Los Tucanes de Tijuana

Los Tucanes de Tijuana

Los Tucanes de Tijuana is a Mexican group from Tijuana, Baja California. It forms in 1987, with Mario Quintero Lara as the founding figure, and works in styles associated with ballad, corrido, norteño and regional mexicano. The group has five members: Mario Quintero Lara, David Servín Raya, Gustavo Labrada, Alfredo El zurdo González and Luis Adrián Cazares Gómez.

Background

The group begins by playing in nightclubs, family parties and dance halls before building a wider following in Mexico, Latin America and the United States. Its name comes from the tucán, a bird that the group links to its own style and presence. The band is also described as having roots in Sinaloa, Mexico, though it is based in Tijuana.

Style and repertoire

Los Tucanes de Tijuana performs romantic songs and corridos, including controversial corridos, while aiming to keep a positive message in the material it presents to listeners. Its music is identified with norteño and corrido ballads, and the group is associated with the broader regional Mexican tradition.

Career and recognition

The band develops from modest beginnings into one of the best-known norteño acts in Mexico, Latin America and the United States. It sells more than five million records across the United States and Hispanoamérica, receives coverage in publications including Los Angeles Times, and earns a gold record in Chile.