Artist description Founded in late 1997 by accordion player Jay Cortez,Bandera, a five piece conjunto from the CorpusChristi area, has been 3-1/2 years in the making.With lead vocalist John Gonzales and Jay Cortez as the two original band members, this band has finally come together to create and old style sound with a raw, innovative edge to it.John Gonzales leads the band with a unique versatile voice. Jay Cortez, the bands' left handed accordion player, has taken his rock-n-rollbackground and meshed it with a more traditionalsound to create a style that has grabbed the earof many listeners. Richard Castillo, the newestmember of the band, has brought with him a solidtalent on the bajo sexto. Last but not least arethe Torres brothers. Juventino "Junior" Torresplays a hard driving creative bass guitar. Hisyounger brother, Javier Torres, brings the wholesound together with his original, solid drumplaying. Jay Cortez and Richard Castillo, also share their voice talents to the band'sback-ups. With their crowd pleasing shows, Banderaplays mostly in the Brownsville and Corpus Christiareas, but is constantly looking towards expandingtheir horizons. Fresh out the the studio withtheir debut album "Unidos", this band is sureto grab the attention of not only the die hardconjunto fan, but the Tejano and Norteno musicpopulation in general. Bandera has also performedon “Domingo Live” and is currently recieving radioairplay on “KMBH 88.9” in the valley and iscurrently working on a music video. Bandera’sgoal is to keep writing new material andperforming for their fans while in search of a record label.

Music Style Conjunto - Tejano

Artist History Have been on "The Domingo Show", and alsocurrently on rotation in the valley on "KMBH 88.9".

Group Members Jon Gonzales - Lead Vocals, PercussionJay Cortez - Accordion,Back VocalsRichard Castillo - Bajo Sexto, Back VocalsJuventino Torres - BassJavier Torres - Drums

Albums Unidos

Location Corpus Christi, Texas - USA

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