CharroBeans: A Mariachi Podcast

The CharroBoys are back again. After a brief 7 month hiatus we are back to share more with you. We get back into things by explaining our absence, what we've been up to, and our future plans with the pod. We also get into some falls, some naps, and some love stories. A little bit of everything went into this one but were just happy to be back. We missed, ya.

This one was special. We know it’s been a while since we’ve been gone and we’ll get more into it once we come back but we want y’all to enjoy a special episode. Sammy is getting married soon so we had a special “bachelor episode” with the boys from Mariachi Allende, all at once! We get into lots like how we all got into the group and how it was back in the day. It was so fun doing this. We hope yo...

The CharroBoys discuss instruments. Have you ever lost yours? Left yours at a gig? Dropped it in the middle of church? Lost a valve? The we get into the different situations we’ve been in involving our tools of the trade. Y’all really be destroying instruments. 

The CharroBoys get into an interesting discussion. Today's topic: what is the thing that brings mariachi down as a genre? As a whole, we want mariachi music to succeed and continue to stay relevant, but it feels like different factors are continually working against us. We get into some answers like the competition among colleagues, mariachi being "old people music", stereotypes, lack of innovatio...

The CharroBoys finished Mother's Day week and the dust is settling. Today's CharroTopic deals with one of the heaviest weekends of the year. After playing for hours and hours for random mothers, we reflect on the amount of work it takes to get through a week like this. We discuss our 5 hour gigs on 5 hour energy shots, stopping for pee breaks, naps and lack of sleep, pains, and doppelgängers. Imag...

The CharroBoys get rowdy. Today’s CharroTopic deals with times rowdyness was an all time high. It could be a mariachi, the members, or even the clients that got too rowdy. We got lots of responses like dealing with fireworks, failure to zelle payment, playing for narcos, and people who are offended you can’t play a song. Did I say rowdy enough? 

The CharroBoys got the camera working again. Today’s CharroTopic deals with unpopular opinions our followers feel they can’t say without getting hated on. Some mariachi groups are overrated? Do we need violins? Substance abuse in the music industry? Little bit of everything in this episode. Come see. 

The CharroBoys faced some technical difficulties, but we made it work. Estaba buena la platica since this was our longest episode in a while. Today’s topic deals with the crazy hours that clients have the audacity to ask for. It doesn’t always work out unfortunately. We also get into playing in a room with a corpse, watching boxing, puros corridos on the playlist, wearing new suits, and Sammy’s te...

The CharroBoys get into the topic of the day: super rare facts that our listeners know about mariachi culture and history. It seems we’ve all heard many myths and legends in the mariachi industry so we discuss some of the things you’ve heard around. We get into conspiracy theories, promposals, slow singers, and bunch of other shenanigans. Come join the pendejadas. 

The CharroBoys got into it today with what it’s like to tell a boss you’re leaving for another group or opportunity. We talk about how daunting the task can be, also we dive into times we had to do the same thing in former groups. We also get into being sick, flaking last minute, our boss going on vacation, and Vic being sus. We played from people from Sinaloa too and we were scared. 

The CharroBoys had a late night recording. We get into some Rangers baseball talk, dying, misunderstandings with fellow group members, Victor’s glow up, judges opinions during a competition, Sammy forgetting things that happened, and Victor almost getting beat up by a girl’s husband. We can’t be held accountable for what we said when we were sleepy. 😔

The CharroBoys discuss a very important topic: who/what has made the biggest impact on mariachi today? We discuss the different people and things that have molded the music like artists, arrangers, mariachi in schools, and its ventures around other genres. Disclaimer* we are no experts, just a couple of dudes that know nothing. Don’t trust us. Trust the experts, we can’t even read music 😬

This episode was outta pocket. Like literally. Clients and their weird sayings and doings, severe weather alerts, getting kissed on the cheek, cops grabbing a plate, weird key signatures, playing next to a fire for warmth. Outta pocket episode fr tho. 

The CharroBoys had to record a lil early this week since Vic wasn’t gonna be in town, so he showed up in traje. We get into some good stuff this week like getting humbled musically, biology, someone else playing your instrument because you’re so bad, and playing in a group with a director like the movie Whiplash. Tengo miedo. 

The CharroBoys talk about some good stuff here. They get into it with this week’s viral Facebook post, favorite celebrity mariachi moments, letting someone play your instrument, unpopular mariachi artist opinions, and the camaraderie with your fellow mariachi members.  All we know is we won’t send our singing videos to anyone anymore 😔 

Y’all thought it was over yet huh? The CharroBoys are back, baby. New studio, new equipment, and same beans. We’re happy to be back discussing the beautiful and tragic lives of working mariachi musicians like ourselves and many of you. We get back into the swing of things with talking about about what we’ve been up to the last couple of months, playing in rainy weather, the World Cup, people who a...

Episode 99 is upon us, and as much as we want to do 100 for y’all, the CharroBoys are going on a break. Bringing this show to the best of our ability and availability to you is what makes this show special. In order to make 100 episodes more special, we have to take some time away from the pod to focus on our ourselves and come back even stronger. I have always made this show and it’s content a hi...

The CharroBoys are 98 episodes in. We get into the 16th of September weekend, Mexican vibes af, cuddles, feeling desensitized to funerals, acapella concerts at the planta, meeting at the wrong place part 2, and winning the rifa at the gig. Would you bring Tupperware for food at the gig? 

The CharroBoys are dangerously close to 100. Today, we get into having silver teeth kids, college days, Bad Bunny taking our clients, walking in on Aida Cuevas, a late minister, and playing for kids that can't dance. Also, we don't f*ck with cows now smh find out why...

The CharroBoys spent their Labor Day recording for ya. We get into the way we put our suits on, the difference between a performance group and a gigging group, meeting in the wrong spot, rain ruining the party, and ending the night with a 4 hour gig.  What’s up with Vargas not doing Extravaganza this year? 

The CharroBoys out here talking bout life. We get into how life goes unexpectedly, changing career paths, bossy little kids, losing the van to a cow, and playing for the world's strongest man again. Gotta pour one out for the mariachi van, yall. :(

The CharroBoys had so much to talk about that we didn't even get into everything. We got into some good stuff including the viral post on IG discussing the working conditions musicians are put into, twerking ladies, obnoxious guests, Saul almost losing his very expensive violin at the Bermuda Triangle, and if it's better to hire old heads or new gens. This episode is packed with laughs so come hol...

The CharroBoys sit down with their first guest in a long time. We get the opportunity to talk with voz/violin/heartthrob Robert López of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán. Being the first ever Mexican-American member to join Vargas full-time in its 6th generation, we get into how we get acclimated in the mariachi world. We talk about the gigs he was doing at 7 years old, impromptu Sol de Mexico auditi...

The CharroBoys stay cookin’. In this episode we get into the elementary school years, people’s voices, getting finessed by the meseras, playing at a sports bar for two nights, starving, and last minute gigs at the jefecita’s house. Why do older charros feel the need to put down the younger generation? 

The CharroBoys are killin’ it. We get into US history, armonia instruments, lil trip to SA, getting threatened with work til 3am, very public PDA, and super rough traffic after a light drizzle. What’s the farthest you’ve traveled for a gig? 8 hours is enough.