one.
37:26
And then she gave me the trumpet mouthpiece and instantly sound
37:29
came out. And she's like, cool, you're
37:31
gonna play the trumpet. And I was like.
37:33
No, Darth Vader. Darth Vader.
37:38
She's like, I picked your destiny.
37:42
Like, no guitar, no saxophone. Trumpet.
37:46
You're a trumpet. You live like a trumpet player.
37:50
That happened after he played the trumpet.
37:53
The trumpet played. Him home, He's like, he came
37:56
home. He's like, I'm fucking playing a
37:57
trumpet guy. This is fucking bullshit.
38:00
No, actually, if you ask my parents and my older brothers
38:03
like, about that, they they were driven up the wall at my
38:07
trumpet, practicing growing up. Like like every time someone
38:11
compliments them at a like, no matter how big the concert is,
38:13
like we just played Bradley Fair.
38:15
There was, yeah, like maybe 1000 people there.
38:17
I don't know. There was, there's, there's.
38:19
A 300 I don't. I don't know, man.
38:22
Maybe. Maybe a?
38:23
Lot, yeah. You know, people.
38:24
Came out there and watch you guys.
38:27
They were like your son's, you know, so talented and he's like,
38:30
yeah, he used to drive us crazy practicing.
38:32
Like they say it every time. Like, yeah, but he's like like
38:36
Pitchy Cabron was like fucking maybe all headache and
38:38
everything. Yes, they're probably just like
38:43
every time that somebody says that to them, they're like
38:44
instant trauma. Yeah.
38:46
Yeah. Yeah, they're triggers.
38:47
You know, they say, you know you're they say good things to
38:50
your parents and your parents like yeah, they're good, but you
38:52
don't have no idea how fucking the pain I went through for this
38:55
whole thing. I feel like they'll stop saying
38:57
that when I can, like, buy them a house.
39:00
Like, yeah, if I can ever buy them a house.
39:01
If you buy a house, it's still not good enough you know from.
39:06
Experience. I have experience.
39:07
I bought a house for my parents. It's still not good enough.
39:12
Damn, we're cursed. We're not, I pick my.
39:14
Parents Too hard Too. Hard, Yeah.
39:17
Damn, it's like you go, you go and visit them and then you make
39:19
time for your friends and they're like, oh, so I'm nothing
39:22
to you? Yeah.
39:23
So you. I don't.
39:23
You don't love me anymore. You don't want me to take, you
39:26
don't want me to go with you or anything, like pick me up.
39:29
Pick me up. My, my siblings are married and
39:33
my dad is always telling my older sister, Oh yeah, well,
39:36
she's here with her other mom and dad, and now she has a mom
39:39
and dad over there, so she's always with us.
39:42
We're like, we're like, dad, get over here.
39:45
So. Yeah.
39:46
Oh my God, my parents do the same thing.
39:48
We're not married. But our older brothers are who
39:50
are, Yeah, yeah, they're. Like, oh, they have another
39:53
family go there. Oldest is still married.
39:56
Yeah, the second oldest is not so.
39:59
Yeah, but no say oh hey, hey, hey, hey, we're trying to figure
40:03
it out, but no, that exactly. It's never enough for It's never
40:07
enough love. Yeah, it's never enough love.
40:09
You got to give him all of the love, all of the attention 100%
40:13
of the time, even though you annoy them the fuck out.
40:17
But they still want it. And you're like you told me to
40:19
leave and they're like, well, I didn't mean it.
40:22
And then when they call, you chase me and you see their name
40:25
on your phone, you're like, okay, let me give myself a
40:27
minute to kill myself and talk to them.
40:30
Basically, they're toxic. They're a toxic ex.
40:34
They did their best, though. My parents are not toxic,
40:37
they're just. My parents, that's all we can
40:42
say, but yes. Anyways, about this, So you guys
40:44
started a band together, cuz you guys your father was a pastor at
40:49
your church right? Yeah, so we were always playing
40:51
at church. I was a worship leader for like
40:54
many, many years and he always played.
40:57
At church. And so I played drums.
40:59
They gave us when my oldest brother used to worship lead and
41:02
then when he went to LA he moved to LA, back to LA He couldn't
41:05
handle it anymore. Basically the Midwest.
41:07
I'm just kidding. But I think.
41:08
I think though I actually think that's what cuz he he grew up
41:12
hella in LA. Like he.
41:15
When I was 10, he was like what, twice my age, like almost like.
41:18
And so him, it was way more culture shock to be in the
41:22
Midwest for us. We were still young enough we
41:24
could like learn the ropes. Yeah, you know what I mean?
41:27
Yeah. And so he moved back.
41:28
And then when he moved back, Benji here took over the worship
41:31
leading. And then I switched from trumpet
41:33
to drums. So that's kind of where I got my
41:35
a little bit of drum practice in SO.
41:38
Can you guys also describe how the process is like you know
41:42
what what type of? You know which siblings gonna
41:44
play this, do this, do this, do that.
41:47
Like how do you guys put that all combined together?
41:49
It was a bit of competition to who was playing the drums.
41:52
That's because we always wanted to play the drums like both of
41:55
us. Yeah, it was the cool thing to
41:56
do, cool thing. And so then we would fight
41:58
because. You're hitting shit.
41:59
Yeah, we wanted to hit shit. And so he would always, It would
42:05
be like, no, it's my turn. No, it's my turn.
42:08
You already played the. First question, have you guys
42:09
seen Step Brothers that movie? Exactly like that, but yes, I'm
42:15
putting my. Ball sack on your.
42:17
Just a ball sack my drums now. You chip my fucking stick shit.
42:28
So man, so like did you ever so did you ever lose those fights
42:32
though Because Benji is younger. Like what Did he ever one up
42:35
with you just because he got the younger card?
42:37
So he was like, he's the youngest, so he.
42:39
Gets to choose. I've always been young, I.
42:41
Love that younger card shit. I'm tired of that.
42:43
But hey, but it's real, though it's real.
42:46
Benji's always been a little more smart.
42:49
I was gonna say bigger He's. A little.
42:51
He's a little. More smart, he knew how to work
42:55
his way into playing longer and stuff.
42:58
So I'd I'd end up getting the like short end of the rope like.
43:02
But he Yeah, yeah. And he would also practice more
43:06
and like watch more, I think. Was YouTube a thing back then?
43:10
How did you what did you? He was on Vine.
43:13
There was a point. There was like AOL days.
43:17
There was a point where Benji pulled away.
43:19
Talent wise on the drums, like he started playing like really
43:22
crazy chops and like I was always like.
43:24
It was definitely at that point it was YouTube.
43:27
Was that your emo face? Yeah.
43:28
Well, yeah, that's it. I don't know that because you
43:32
know. Emo as well, Yeah, the.
43:34
Correlation. Like you get so emo and you like
43:37
just like hoard information and you're like, I'm gonna get
43:40
really good at this. Yeah, you're having like an
43:42
anime moment. You're like you're having an
43:44
anime moment. That is it that way actually,
43:47
that is it. You're having an animal.
43:49
You're having that main character moment where you're
43:51
just like, you know what? Fuck this, fuck you, fuck her,
43:55
fuck your dog. And I'm going to wear my hair
43:57
how I want to wear my hair. And I don't care what you say.
44:01
And I don't care. What you think and look at what
44:04
happened. She.
44:06
Said fuck everybody. Yeah, I'm still, I joke all the
44:09
time with my hair stylist. Now we're always like, you know,
44:12
my gold now in life. At 20, I was about to say my
44:15
newer age, 27. I'm still 27 now, 27 is that a
44:20
13 year old will look back at me twice and we'll be like, damn,
44:23
she's cool. That is my goal, That for 13 and
44:28
14 year old Fanny to be like damn, she did it.
