Banda Maguey

Banda Maguey, a Mexican ensemble of twelve pieces, first performed regional traditional repertoire in Villa Corona, their birthplace, before dominating Jalisco through an onda grupera approach. Led by vocalist Ernesto Solano, the group secured a Fonovisa contract in 1993 and delivered its debut album Tumbando Caña the following January. The singles “Corazón de Oro” and “El Alacrán” lifted them onto local charts, and on May 5 of that year they gave their earliest live U.S. performance. After releasing El Mundo Gira, which contained the hit “Pero Te Amo,” Banda Maguey entered a recording agreement with BMG U.S. Latin and tracked the album Lágrimas de Sangre.