Bands and Musical Styles
The Chamanas 2013-
Fungi Mungle (70s disco band)
Mars Volta and Zechs Marquise (related bands)
Maybelle's Knighthawks see Stoltz Blues Chasers entry below
Música Tejana and Música Norteña
Música TejanaCall Number: ML3481 .P45 1999
ISBN: 0890968888
Ebook (EPCC users only), print book in some libraries, pages viewable in google books
Nite (or Night) Dreamers (band) / Sonny Powell
Ray Camacho Band -- Leader from San Elizario
River City Band Cover band 1980s-1990s played at Tejano Legends concert series at the Plaza
Rhythmheirs (or Rhythmairs) Teen band in the late 1950s from the Segundo Barrio / Eugene Anchondo
Los Silver was a band that originated in our neighbor city of Ciudad Juarez in 1962 and continue to perform. The group recorded countless music, and is an icon for El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
Stoltz Blues Chaser / Maybelle's Knighthawks early 1900s band
Stoltz Blues ChasersPhoto and info on what according to family lore the first band in El Paso led by a woman
Portal to Texas HistoryTexas history materials: photos, maps, city directories, newspaper articles ( El Paso newspapers early 1900s only) journal articles and more .. Worth a quick search on your topic.
Ward, Jim Founding member of the bands At the Drive-In, Sleepercar and Sparta/restaurateur and more
Jim Ward on WikipediaYou can't cite the wikipedia page but you can check the links in the reference sources cited on it.
Windfall (Band) and Balloons, their nightclub
Check newspapers.com for articles before 1999. Example: El Paso times 26 Sep 1986, pg 51
Concert Series
Alfresco Fridays
El Paso Live festivals and seriesSpring 2021: because no Alfresco Fridays or Cool Canyon Nights events happened in 2020, there isn't anything listed on the site. But contact: lfalco@destinationelpaso.com or hotline at 915.534.0600
Border Legends of El Paso Rock n' Roll Concert series produced by Rick Kern and Rod Crosby, ran from 2008-2016.
Cool Canyon Nights
El Paso Live festivals and seriesSpring 2021: because no Alfresco Fridays or Cool Canyon Nights events happened in 2020, there isn't anything listed on the site. But contact: lfalco@destinationelpaso.com or hotline at 915.534.0600
Music Under the Stars public music program at the Chamizal National Park for more than three decades
Neon Desert music festival
Parks and Recreation Concert Series
Viva el Paso! in McKelligon Canyon amphitheater
Disc Jockeys & Personalities
Kage, Johnny Local DJ
KLAQ and DJs past and present: Buzz Adams and his former El Paso DJ Jeffrey Scott
Preston, "Sarge" Mike Local DJ since 1971
Labels & Studios
Catfood Records / Bob Trenchard El Paso record label owned by Bob Trenchard, bassist, songwriter, producer
Sonic Ranch Studio on Alameda headed toward Tornillo. They have worked with many top recording artists to include ZZ Top among others.
Star City Studio Productions Opened in 2016 by Buddy Winston of the band PT and the Cruisers and his wife Pat Olchefski-Winston. They have several studios for musicians to record, including one big enough for events, and an art gallery featuring the work of Pat Winston and others. See also PT and the Cruisers in the list.
Nightclubs & Venues
Organizations
El Paso Border Chorders -- El Paso's second-oldest continuous musical performing group behind the El Paso Symphony Orchestra
El Paso Chamber Music Society 1920s-1940s Roscoe Conkling and Robert Semon involved (see below)
El Paso Conservatory of Music (two organizations in El Paso's history: current and previous)
El Paso School of Music, started by Robert and Adela Semon
El Paso Society for Musicians of the Future
Performers & Conductors
Chavez, Abraham revered conductor, educator
Conkling, Margaret and husband Roscoe, accomplished musicians, prominent in El Paso music 1920s-1940s
Gomez, Monica longime performer, songwriter and more. Host of KTEP's State of the Arts program.
Randy Granger Award-winning, singer/songwriter and musician in southern New Mexico
Hunter, Long John Blues guitarist from the late 1950s to the 1980s in El Paso/Juarez area
Lambert, Dan Jazz Guitar performer and guitar rebuilder
Miller, Matt / Sparta (Band) bassist
Monk Drums / Jacob Neria
Moore, Francis Internationally known concert pianist whose sister was Kate Moore Brown (written about in Borderlands). They were both well known in the early El Paso music scene.
Nehring, Bruce and the Bruce Nehring Consort
Otero, Mario Guitar player
Pando, B.J. singer, songwriter, producer
Schyga, Stephan Acoustic Guitar Performer, Composer, Producer, Teacher
Semon, Robert 1914-2010 Founder of the El Paso School of Music (1959-2004) and the El Paso Chamber Society and much more
Professors / Teachers / Stores
All That Music -- El Paso's largest and longest-running independently owned music store and marketplace. Owner George Reynoso. Opened 1980
Booth, Samantha and Robert -- Robert was a longtime UTEP professor who passed away in 2003. Samantha was a music teacher.
Caranda, Mike pianist and band leader. Passed away in 2010 at the age of 92. "Caranda entertained local audiences since moving to El Paso in 1969. He led the Mike Caranda Big Band Orchestra until 2007. "
Capshaw Olivas Music and family members
Kurland Salzman Music Co
Kubala, Lorraine longtime school band director / music writer
Ponikvar, Nellie longtime band director/fine arts administrator
White's Music Box started in 1948
Handbook of Texas Music by 
Música Tejana
Tejano Proud : Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century. by 
Francis Moore by 
Music in El Paso, 1919-1939