44:32
She's doing. I think mission accomplished.
44:35
I think so too. Yeah, yeah, you got.
44:36
You got it, Yeah. So.
44:40
How'd you guys add your so being in the band and everything like
44:42
that, you focused on more into what again?
44:45
I'm sorry. So, no.
44:46
Yeah. So I I focused on drums and
44:48
guitar, OK. And then?
44:51
Yeah, and host way focused on on drums.
44:53
And then in school, he started really focusing on trumpet.
44:56
Yeah. Because I was going to college
44:57
for it, I got full ride at friends my first year for for
45:00
trumpet. Nice.
45:01
And so I was like OK. She like that shit paid off,
45:03
huh? Yeah, but thank that teacher.
45:07
Yeah, yeah, for sure. She's like, fuck this, you sound
45:09
horrible in that sex. But here's that trumpet though,
45:12
I'm like. Shout out, shout out to Amanda
45:15
Amanda at Jardine. I can't remember her new last
45:19
name. Is it Langston?
45:21
Yeah, maybe, Yeah. She was Amanda Graham back in
45:25
the day. And yeah, she yeah, I, yeah, she
45:28
used to come over into my trumpet book and write down the,
45:33
like, fingerings, patterns for whatever note was on the page.
45:36
Because I was, I don't know, I maybe, maybe it was my ADHD,
45:39
maybe I was just maybe I am dyslexic or something.
45:42
I don't know. But like, I was having a really
45:44
hard time. Seeing what's on the page and
45:46
like playing it, Yeah, yeah. And so yeah, she would do that
45:49
for me. So that that helped a lot.
45:50
When I would write music for church, I would write it on a
45:52
paper in the same format too. Damn.
45:55
So, like, Fast forward for us. Yeah, you guys were church.
45:59
Yeah, now you're the Estrada brothers.
46:01
Yeah, so now, so we basically. But you know, host was played in
46:05
like every band in Wichita almost.
46:08
By now. But with Trumpet cuz he can like
46:10
hop on and like add so much, you know all the time.
46:13
And so, yeah, and he toured with Kerry Nation and the Speakeasy
46:17
for many years. And so it kind of got to a point
46:19
where. We were like, man, we need to
46:21
like, you need to start your own thing and like let's do our own
46:24
thing and like and so you kind of just started writing some
46:28
songs and like we start, you started bringing on some other
46:31
musicians. Were you?
46:32
Before I Before we get to that part, I I really want to like,
46:35
make note that like for a little while, the like, we would only
46:39
be playing just the two of us at Anna Murdoch.
46:43
Yeah, Anna Murdoch's with Angelo.
46:45
A squared shout out to Angelo and his brother Gerard.
46:49
They had this little spot. Here's to.
46:51
You. Here's to you.
46:51
Yeah, here's to you. They had this little spot cat
46:53
called Anna Murdoch's downtown, and we'd play and it was kind of
46:58
a struggling operation. You know, like, not a lot of
47:01
people would come out to these things or to their shop in
47:03
general. It's kind of a weird location, I
47:06
think, too. And there wasn't a lot of social
47:08
media marketing like capabilities back in the day.
47:11
It was very. Hard to get it up above the
47:14
ground, but they'd always have there, us there and they'd
47:16
always feed us. So they took really good care of
47:18
us and we jam out all the time. And then from there we joined a
47:25
band called Level Heads and we were in that band together.
47:28
He was in that band 1st. And then I I just was like, you
47:31
know, me and him are kind of like if you get one, you got to
47:33
get the other a lot of times, you know, two for one deal,
47:37
that's, yeah. We are our experience.
47:40
Our experience growing up playing in church, like makes
47:42
this like makes us have this kind of synergistic like, Oh
47:46
yeah, I mean like you guys were able to just be like, yeah, you
47:49
know, you were like. We've never played that song
47:52
like that by the way. That was that was completely
47:55
unscripted like we that was so cool that like, OK, we're gonna
47:58
have to get to that part in a second too.
48:00
Yeah, Yeah. So then, so then level heads
48:02
happen, and then man, what's the?
48:05
I think that's when I joined Kerry Nation and then I started
48:08
touring. I started leaving all the time
48:10
we start. I went to Europe with them, man.
48:13
And they I was like a kid when I joined that band and like dude,
48:16
like honestly I'm glad I could say this on the podcast.
48:18
Like they they they helped me grow up a lot.
48:21
Like they they still think I got ways like to go you know to to
48:25
grow up and like and be better at.
48:26
But, but like from where I was before to now, like they they
48:30
taught me a lot of the ropes about being on the road, being
48:32
responsible, showing up on time, like.
48:36
Like protocol. When you're at the venue, how do
48:38
you treat the, how do you treat the people that are hosting you?
48:40
How do you treat the people that are running sound for you?
48:42
And like always being grateful, like that's that's how they roll
48:45
on the road so they run a tight ship.
48:47
So the all that experience now like, you know, I I basically
48:51
got to a point where I'm like OK what is the next 10 years going
48:53
to look like for me? And I was like, dude, I think I
48:57
need to I need to start my own band and I want to like write my
49:01
own music. I want to represent.
49:02
Mess myself more because I I feel like you know first
49:05
generation like all the struggle we've had my parents like don't
49:08
have a house like they're still paying rent like they're they're
49:11
still poor as hell and like I'm like I I kind of want to see how
49:14
how far I can throw this ball you know like I want I want a
49:16
chance to throw this ball on my own and see how far I can throw
49:19
it and and so and and you know I have to have Benji there so and
49:24
like it's already we already went to Denver and played just
49:27
the both of us and all the people there like it was very
49:30
last minute we actually got stranded.
49:32
Yeah, it's really crazy how it ended up happening.
49:33
But my friend who I met through Cary Nation in Wisconsin moved
49:37
to Denver and was like, dude, I'll set up a show last second
49:40
for you guys and he set it up. They called all their friends.
49:43
One of the guys, Howard, we just met Howard, shout out to Howard,
49:48
went and grabbed people from other bars and told them we were
49:50
playing and like we had a nice little crowd.
49:52
That's. Awesome.
49:53
And and then we just did our thing and like, and I was like,
49:56
I've, you know, there's a moment where I was like, man.
49:58
I've been missing this. I've been missing this
50:00
connection that we've had growing up at church like this
50:02
connection we have as brothers musically I it's a lot more
50:06
feels more like you know it feels right you know and so so
50:11
that's kind of I don't know where am I missing the blanks
50:14
now. No, that's like, I mean, yeah,
50:16
we both. Other than those bands, we've
50:18
been in a lot of bands like I I was in Keo and them for many
50:21
years. Like I kind of joined when they
50:24
were first starting out and I was with her for.
50:27
A few years. So we've both had like band
50:29
experiences and stuff. And yeah, I think we were both
50:32
at the right point here. Recently like was like 3 years.
50:35
Now that you've started your band, maybe two years.
50:37
Yeah, I think three years, Yeah. During started during the
50:40
pandemic, yeah. It always feels like 5 or 10 and
50:43
then zero years, yeah. Yeah, but it's never in between,
50:47
Nothing in between. So is everything you guys play
50:50
is like original? Like y'all wrote it yourself.
50:54
How do you adapt to your own style?
50:56
So I I have a lot of voice memos.
51:00
I'm one of those guys that has voice.
51:01
Memos, I hear, you know, I've heard some stories about, like
51:03
some artists, like even Ed Sheeran, I've heard.
51:06
Not that I like, I'm not a huge fan of his music, but I don't
51:09
hate it. But it's like he was talking
51:11
about how he makes voice memos When he hits this, like, idea
51:14
will come to him when he's like not really paying attention
51:17
there. That's kind of how I am.
