The Last Bandoleros EP was released in 2016 as their self titled album. The band has the addition of Diego’s brother Emilio Navaira IV, sons of the late Tejano legend Emilio Navaira III. The band is taking country fans on a tour of the Texas borderlands and is comprised of Jerry Fuentes (guitar and vocals), Derek James (guitar and vocals), Diego Navaira (bass and vocals) and Emilio Navaira (drums and vocals). Both Fuentes and Navaira were raised in San Antonio, Texas, and Navaira’s father was a Conjunto musician Emilio Navaira, Sr. Fuentes and Navaira were raised on musical influences of classic Texas artists like Doug Sahm and Flaco Jimenez, as well as classic rock. James hailed from New York City, and had a taste for roots rock and Brit-pop with jangly guitars.
Fuentes and Navaira had both worked for a while at a recording studio in San Antonio, where a producer suggested Jerry hire Navaira and his brother, drummer Emilio Navaira, as his rhythm section. Jerry relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where he met Derek James. Fuentes and James started writing tunes together, and soon Diego Navaira joined them. As Jerry, Navaira, and Derek developed a distinct sound and style, they began playing out regularly in 2014, with Emilio as their drummer for live dates
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Play The Last Bandoleros EP
The Last Bandoleros Album Track List:
1. Maria
2. Adios
3. Where Do You Go?
4. Get Down
5. I Don’t Want to Know
6. Take Me to It
The Last Bandoleros EP includes their “Take Me to It” song. Watch The Last Bandolero’s performance of “Take Me To It” Live at Webster Hall below.
The Last Bandoleros Take Me to It Live
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