Editing Chicano rock (section)

==Overview==
There are three basic styles of Chicano rock.
[[File:Ritchie Valens 1959 press photo.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Ritchie Valens]]]]

1) The earliest Chicano rock emerged as a distinctive style of [[rock and roll]] performed by Mexican Americans from [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]] and Southern California, containing themes from their cultural experience. Although the genre is broad and diverse, encompassing a variety of styles and subjects, the overarching theme of early Chicano rock is its [[rhythm and blues]] influence and incorporation of brass instruments like the saxophone and trumpet, [[Farfisa]] or [[Hammond B3 organ]], funky basslines, and its blending of Mexican vocal styling sung in English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock Chicano – American Sabor |url=http://americansabor.org/musicians/styles/chicano-rock |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302212019/http://americansabor.org/musicians/styles/chicano-rock |archive-date=2016-03-02 |language=es |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

A tradition of 60s Chicano rock emerges from these origins, following a devotion to the original [[rhythm and blues]], [[rockabilly]] and [[Rock and roll]]. And [[Ritchie Valens]], [[Sunny & the Sunglows]], The [[Sir Douglas Quintet]], [[Cannibal & the Headhunters]], [[The Premiers]], [[Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs]] and [[Thee Midniters]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Ritchie |title=Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thee-midniters-mn0000490304/biography|publisher=AllMusic | access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> all have made music that is heavily based on 1950s [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], even when general trends moved away from the original sound of rock as time went by.

2) The second style of 70s Chicano rock is more open to [[blues music]], [[soul music]], R&B, rock music, funk, Latin music, [[salsa music]], and [[jazz]]. [[Carlos Santana|Santana]], [[Malo (band)|Malo]], [[War (U.S. band)|War]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=War{{!}} Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/war-mn0000191947/biography |access-date=2020-08-22 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> [[El Chicano]], Sapo and other Chicano '[[Latin Rock]]' groups follow this approach with their fusions of R&B, Jazz, and Caribbean sounds.
Later Chicano musicians who draw from [[rockabilly]] and country include [[Linda Ronstadt]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swanson |first=Dave |title=Examining Mexican-Americans' Contributions to Classic Rock History |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mexican-american-rock-musicians/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=May 5, 2023 }}</ref> and [[Los Lobos]]. These musicians also sometimes draw from traditions of [[Norteño music]] or [[Tejano music]].

3) A third style is the 80s Latin rock, Latin R&B by [[Tierra (group)|Tierra]], Little Joe, Little Willie G, Ralfi Pagan, [[Sheila E]], Sugar Style, [[Sunny and the Sunliners]] and Rocky Padilla.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocky Paddila |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rocky-padilla-mn0000291517/discography |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=All music}}</ref>