51:18
I come. I'm just like kind of vibing.
51:20
Well, I think one time I wrote the like.
51:22
I wrote this like intro for our Bradley Fair concert.
51:25
I was like at a party, my friend Cody Lonergan's party at his
51:29
parents house and I was odd fellow shout out to odd fellow
51:33
there, I'll get to that in a minute.
51:37
I was literally waiting in line to get like a cupcake or a piece
51:40
of cake or something and I was just standing in line like and I
51:45
was like oh shit, that's tight OK, voice memo.
51:48
And I was like. And I was like and then the
51:53
horns are gonna come in like and then like I like brought it and
52:02
then I'll go to a piano after and I'll be like, OK and I'll
52:07
figure it out. And then usually I like to call
52:09
Benji cuz he has more of like. My brain.
52:12
In him, you know, we share kind of a third brain.
52:16
And it's like the cloud. It's like we have the cloud.
52:20
We have a shared cloud, shared cloud, yeah, yeah.
52:24
And he's usually you know he'll he'll help me like pick it apart
52:27
because I don't play a chordal instrument but I know what I
52:30
want to hear and and I so I'll have it.
52:34
I'll bring it to him and he'll he'll start playing chords.
52:36
I'm like no, I need this note in there.
52:37
No, not that note. And then he'll cut.
52:40
Start messing around and he has experience playing piano from
52:42
church so and and and also trying to follow dad.
52:46
Dad would, Dad would literally, yeah that's so fun at church.
52:49
Dad would start singing at the end of like a preaching and he
52:52
would just start singing a song like without him starting the
52:56
piano or anything. He was just like like right now
52:59
if I just started singing and and Benji would have to figure
53:01
out what chords are behind it on the piano.
53:04
So I got really good at like in two like 2 seconds I already
53:07
found the the home chord. Figure out the rest of the song
53:11
based on like context clues, even if I don't know it.
53:14
So then I was just like and there, but they're usually the
53:17
same, you know, like old hymns and stuff.
53:19
But so yeah, so super impressive like that.
53:22
Is impressive. There's no way I could like make
53:25
something up in my. I mean like I need like 10/15
53:27
business days. I thought you were gonna say
53:30
minutes. I was like, no.
53:31
I need like 10:15. Because you're still gonna drink
53:34
on the weekend. Yeah, like, I gotta put this in
53:37
chat. Cheap ET hold on.
53:38
Hold on, hold on, What do I do? Fun aside yeah, Google the the
53:46
Google app has this ability to. You can sing a song to it and
53:51
it'll try to guess what it is. So I have perfect pitch.
53:54
So like, it's like kind of like photographic memory.
53:56
For years, yeah. The other day I was just like
54:01
singing. I could do any song, but like, I
54:04
love it because I don't think, I don't know, like does it work
54:07
with people? Maybe it doesn't work.
54:09
Singing it cuz. So basically what it means is
54:11
like, I can sing the song in the original key, in the original
54:14
notes. Most people will sing the same
54:17
pattern. Like if I ask you to sing, Sweet
54:20
Caroline, Like, go ahead sing it, you know, I'm sure I don't
54:23
know the song, Sweet Carolina. What's the rest of it?
54:27
No, that's right, sweet Carolina.
54:30
No, no, no. The.
54:31
The. That's not the sweet.
54:37
We're older enough. We're we're sick.
54:40
We're in the same cloud. That's right.
54:42
We've got a cloud too. Benji and I were into the cloud.
54:44
Sorry, What's that? What's that?
54:48
No, no. I'm doing Sweet Caroline,
54:49
please. Love you.
54:51
Yeah, yeah, exactly what's? That I'm gonna do this.
54:54
All right, Hold on. Hold on.
54:56
I never had nobody's do me. All the things that you can do
54:58
me in a special way. I feel when you're home.
55:00
And we don't always be together. Baby, that's what you told me.
55:02
And I believe it, OK? Because I never had nobody.
55:05
Do me like you. Emily's face right now is just.
55:09
I'm gonna need her to shut the hell.
55:12
Up. I'm gonna cleanse that palate.
55:13
Thank you. I'm gonna cleanse that palate
55:15
right now. So thank you.
55:16
Caroline. Papa.
55:19
Right. Dangler's ads.
55:22
No, no ads. That's sweet Caroline Papa.
55:29
That's that's what. He's saying that's what the key
55:30
is. That's what I hear.
55:31
Let's. See if it, if it's.
55:33
Also side note, as I'm getting older, it's starting to kind of
55:35
like like go off by just like $0.50, I'll be like off in exact
55:42
half step every time now sometimes.
55:44
But it's it's like weird, it's like and then you can Google it.
55:46
It's a thing. It's real half thing that's
55:48
happening to everyone. Our brother used to test him.
55:51
Our oldest brother that played guitar, he would be like.
55:54
He'd like bring him to a piano when he was like, I don't know,
55:56
five or something and be like sing sing C and he'd be like C
56:02
or whatever. Yeah.
56:02
And. Then he'd play it on the piano.
56:04
He'd be like, what? You got it?
56:06
And then, like and so he like, discovered.
56:08
That he had. Perfect.
56:09
So here we go. Here, let's try it as I speak.
56:13
Caroline. Papa, you can rewind in the
56:15
podcast too if you want to check me.
56:21
OK. Yeah, I'm on.
56:22
I'm on it. OK, yeah, here we go.
56:28
Yeah. That's what I was thinking
56:31
Caroline. So it's like spot on right.
56:36
So like there's I have the like exact pitch he has like relative
56:41
so that but it's it's he has really good ears too.
56:43
So yeah we when we have to figure stuff out especially on
56:47
the spot there's a lot of room for improvisation.
56:49
I'll think of something and I'll just do it.
56:51
And usually he. He catches it with me.
56:52
There are times where I'm playing drums and he's playing
56:55
guitar and I'll do a certain rhythm that I just decide to do
56:58
on like the on the whim. And he catches it and I'm like,
57:01
and I'm like having so much fun, cuz it's like, it's like having
57:04
like you guys are in the moment. It's like if me and you just
57:07
right now just started saying the exact words at the same
57:10
time, at the same time it just and try to catch me.
57:14
It's like we're. Finishing each other.
57:16
'S sentences. That's pretty late.
57:25
Sorry. Bring it back.
57:25
Bring it back. Are where we at with this?
57:28
No. So we were asking how you guys,
57:31
you know, figure out how to come up with an original song and how
57:34
you guys adapted to your own style.
57:36
I think, like, we were also going to mention just the song
57:39
that you guys just played. You were talking about how you
57:41
guys improped that. Like we saw Benji just like
57:44
start to drum up his own thing. And then you guys were recording
57:48
that. We saw you while you were
57:50
playing sing the song, you were doing your own thing with the
57:53
trumpet and you're like, alright, I'm gonna record that.
57:55
I'm gonna bring it back later. Like, you know, can you kind of
57:57
just talk through that a little bit?
58:00
Universe. Yeah so the the song we it's
58:02
kind of written out and we have a way we play it with the
58:05
musicians and in his band but it's we have so much experience
58:11
playing just us. Like I can turn any song
58:14
acoustic, so just like break it down like do some drums on the
58:18
by tapping and then. I know the chords, so I'll just
58:21
play them. And yeah, it's just, it's kind
58:25
of like muscle memory now. We just like have a way that we
58:27
play songs together, even if we don't know how we're going to
58:29
play them. We just like, go into it.
58:32
We go kind of go in the same direction, yeah, yeah.
