This bonus episode of Viva Tejano features a conversation with the filmmakers behind the Johnny Canales documentary Take It Away: The Rise and Fall of Tejano Hollywood. Adrian Arredondo and Myrna Perez spent years working on the film, getting to know Canales near the end of his life, and talking with his family and friends in the industry. The film tells the story of Canales’s life—how he went from singing on the migrant farmworker circuit to hosting a show that played across the western hemisphere—and it also tries to answer a question that will be familiar to listeners of the podcast: What really happened to tejano music? Subscribe Apple Podcasts — Spotify (Read a transcript of this episode below.)Viva Tejano is produced by Ella Kopeikin and Patrick…
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