Mariachi los Camperos

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Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano is a Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles-based mariachi ensemble under the direction of Natividad "Nati" Cano.

The ensemble was one of four mariachis that collaborated on Linda Ronstadt’s 1987 milestone album Canciones de Mi Padre. They also appear on Ms. Ronstadt’s Más Canciones and toured with the singer nationwide.

The ensemble has recorded eight albums including: Puro Mariachi (Indigo Records, 1961); North of the Border (RCA/Carino Records, 1965); El Super Mariachi, Los Camperos (Latin International, 1968); Valses de Amor (La Fonda Records, 1973); Canciones de Siempre (PolyGram Latino, 1993); Sounds of Mariachi (Delfin Records, 1996) and Fiesta Navidad (Delfin Records, 1997); Viva el Mariachi (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2003); and ¡Llegaron Los Camperos!, (Delfin Records, 2004.)

Their most recent album ¡Llegaron Los Camperos! was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album and they shared a 2005 Best Musical Album for Children Grammy for cELLabration!, A tribute to Ella Jenkins.

[edit] Nati Cano

Natividad “Nati” Cano was born in 1933 in Ahuisculco, Jalisco, a small rural town outside of Guadalajara, Mexico. Mr. Cano learned to play the vihuela, a small five-stringed guitar, from his father at age six, and studied at Academia de Música in Guadalajara for six years. He moved to Los Angeles and eventually joined the Million Dollar Theatre’s Mariachi Águila. In 1961, Mr. Cano was offered the directorship of the group, which he renamed Mariachi los Camperos. In 1989, he received the National Heritage Fellowship of the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States government’s highest honor in traditional arts and in 2006, Mr. Cano was named one of the first 50 United States Artists Fellows.