58:34
But also the band members that I usually try to ask to play with
58:38
us are I always make sure that they're musicians that can can
58:42
usually play jazz, you know, because jazz involves a lot of
58:45
improvisation, so. It's basically I I I kind of
58:50
curate the people that I play with in the band specifically to
58:54
to to where they can kind of hang with what we're doing and
58:59
can kind of go into different areas too.
59:01
And you know, a lot of times a lot of the songs like this, I
59:04
think you might be interested. I think this is kind of what you
59:06
were asking. I think is I kind of write a lot
59:08
of the bassline rhythms on the drums, the the the where, where
59:12
the song ends, where the song starts, who's going to take a
59:14
solo where. I kind of curate that a lot
59:16
myself. I have a very strong vision for
59:19
what I want as far as this band goes.
59:22
I mean it's the host way of strata band like.
59:24
Is everybody else vocal in the band too as well or is it just
59:27
you seen band? Oh, it's just host way.
59:32
Yeah, if they sing, it'd probably be like some harmonies
59:34
and stuff, you know? I always felt weird about
59:38
calling it the Host Way strata band because I was like, dude.
59:40
This is all of us. It's you know, I was like, how
59:43
dare like these? Jazz artists often like, it's
59:46
like the whatever, whatever quartet, the James Brown quartet
59:51
or something, you know, and it's like, there's more musicians,
59:52
what are you doing? And then like, I realized at
59:55
this point I've had so many bands break up.
59:57
I was in crisis. Casanova level heads broke up
1:00:00
like so Odyssey. I was in Odyssey.
1:00:04
I have. I can give you a laundry list of
1:00:06
how many bands I've like, been an official member of and and
1:00:10
when it when it when the band breaks up.
1:00:12
You can't just like, replace a member.
1:00:15
And call it the same band anymore a lot of times and so
1:00:18
cuz people expect a certain lineup now.
1:00:20
So I was like how do I make a project where it can keep going
1:00:24
forever. How can I like make a band where
1:00:26
if someone decides to do their own thing or like you know they
1:00:29
don't want to play with us anymore or I need a sub at the
1:00:32
last second that I can just find someone to come and play like I
1:00:35
was. Like I have to call it the host
1:00:36
vysrada band. Like it has to be self named and
1:00:39
and also I want to write. I'm gonna do most of the
1:00:41
writing. Yeah yeah and so it kind of
1:00:43
just, I was like I used to talk so much shit on it and now I'm
1:00:46
doing it. It's like, but I'm at a point
1:00:48
where it kind of makes sense. It's like the only option though
1:00:51
to survive for it to go on forever.
1:00:53
So. Beautiful.
1:00:54
Beautiful. Well, that's good.
1:00:55
That's, I like the way how you put that all together and
1:00:58
everything. So also since the summer right
1:01:02
now you guys are having events coming up, correct?
1:01:05
Yes. So we know that there's a event
1:01:08
called Summer Soul Fest? Absolutely.
1:01:11
Can you tell us some about it? Yeah.
1:01:14
Tell us about why you're involved.
1:01:16
So all that good stuff. So, OK, so our coffee house,
1:01:21
Angelo Anna Murdoch's, they own our coffee house now.
1:01:24
We played there for several years.
1:01:26
He always was, you know down to have us play.
1:01:29
We did so many events there. I think during Pandemic, he let
1:01:33
us play on the porch. After that, I met Cody Lonergan.
1:01:37
We used to do a lot of shows at Peerless kind of before all the
1:01:41
big drama, yeah. Yeah, before it became not the
1:01:44
spot. Exactly.
1:01:47
Don't cancel me Wichita. So Cody Cody Lonergan was a big
1:01:56
part of what made Peerless blow up.
1:01:58
He he did a lot of work and he always picked the right people
1:02:01
for bartending and to to kind of make this the place that it
1:02:04
became and when they kind of all fell apart I followed him I was
1:02:09
like dude I'll I'll do whatever you do next I'll I'm there to
1:02:12
support like I love your energy I love working with you.
1:02:15
He was one of the not I'm this isn't to to dig on anybody but
1:02:18
like he was one of the first playing for him was one of the
1:02:21
first times I was in a band that actually got paid like.
1:02:24
And it was not like we got paid a whole lot.
1:02:26
But it was kind of my own fault to like I didn't I wasn't aware
1:02:30
of like being able to like charge a venue and like this is
1:02:32
my rate but also just like part of that also comes with like are
1:02:37
you promoting yourself are you bringing people out.
1:02:38
That's when you can actually ask the venue for money.
1:02:40
There was a lot of things that I hadn't learned yet but but he
1:02:43
was one of the first people that like was like all right I'm
1:02:45
we're going to book you. I'm going to pay you this much
1:02:48
and like and so it was always really good working with him and
1:02:53
we had a good strong bond, a lot of trust and he then moved on to
1:02:57
odd fellow Hall and brought on Jimmy Vo there and they were
1:03:01
just like a powerhouse like just like making really cool events
1:03:05
in this ballroom and like they're booking.
1:03:06
It's pretty cool. Yeah too as well.
1:03:08
I really, I've been there for the first time.
1:03:11
I think Dusty's cousin, right? Dusty, your cousin had like any
1:03:15
popup event. That was my first time going
1:03:17
there and I was like, wow, this little venue is pretty cool.
1:03:20
Yeah, I like it. They do a lot of weddings there.
1:03:22
Yeah. And it's like very different
1:03:24
atmospheres. You feel like you're not in
1:03:25
Wichita, to be honest. Yeah, yeah.
1:03:27
I feel like you're not wooden floor chandeliers like a really
1:03:30
fancy cocktail bar in house, chefs making curating a menu for
1:03:36
every event. Yeah, no matter what it is,
1:03:38
whether it's a wedding, whether it's a rock show, whether it's a
1:03:40
Cuban bass player or yeah, Puerto Rican bass player, I
1:03:44
think is what we had. And it's just they're just
1:03:48
really love music. So they'll do whatever it takes
1:03:50
to put on a good show and they'll take care of the
1:03:52
artists. And so it's been really fun
1:03:55
working with them. But he So him and I are putting
1:03:59
together a festival. Yeah, we're bringing making
1:04:04
movies from Kansas City, the the lead singers from Panama and we
1:04:09
got my band, we got Tumbao, the Salsa Band.
1:04:12
Oh my God. So I'm so sad that I'm not going
1:04:15
to be here for them, though I'll be in Mexico.
1:04:17
Tell all your friends though, you know.
1:04:18
I will. I will.
1:04:19
I'll come. Yeah, you.
1:04:20
Guys. Go Yeah.
1:04:22
I like that band of law, yeah. And then before that they're
1:04:26
gonna have Daydream like a 10, usually 10 or 12 piece, like
1:04:30
kind of modern jazz, like big band kind of.
1:04:33
Thing That's exciting. Like they do funk songs, you
1:04:36
know, like don't, don't, don't. But like the horns, dude.
1:04:39
Seriously, it's like a really good band.
1:04:41
And then you got Santiago and KC Abbay opening up the the event.
1:04:46
It starts at 2, ends at 11 food trucks, bouncy houses.
1:04:50
Like it's it's a really pretty pretty venue.
1:04:52
It's. Me having a bouncy house.
1:04:54
In. That so dance.
1:04:55
Family event, Family event, All ages, Food.
1:04:58
Yep. Dancing again.
1:05:00
Drinks. Yep, Yep, Food.
1:05:02
There's there's VIP tickets for 100 bucks.
1:05:05
So how does people if like other listeners, how do they get
1:05:08
involved and purchase tickets to go to this event?
1:05:11
Odd Hell Odd Hello Odd Hell no. Odd fellowhall.com/events Yeah
1:05:19
and then. So there's options like buying
1:05:21
like general tickets and then VIP or anything like that.
