CharroBeans: A Mariachi Podcast

The CharroBoys get into with some talks about ruining movie nights with surprise performances, cats, playing for 5 birthdays all at once, faulty sound systems, and exes breaking your instruments. Ever stolen anything from a gig? 

The CharroBoys get into some deep convos including taking breaks for your mental health, the importance of taking a day off, growing up with Mexican parents, the curse of falling, serving yourself food at the gig, and losing instruments. So much we get into this episode. Hope it helps. 

The CharroBoys are back from El Paso talking about their experience over there, our older mariachi members still out here on their grind, discuss voice projection at gigs, jet lag, playing in the sun for funerals, and dealing with creepy clients. 2 hours in the sun had us a lil burned 🥵🔥

The CharroBoys take the podcast on the road! Live from El Paso Border Folk Festival, the guys speak for the students at the conference talking about the Beans’ origin, their common experiences as students, and discuss their mariachi education with the people of El Paso, TX. Really grateful for this awesome opportunity! 

The CharroBoys discuss a lil sum sum about supporting your fellow musician friends, playing and paying for good instruments, stress of competition and concerts, and clients thinking you’re cheating them. This convo got us stressed in parts. PTSD of people getting panic attacks. Man, crazy times. Can we just play mariachi? 🥴

The CharroBoys get into it this week with random body pains, playing at a planta til 2am, playing for rich people, and finishing the night at lit parties. We got a lil too wild this week 🥴🍺

The CharroBoys go in on this episode with feeling tired all that time, the dynamic of a group when involving new players, respecting women, and caimanes that break up groups with selfishness. Also people in Texas stay strapped at all times. 🔫👀

The CharroBoys discuss some topics today like college life and professors, letting mariachi control your whole life, gigging while working a full time job, and a little bit of paranormal stories. Clients also always think they’re so funny putting down the mariachi. What up with that? 

The CharroBoys really did a podcast after gigging smh. We're lowkey sleep deprived at 4am while eating Whataburger, but we get into the weekend's shenanigans including playing for a 20 quinceñeras at once, almost getting bit by wasps, nervous singing, and playing for Don Miguel’s family. We forget the Don Miguel is a whole ass man with a family. Like coworkers actually have lives outside of mariac...

The CharroBoys get into it today with what actually qualifies someone to be called a maestro, ruining the surprise at a party, cockroaches, and not being offered water. All these coolers and not one water, bro. A pero las chelas?

The CharroBoys get in discussion mode today. We get into the present education system in the United States with mariachi as opposed to its home country of Mexico, language barriers, the disconnect of the two, and also a little bit of what happened this past weekend. Nothing disappoints you more than when the food at the gig isn’t as good as you hoped it was. *disclaimer: Sammy accidentally confuse...

The CharroBoys get into it today, y’all. We get into your changing body into adulthood, why is it so hard to get a traje in the US, what it was like to gig in Gaspar-times, and anything but this past weekends gigs. We been having fun lately on these episodes. Hope you enjoy the shenanigans. 

We’re back! The CharroBoys return to the pod. Come hang out as we catch you up with what we’ve been up to, talk about taking trips, young children’s honesty, insecurity, what makes a mariachi section strong, and back to school. Damn, we missed y’all. 

The CharroBoys are back with one more episode before taking a hiatus. We get into taking time off, the city of Fort Worth, ghosts, social media, getting old, playing a full hour at the wrong place. Why didn’t anyone stop us? Smh 

The CharroBoys sit down with Saul Flores, violinist/voz with Mariachi Allende. We discuss his beginnings training as a classical violinist in Oak Cliff, being on Tengo Talento Mucho Talento, perfect pitch, taking a break from school t Texas State, and playing in both the DFW and Central Texas. This foo never ages so he passes off as Victor’s son and the clients still believe it. 

The CharroBoys celebrate 1 year since its inception! They discuss the beginning of CharroBeans, tequila, playing with new people, heading to Oklahoma, and singing priests. Never seen a Padre with so much drip.❄️ 

The CharroBoys get into with mariachis that cancel gigs last minute, clients que se pasan, leftover cake, graduation parties, no margaritas, and working with other groups. Client grabs your wiener at a gig wyd? 

The CharroBoys get into more cancelled gigs, playing for caucasians, gigs that add more hours, cops showing up, and playing while it’s pouring rain. 🎶Hermano cayó la leyyy🎶 

The CharroBoys chat with their compañero Luis "Bollo" Ramirez, violinist/voz for Mariachi Allende about his recent graduation from the UNT School of Music, his beginnings in a heavily influenced mariachi family, getting fired from Mariachi Allende, untraditional degree plans, and balancing the school and hella gigs life. You know you're a college student when you bring your laptop to the planta to...

The CharroBoys get into the long Mother's Day weekend, Arturo Vargas getting fired (he quit) from Mariachi Allende, people who talk shit over the internet, and mariachi gas station diets. Dia de las Madres? Madres la que nos rompieron. 

The CharroBoys get into it with Arturo Vargas, world-renowned guitarist and vocalist for Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán since 2002. We discuss his upbringing, his many ventures within the mariachi world as a member of several groups and as a soloist, mariachi etiquette back in the day, the state of mariachi youths, and being part of the most famous mariachi group in history. Los CharroBoys hablan c...

The CharroBoys get into the weekend with rain, salty clients, fake mustaches, wrong addresses and free shots. After this last Saturday, don’t call me for those maroma gigs 😴

The CharroBoys get into the 8 hour weekend, clients that don’t care for your equipment, smelly venues, last minute gigs, and weird home decor. Why I’m the hell would you have multiple Annabelle-type dolls around your house? Staring at us while we play. Tengo miedo 👀

The CharroBoys get into it this week talking about gigging with Arturo Vargas, another fight at the planta, breaking strings, and a road trip to Louisiana. How do you tell a world-renowned musician to take it easy on you? 

The CharroBoys get into the Easter weekend, new vlogs, playing for rich people, playing at a proposal, being very late, and gigs that only want dance songs. We were hella late this week hehehe