Los Tigres del Norte is a group of American musicians with Mexican backgrounds
who have been leaders in Norteño music, characterized by its use of accordion
and 12-string bajo sexto, since the late 1960s. Formed in Mocorito, Sinaloa, in
1968, by the Hernandez brothers, they began to make records after they relocated
to San José, California as teenagers. The band comprises four brothers - singer
Jorge Hernández on accordion, Hernán Hernández on bass, Eduardo Hernández on
accordion, saxophone and bajo sexto, Luis Hernández on bajo sexto - and cousin
Óscar Lara on drums. Brother Raú...