1:05:24
The VIP you can get indoor access.
1:05:26
There's like this like a cool barn looking thing.
1:05:29
They're gonna have like a a buffet cooked by the chefs from
1:05:33
odd fellow. They're gonna have their own
1:05:35
bar. They're gonna have like in, in
1:05:37
in indoor bathrooms. Yeah, cuz it's it's an outdoor
1:05:41
show right now. It's hidden like venue.
1:05:44
Hidden like venue. Yep.
1:05:45
Yeah, yeah. Exciting July, July 22nd, July
1:05:48
22nd, July 22nd. July 22nd, July 22nd, July 22nd,
1:05:52
July 22nd. July 22nd, July 22nd you have
1:05:55
to. Say 7 times.
1:05:56
Yeah, yeah, you have to say it 7 * 7 times for its sake.
1:05:59
I've said that so many times at work and every and now people
1:06:01
just repeat me and they'll be like Fanny always says, you have
1:06:04
to say it seven times. You have to say it or you have
1:06:06
to even. About it or you have to see it
1:06:08
seven different ways, seven different times, and hear it for
1:06:12
you for it to stick. Odd fellow Hall.
1:06:15
So another thing to add to that. I've also been working closely
1:06:19
with a local flavor restaurant. Shout out to Jeremy Snyder and
1:06:23
his wife, Marisol. Here's to you.
1:06:25
Yeah. Here's to you, Dan.
1:06:27
They've they've kind of taken me in like family.
1:06:29
They they put a picture of me on what they call the Spicy Wall,
1:06:34
and there's. Ohh, that's fun.
1:06:35
There's a bunch of hot sauces. Cuz you're the hot sauce king.
1:06:38
Which hot sauce King of sauce is it?
1:06:39
I don't know what. Which hot sauce are you?
1:06:42
Which hot sauce am I? He's Tapatio.
1:06:45
On Tapatio, yeah, yeah. He's on the He's on the front on
1:06:50
Tapatio. If there was like a one grade
1:06:52
hotter Tapatio than what you can buy at the store.
1:06:55
Oh, Shay. OK Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's
1:06:56
pretty hot. Keep going.
1:06:59
So there's like a yeah there's pictures of Peppers on the wall
1:07:01
and they put me in the middle. These guys, these guys have
1:07:03
taken me in like family and and I've been helping them like book
1:07:08
for their restaurant and and because you know, I I have a
1:07:12
very specific taste in music. You know I like people that can
1:07:15
play jazz, but I want I want people that can play jazz to
1:07:18
play what they want to play. So I've been telling a lot of
1:07:21
these people that I booked like, hey, you don't have to play
1:07:23
standards like jazz standards in this bar like and at this
1:07:26
restaurant like you can play whatever you want, like be free,
1:07:29
go fly, like play. I know you have other tastes in
1:07:32
music, but you are good at jazz. So just like do what you wish
1:07:36
you could play. Don't feel like you have to do
1:07:37
this cuz like you know, it's been, it's been done before.
1:07:41
And and local flavor is all about like original music.
1:07:44
They have, like, vinyls on the walls, you know, Jeremy's a big
1:07:46
connoisseur. So these guys are actually gonna
1:07:50
be cooking at the festival. They're gonna have, I don't know
1:07:54
what their menu is actually, but they're gonna be really amazing.
1:07:57
They're gonna be making smoked. They have a big smoker out in
1:08:00
their restaurant and they're like experts at smoking.
1:08:03
Actually, I don't know if we mentioned my dad cuts trees also
1:08:07
like we. I need some tree cutting.
1:08:09
We hit me up, I will me up. We provide the firewood for that
1:08:14
restaurant. Cool.
1:08:16
So that's kind of all full circle.
1:08:18
So yeah, we're all kind of collaborating on this big
1:08:20
festival and we hope everyone has a good time.
1:08:24
So man, okay, when is it again? July 22nd July 22nd July 22nd,
1:08:29
July 22nd July 22nd July 22nd July 22nd at.
1:08:33
Fellow Hall at fellow. Hall.com dot com slash events.
1:08:38
Slash events starts at 2:00 PM, ends at 11.
1:08:41
Yep, bouncy houses. Bouncy houses, $2525 General
1:08:45
admission. I think this week we're going to
1:08:48
do a promotion for the parking passes.
1:08:50
You can If you get your ticket now you can.
1:08:53
You don't have to pay for parking.
1:08:54
You get a free parking pass. Otherwise you have to carpool.
1:08:57
Well, I we recommend carpooling. Parking passes are 10 bucks.
1:09:00
But you can like I think it'd be.
1:09:02
I think it'd be fun like hey, like let's meet here 1st and
1:09:05
we're all going to carpool. Like I love carpooling with
1:09:07
friends. It's like it's always a vibe.
1:09:11
We want to, we definitely want to switch segments a little bit
1:09:14
over from Summer Soul Fest. I'm sad that I won't be there,
1:09:18
but I know that the rest of the crew will make in.
1:09:19
That's going to be super fun. But one thing that we definitely
1:09:23
don't want to overlook, even though we touched on it a little
1:09:25
bit, so we'll probably just pick one question.
1:09:28
But when I asked you guys like what were some of the segments
1:09:31
you wanted to talk about? You wanted to talk about just
1:09:34
how you guys grew up in terms of like your parents being Mexican,
1:09:38
American immigrants, you guys being first generation.
1:09:43
So can you tell us a little bit about your parents experiences
1:09:46
as immigrants and how that shaped up your own upbringing
1:09:50
and your own journey? Any lessons or values that you
1:09:54
got from there? I just want to say one thing
1:09:56
very quick about that. Like I, I, I, me and Benji and
1:10:02
all of our brothers, we speak really good English.
1:10:04
Do you do you feel like I have an accent?
1:10:06
I guess I'll be listening to this podcast later.
1:10:08
Like listening. Listening for your accent?
1:10:10
Yeah, I feel like we speak. We speak English so well that
1:10:12
even I forget sometimes. Like, I'm first generation dude.
1:10:15
Like I'm not. I'm not like a typical first
1:10:17
Gen. like, I like my mom took really special care.
1:10:21
She used to read to us when we were younger.
1:10:23
In English and in English. And Spanish and.
1:10:28
But there's a lot of things where I'm like, man, I think
1:10:31
we're doing pretty well for being first Gen. like we're
1:10:33
working pretty hard at this. And also especially in terms of
1:10:38
like our kind of popularity and influence in in the scenes that
1:10:44
we are part of, like, especially my brother Pablo, he's Pablo
1:10:47
Cruz. Publicly, there's multiple
1:10:51
reasons I don't want to get into it, but our full name is like,
1:10:53
my name is Jose Estrada Cruz. Yeah, that's my mom's maiden
1:10:56
name. In Mexico.
1:10:57
You keep both. Parents.
1:10:58
Yeah, I'm funny. Or Choa Castro.
1:11:00
Nice. Hell yeah.
1:11:01
So I kept mine too. But like, Paul has become kind
1:11:04
of a public figure. Pablo Cruz, by the way, has
1:11:07
helped us a lot in our latest promotion.
1:11:09
He's like, we're all the Strada brothers are teaming up this
1:11:11
year. Yeah we're really we're really
1:11:15
doubling down and like he has so many resources and abilities and
1:11:18
skills and that he's like finally like dude, I wanna help
1:11:21
you guys like move your music forward.
1:11:23
So but he so his his reach is crazy like he's become kind of a
1:11:27
celebrity. He used to be in a he used to
1:11:31
have his own Mexican channel or no show, El Savour Latino on a
1:11:39
Azteca America. He used to be the the host on
1:11:43
that. And then after that he became a
1:11:45
PD. He became kind of a spokesperson
1:11:47
for PD. He would like, do the press, the
1:11:50
press conference, press releases to the Hispanic news station.
