One building block of Conjunto music is the “Corrido,” a popular genres of narrative songs that tell epic tales of historical struggle and the difficulties of rural life. The corrido is often the tale of hero, his trials and tribulations, and his ultimate victory in the face of adversity. For example, in this video, the band Sparx sings the traditional corrido, “Gregorio Cortez.” The ballad of Gregorio Cortez tells the tale — based on an historical event, but then amply embellished — of a ranch hand from the Texan border lands who was wrongly accused of being a horse thief and heroically evaded capture by a sheriff and his force of 300 men by walking 100 miles and riding more than 400. Learn about the epic tale of Gregorio here.
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