Latin
United States of America
Pedro Ayala
About Pedro Ayala
Hometown
United States of America
Born
June 29, 1911
Genre
Latin
Accordionist Pedro Ayala was one of the respected performers of norteño and conjunto music, playing music from the time he was a young child. Although he originally preferred the guitar, he decided to concentrate on the accordion after his accordionist brother Francisco was murdered in 1928. He turned full-time professional in his mid-twenties, playing throughout the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. In the late '40s, he made his first records and recorded often in subsequent years for a variety of labels. Some of his work from the late '60s and early '70s, as well as a few sides from the late '40s, are on the Arhoolie CD compilation El Monarca Del Acordeon. ~ Richie Unterberger
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