1:11:54
He would show up to the radio station once a week and give all
1:11:57
the police news to the Hispanic community.
1:12:01
Just like really powerful in the community.
1:12:04
And just like I'm like, dude, there's a lot, there's so much
1:12:07
drive in this, like anywhere, anywhere you look either of the
1:12:11
brothers. We're so passionate about what
1:12:13
we do and we want to kind of like not just do it for
1:12:16
ourselves, we want to contribute to the overall thing as as we're
1:12:19
trying to help ourselves. You know, get out of the the,
1:12:22
the rut. You know what?
1:12:23
I mean, but yeah, I mean that all comes from our parents.
1:12:25
I mean, my dad moved here when he was like, I want to say like
1:12:28
13 years old or something from Mexico.
1:12:30
He moved to LA Oh, wow. So he was like a young.
1:12:33
He was an adolescent in the US. For working.
1:12:36
Yeah, working by himself. Stories like that, my uncle like
1:12:39
it's. I always find that's so crazy
1:12:41
because it's like I can never imagine.
1:12:42
Sorry. No, no, no, you.
1:12:44
I know, yeah, it's super crazy. Like he tells us stories about,
1:12:47
you know, living in a house with like 15 other guys, like older
1:12:51
guys, and just like all the horror stories of.
1:12:54
That come with that but no he you know he's he's always been
1:12:57
really passionate always like of like any immigrant parent just
1:13:00
like always working to to get a better life and and.
1:13:04
They want to come here for the American dream.
1:13:06
They do. Yeah, It's still very true
1:13:09
thing, but also like when you consider the conditions that
1:13:12
you're in, in Mexico, yeah, it is something that and again it
1:13:16
comes a lot from like just this ambition of wanting to to
1:13:19
provide for others. Yeah, a lot of it always sums
1:13:21
for me like you want to provide for your family, but at the same
1:13:24
time it is like. The currency there's different
1:13:26
to here. Yeah, like you just have more
1:13:28
opportunities. But it's like, even if the
1:13:31
American dream, like now as Americans, you've been here,
1:13:33
you've lived it, you're seeing other things that are definitely
1:13:36
hostile to this environment. My mom has showed us or showed
1:13:39
me like pictures of what her house might have looked like.
1:13:43
Because there's, you know, you can ever find an actual picture.
1:13:45
Actually, she showed me a picture.
1:13:47
This is like kind of like these like black panels.
1:13:52
Laminas, Negras. Oh yeah, kind of aluminum that
1:13:56
they. It's a shed.
1:13:57
It was a. It's a shed.
1:13:58
Yeah, that's a great. That's a great thing.
1:14:00
Basically lived in a shed, like now you look at where that house
1:14:03
was and it it got, you know, it. They have an actual house where
1:14:07
that that shed used to be. Yeah.
1:14:09
But that's just back when people used to build their own, their
1:14:11
own things. And and we've been to my mom's
1:14:13
Pueblo, I think I went, we went in when I was in high school and
1:14:17
the house that they were in, it was like a decent kind of like
1:14:21
cement house. No air conditioning.
1:14:25
The shower didn't have any pressure.
1:14:27
It was just water coming from the roof.
1:14:30
Yes, and it would just leak out of the faucet and it was cold.
1:14:34
Yeah, and you had to pick the right time of the day.
1:14:36
That take a shower. You don't shower.
1:14:38
Yeah, yeah, you don't shower after.
1:14:41
It was so like 6:00 PM It was so sad.
1:14:44
Like, you know and like. And if you want hot water, they
1:14:46
fucking boil it for you, yeah, you just.
1:14:49
Or to mix the cold water with it and stir.
1:14:51
It or if you're if you're also so Emily's from us and then yeah
1:14:55
similar conditions so. Same thing too, as well, because
1:14:57
my grandparents, they live when they lived in a shed as well.
1:15:01
Like I'm like a shaft. Dang.
1:15:02
Yeah, yeah, literally. And we still have that shack and
1:15:05
yeah we still have it and we build a house right next to it
1:15:09
because my grandpa's is like I was I made this myself for my
1:15:13
family and I raised five of my kids in here.
1:15:16
He's like I want to keep this. So we still have it and we use
1:15:19
it as like a kitchen area. So basically like still at like
1:15:23
at my grandparents in Laos, like we still do out houses and all
1:15:28
that stuff. Like it's it has I.
1:15:32
I've been through all that too as well.
1:15:33
I'd so done it. Yeah.
1:15:35
Like while we call out the struggle at the end of the day,
1:15:38
like, you hit on some really good stuff there.
1:15:40
Like, they built that. Yeah.
1:15:42
So, like when you go, Yeah. So when you go and you visit
1:15:45
these locations and you realize like how much more fortunate you
1:15:48
are here, you're still at the same time you witness all of the
1:15:52
like. What they went through.
1:15:55
Well, not even that. But I was going to just talk
1:15:57
about the pride that they have that.
1:16:00
The end the happiness that they have, like with such little
1:16:03
things, how happy they are and how proud they are of all that
1:16:08
hard work. Yeah.
1:16:09
You know, like if somebody easily, easily could look down
1:16:12
and say like, oh, that's crap, that's how you vacation.
1:16:14
And it's like no. Dude, no.
1:16:15
Like you don't. Understand all of these
1:16:18
hardships that went into it that now just like, really ingrained
1:16:23
me. And still, and you know what?
1:16:25
And still to this day, my my family back in Laos still do it.
1:16:29
Why they still do it and but like you know, with my my
1:16:35
parents, you know that they worked hard over here.
1:16:37
You know, they send money and build houses over there for
1:16:39
their family. You know, because they're that's
1:16:41
why they came here. They're like, I want to make
1:16:42
money. I want to because.
1:16:44
Who's who I. Want to come over here?
1:16:46
I mean like you're making you're making $0.10 for like fucking
1:16:50
for 8 hours, but you can make. 15.
1:16:52
Dollars $4.00 in like a whole month in Mexico, like that's
1:16:57
what it is. You make $50 in a month.
1:17:00
And then when you go and then when you go back, when you go
1:17:03
back to your country, like you know they think you are rich,
1:17:07
you know, But like they're and you're not, you know you're.
1:17:10
Yeah, you're so, so poor. It's so funny how that works,
1:17:13
right? Because at the same time like
1:17:15
here. You have other shit.
1:17:17
I think we'll easily go on a tangent, but let's come back
1:17:20
real quick. So yeah, if you could, yeah,
1:17:22
Yeah. My dad, when he moved here, you
1:17:24
know, he did that. He just basically he's like the
1:17:27
number 12 out of 14 kids and his family.
1:17:31
Yeah, he like moved here. He kind of like took the, he
1:17:35
took the initiative, you know, he's got that drive, you know
1:17:37
and so yeah, no big ass, you say.
1:17:40
God damn. They used to make her kids, bro.
1:17:45
My friend has nine siblings and I think that's a lot.
1:17:49
But 14? My dad has 10.
1:17:51
Anyways, yeah, she told 999. Yeah, yeah 'cause my dad's the
1:17:54
10th. Yeah, yeah, They used to make
1:17:56
fun of my grandma when she got married to my grandpa, 'cause
1:17:58
she was super tiny, small and tiny and thin.
1:18:01
And they were like, you're not gonna have any kids.
1:18:03
And she proved them wrong. 14 kids on his teeny.
1:18:07
Ass. Yeah.
1:18:08
Yeah, a whole. Yeah.
1:18:09
Hey, props. Props are your dad.
