[mnehring]

Ditto that. Unfortunately, the knee jerkers will jump on in and say this is pushing Mexican (ie illegal) culture, even though Mariachi has been part of Texas culture as long as there was a Texas.

[trumandogz]

I hate so sound culturally insensitive here but this will decrease the rate of drug use and pregnancy among Hispanic youth in Texas.

[mylife]

Mariachi has been part of Texas culture as long as there was a Texas.

Billy Joe Shaver~Live Forever

[Sherman Logan]

Mariachi has been part of Texas culture as long as there was a Texas.

Not exactly. Mariachi apparently dates from roughly the time of Maximilian, or about the time of our Civil War.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GFRD,GFRD:2007-33,GFRD:en&q=mariachi

[RedMonqey]

Ditto that. Unfortunately, the knee jerkers will jump on in and say this is pushing Mexican (ie illegal) culture, even though Mariachi has been part of Texas culture as long as there was a Texas.

Gee 45 posts and not one post denigrating Mariachi music as "illegal " culture.

The knee jerkers are those who forget it's about breaking the law, not the color (or the music they enjoy)of the person who breaks it