1:18:11
Yeah, Literally. Yeah.
1:18:12
Basically pop star you guys, you guys went through all that and
1:18:15
everything and you guys are building yourself up.
1:18:17
You guys are building a legacy and everything, bringing
1:18:19
everybody what you love and you want to share it to everybody
1:18:22
here in the world. Well, last thing that happened
1:18:24
too was like Dad worked trees his whole life.
1:18:27
Even when he moved to, every time he moved to the Midwest, he
1:18:30
couldn't do like, landscaping. There's no Beverly Hills houses
1:18:33
that'll pay him his. Like, oh, but no, We got no, we
1:18:35
got no Beverly Hills houses here, so he had to switch to
1:18:38
tree jobs. He had a Coke.
1:18:42
Big Ass Land. Only one family.
1:18:45
That'd probably be more lawn mowing and like, you know,
1:18:48
because there's Kansas, Kansas, wide open acres, you know what I
1:18:51
mean? Like you know, yeah so so anyway
1:18:55
he switched to tree work and like maybe like 2A year ago he
1:19:00
had a stroke and and it was so sad because it's like dude like
1:19:06
like he actually still goes back to he recovered.
1:19:09
He's doing really well but he he still goes back to to cut trees
1:19:13
every now and then and like Benji kind of took the the, the
1:19:16
spearhead of the operation of the tree business.
1:19:19
And so like as we speak we're actively like in that struggle
1:19:23
like just like trying to work hard and like kind of like put
1:19:26
all our we can into the music and like you know when we play
1:19:29
there's that's where all the energy is coming from is like
1:19:31
it's like, yeah. I spent 8 hours today like doing
1:19:35
work outside. You know what I mean?
1:19:36
Like. Well, you know what?
1:19:37
Like you you thank. You seriously thank.
1:19:41
You, your parents, build a legacy and you guys as as to
1:19:45
hurt their kids, to want to continue that legacy for them,
1:19:47
then you want to prove it for them too as well.
1:19:49
Yeah, that's how we what what are we here for?
1:19:52
Just improve for our parents. That's it.
1:19:54
That's right. That's right.
1:19:55
No, but it's. You know, I was thinking like,
1:19:58
you know, I we don't have a luxury of there's a lot of
1:20:04
Americans that are, you know, multiple generations.
1:20:07
They got money or maybe they're not rich, but they have some
1:20:10
comfort that we don't have. And so you know when we, when we
1:20:14
play music, we're at that's time that I should be working towards
1:20:19
my business to grow it or doing tree work.
1:20:21
But it's like. No, but I want to do this music
1:20:24
thing like this is what we love. And so, like, you know, we make
1:20:27
sacrifices on on all ends, you know, like.
1:20:30
And continue making those sacrifices, you guys, because
1:20:32
you never know those sacrifices can make you to the to the top.
1:20:35
Yeah, basically it. But guys really appreciate
1:20:39
everything. You guys coming to our podcast,
1:20:41
I will love to. Easily talk.
1:20:42
For talk for hours and hours. I mean, we can sit down and go
1:20:45
to a like a freaking bar and talk about this more and more.
1:20:49
Let's do it. Yeah, we're done to do that.
1:20:51
We gotta. Pencil that in because we.
1:20:52
One busy people too We. Have we have one very last
1:20:56
minute festival we got at A2? Oh, yes.
1:20:59
Oh yes, Frida Fest. Like Frida Kahlo.
1:21:02
I saw. I saw that.
1:21:03
On the 15th, we'll be playing at 7:00 PM in Old Town Square.
1:21:07
Oh, I don't. I don't know.
1:21:09
Old Town Square like Old Town, right in front of.
1:21:12
The Warren Town Warren, The Warren Theater in.
1:21:14
Front of that's what's called. Oh, I did not know that.
1:21:17
You know, I don't get a lot out much.
1:21:20
I don't know everything that's having.
1:21:21
I think she mentioned the run. Then we show.
1:21:23
I saw a lot of. Office Cool, yeah.
1:21:25
Yeah. See, There's like 2000.
1:21:27
So when is that again? This Saturday the 15th Okay.
1:21:31
This Saturday the 15th at 7:00. Well, we play at.
1:21:34
The event starts from, it's from 9:50.
1:21:36
The whole event is from. 9:50 Yeah, that's a long.
1:21:38
Time, Yeah. So stop by.
1:21:39
We'll be playing at from like 7:00 to 9:00, maybe 7 to 10.
1:21:42
Cool. Yeah, we're excited.
1:21:44
We'll show up. We're.
1:21:45
I'm still here. Then.
1:21:46
I'm still here then she's talking, at least.
1:21:47
See you guys. Yeah, I.
1:21:49
Can see you guys on that day. One thing that we have a lot of
1:21:53
fun with is what we call our Lightning round.
1:21:56
This lightning round, we're only gonna, we're gonna shorten it a
1:21:58
little bit. Just kind of base.
1:21:59
Oh, yes, yes. Thank you for our executive
1:22:05
producer. Yes, yes.
1:22:07
So what they? Call them right.
1:22:08
Yeah, that's what they call them, and.
1:22:09
That's. What they call them.
1:22:11
Yeah. Hey, yeah.
1:22:12
So we have a couple of questions.
1:22:14
They're meant to be lightning. You answer quick, but they're
1:22:17
also fun questions. Yeah, answer quick.
1:22:19
OK. So if you can have any
1:22:20
superpower, where would it be? And why?
1:22:24
It's gonna be fast. Do we got it?
1:22:27
Each one of us has to go or yeah, yeah, if I could have any
1:22:30
superpower, it'd be like super speed.
1:22:34
OK, Why? Cuz you can go back in time and
1:22:36
stuff, right? OK.
1:22:38
Flash. That's what the Flash does.
1:22:40
That's what the and he fucks shit up but.
1:22:44
What I got? You.
1:22:45
I got it. This is so this is my this is my
1:22:49
silly answer. It's the ability to eat.
1:22:53
Unlimited, unlimitedly. With like what without I could
1:22:59
like I can eat as much as I want forever.
1:23:03
And oh and and I would never go hungry.
1:23:05
I would never go hungry. But I can eat as much as I want
1:23:07
in one sitting. OK, OK, Goku I still.
1:23:10
Do. That.
1:23:12
Hey, I'm gonna let you know it's not a superpower.
1:23:14
It's a real thing. It's.
1:23:17
A real thing. Harness that skill.
1:23:23
What? What's?
1:23:25
My favorite one? Theory.
1:23:26
No. What is your conspiracy theory?
1:23:29
Do you believe in? Yeah, What?
1:23:31
Do you believe in? I already got it.
1:23:33
Go ahead. You go first.
1:23:36
Basically I've had, I've had a couple of, like moments where
1:23:39
I'm like, dude, I'm totally in the Matrix, like any second now
1:23:46
and he's second now, there's going to be some agents.
1:23:49
There's going to be some agents that are going to come and try
1:23:51
to find me because I'm touching the.
1:23:52
Sword if they come. When I play music, sometimes
1:23:56
when I play music, I go so deep in the in the.
1:23:59
Person in my life. Hey, hey, To be honest, that is.
1:24:02
That's true. Because you know, you think
1:24:04
about it. Is this fucking real right now?
1:24:07
Like like something bad. Really.
1:24:08
Just. That's my favorite video game I
1:24:12
got. I got the voice actor for that
1:24:14
video game to shout Benji out for his birthday.
1:24:16
Oh. Okay then, do you Later.
1:24:20
What's your What's your conspiracy theory, man?
1:24:23
I don't believe in conspiracy theories.
1:24:25
One that if you how do. You.
1:24:27
Yeah, yeah, if you could believe in one.
1:24:29
Like baby. I sleep like a baby.
1:24:30
What? If you could believe in one,
1:24:32
like, what would it be? No, I know I do believe in
1:24:34
conspiracy. I.
1:24:35
Just like what's the one? The one that you know that
1:24:41
nothing is real, that the government you know it's it's
1:24:44
all just a scam. Ah.
1:24:47
OK. OK.
1:24:47
OK. Yeah.
1:24:48
Yeah. You're not a sheep, got it?
1:24:50
I sometimes there's there's reptilian.
1:24:52
I seriously think sometimes that I'm actually in The Truman Show.
1:24:55
Like, like, you guys are gonna pull out cameras, right?
1:24:59
I could like, if I keep running, if I keep running in One
1:25:01
Direction, I'll hit a wall. And it's like it's supposed to
1:25:03
be the sky. But you know, I want to live
1:25:05
like that too. But fuck, it's been it's been
1:25:07
fucking me in the ass the whole entire time.
1:25:10
What has? The matrix Life.
1:25:12
The matrix OK having a good matrix all.
1:25:17
Right. Who is all excited?
1:25:19
Yeah, Yeah. Who's your favorite?
1:25:22
Just stay together. Ready. 123 who's.
1:25:25
Your favorite singer of all time?
1:25:27
That was so cute. You guys were so cute.
1:25:32
My favorite singer of all time is Daniel Rosin from Grizzly
1:25:36
Bear, and it's because he's not like a perfect singer, but it's
1:25:40
like it were just it's so amazing.
1:25:43
I don't know. I love dude.
1:25:44
It's weird. That's a weird answer, but.
1:25:46
Well, yeah, bring out your phone.
1:25:47
Just pick one. I.
1:25:48
Don't have a favorite? Who's?
1:25:49
What's it 345 No. GI don't have.
1:25:52
It your favorite. Singer, but yourself is
1:25:54
yourself. No, not at all.
1:25:57
Not at. All, we'll allow one pass.
1:25:59
I cringe. OK, what about favorite trumpet
1:26:01
player? Yeah, go ahead.
1:26:02
OK. Yourself.
1:26:05
I'm gonna go with, I'm gonna go with Christian Scott.
1:26:10
He's alive right now. He's from New Orleans and man,
1:26:13
like there are some moments where he'll play and I go like
1:26:16
dude, that's that's like that resonates.
1:26:18
Like that's what I wish I could play.
1:26:19
He plays way better trumpet than I do.
1:26:21
But like it's it's really inspiring to see someone be so
1:26:24
passionate and lead a band with the trumpet and be like really
1:26:28
good at jazz. But he does like hip hop and
1:26:30
he's he's putting, he's really leaning into his like.
1:26:34
Roots, his culture, like like kind of African tribal roots
1:26:38
Right now. He's really, really leaning into
1:26:40
that. And for me, I'm like, what?
1:26:42
What are my roots? And then like, that's kind of
1:26:43
what's inspiring me to make like as money, as many like
1:26:47
connections through my Chicano Ness as possible.
1:26:50
Whether it's like hiring Chicano artists for the art or or
1:26:54
writing all my songs in Spanish. Yeah, putting like Latin rhythms
1:26:59
in things and turning it into kind of.
1:27:02
A hybrid of things of some sort. That's.
1:27:05
Next question. Good, Good, Good.
1:27:06
What's your most memorable fan story where I was the fan or
1:27:11
were? I'm making it either either or.
1:27:13
You could be. I don't have any fans but.
1:27:15
Or you're only fans. But anything being a fan of
1:27:21
yourself or a fan of somebody or, that's the same thing,
1:27:25
right? I haven't had too many
1:27:28
opportunities to meet. The people that I like worship
1:27:32
you know that I admire. I I, you know I got to play
1:27:36
trumpet one time next to Wayne Bergeron who came to Friends
1:27:39
University. He's like a Hollywood trumpet
1:27:42
player. He was on like the Incredibles,
1:27:44
he's that when you hear that Incredibles thing is like.
1:27:47
Fucking love Incredible, you know?
1:27:49
That super crazy trumpet. Like, that's him.
1:27:51
And there's pictures of me and him.
1:27:54
I'm like, I had still had the emo swoop and I love that emo
1:27:58
and there's just like a glaze do.
1:28:01
You have to go like this. There's, yes, Yeah.
1:28:04
There is a. There's of course.
1:28:06
Literally, I'm beaming. There's a glaze in my eyes and
1:28:08
I'm looking at him. He's like way taller than me in
1:28:10
this picture. And.
1:28:11
And I'm just like. I was like, I want someone to
1:28:15
look like that, Look like, want me to look like.
1:28:17
What's it called? Yeah, yeah.
1:28:18
I want them to look at you. I want to.
1:28:21
Have love like that? Yes.
1:28:23
That's what she's trying to say, yeah.
1:28:24
Look at. She wants something, you know.
1:28:26
Okay. So you know how, like when
1:28:27
you're looking at that guy, you know?
1:28:30
And then it's like, true love, Yeah.
1:28:32
Find someone that looks like Host Sway.
1:28:34
Yeah, how the way host Sway looks like Wayne Bergeron.
1:28:35
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
1:28:37
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Got it.
1:28:38
Got it. Got it.
1:28:38
Got it, got it. Thank you.
1:28:40
I don't have. I haven't met my so I have like
1:28:45
a super huge secret crush on Night Palm from Hiatus Coyote,
1:28:49
and I'm gonna go see them at Red Rocks.
1:28:52
Here's in October. Exciting.
1:28:54
So maybe my fans story will happen all.
1:28:56
Right. Cool.
1:28:56
OK, we're we're gonna at her a lot of times on this episode so
1:29:00
that you get this fan. I'm gonna do it.
1:29:03
I'll spam the shit out of here. Yes, yes, we'll help you.
1:29:06
Let us know what color shirt you wearing that day.
1:29:08
So I tell her, be like, hey, yes, I will be wearing a black
1:29:11
shirt because. That's all I wear so.
1:29:14
So. Black on black?
1:29:16
Yeah, Mexican dude win a black shirt, I'm sure.
1:29:18
There. Won't be any in.
1:29:20
The being OK guys. Well, thank you for coming to
1:29:23
our podcast. We really, really appreciate you
1:29:26
guys. This is awesome.
1:29:28
Yeah, and then Fanny's gonna say something.
1:29:31
One thing we wanna you know. We've heard your story.
1:29:33
We've heard your passions, your interests.
1:29:35
Thank you. Tell us and our listeners how
1:29:38
everyone can find you and support you.
1:29:42
Go ahead and put. Yeah, my personal on Instagram,
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you can find me under Sway Strata SWEYSTRADA and from there
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you'll be able to find the Josue Estrada Band page you can find
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when I'm playing with Benji as the Estrada Brothers.
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You can also find me on Facebook Josue Estrada Band, Jos Suez
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spelled JOSUE. By the way, Josue is Joshua in
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English. Jose is Joseph.
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So it's not Jose, It's Jose. Josue.
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JOSUE. Yep.
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That's why. His Instagram name is Sway.
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Yeah. That's my nickname, Sway.
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Sway. OK, cool.
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But we're cool. We're friends.
1:30:25
Well guys make sure you. Guys attend the Summer So Fest
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located on Hillen Lake Hidden Lake venue.
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I'm not going to say that whole thing.
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The event will take place Saturday, July 22nd.
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From 220 seconds. July 12:00 AM this is all ages
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festival. You have activities for all age
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group. And really again, thank you guys
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so much. So, so much.
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So, so, so, so much. Yeah, so, but here, see you
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guys, Palaco, Pacentro, Paventro.
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Alright guys.