All That Music releases rare local live recording from 1967

NEWS RELEASE
Date: August 24, 2005
CD available for sale Saturday September 3, 2005 - $14.99 minimum donation

Rare local music recording resurfaces as new CD

“Steve Crosno Day at the El Paso County Coliseum - July 9, 1967”
with Sonny Powell and The Night-Dreamers, The El Paso Premiers, The Las Cruces Starliners,
The El Paso Drifters, The Las Cruces Majestics, The Impressions, & The Gene Willis Aggregation

The 1960’s were a great time in El Paso, Texas for young musicians and their bands. Steve Crosno Day at the El Paso County Coliseum - July 9, 1967 is a newly released CD of a very rare live recording of the best of those bands performing at a landmark event in honor of El Paso’s most popular radio personality. Even more significantly, the recording gives listeners a historical window to the musical sounds and culture of that time in the El Paso region, of which Steve Crosno was so much a part.

On July 9, 1967, the City of El Paso proclaimed Steve Crosno Day at the El Paso Coliseum. Steve Crosno received awards from the mayors of both El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico for his service to their communities. In his honor, a show was put together featuring the most prominent bands playing the R&B and rock ‘n roll sound influenced by local culture that made El Paso area musicians unique. The 4-hour charity event yielded a 70-minute recording featuring a lineup that reads like a “who’s who” of notable local musicians who were popular at the time, including Sonny Powell and The Night-Dreamers, The El Paso Premiers, The Las Cruces Starliners, The El Paso Drifters, The Las Cruces Majestics, The Impressions, and The Gene Willis Aggregation.

Nearly 40 years after the event, area natives, music lovers, and history buffs that were part of the El Paso music scene in the 60’s may now experience the magic of that day on CD. Those too young to have heard these groups in person will be delighted by their raw rock ‘n roll energy and impressed by the musicianship of these talented young locals. Their tight horn sections, jazz-influenced soloists, and screaming vocalists added their own original feeling and interpretation to the music of artists like James Brown, Otis Redding, and The Rascals.

Steve Crosno Day at the El Paso County Coliseum - July 9, 1967, was first captured on a double LP, which has since been regarded as a sort of “holy-grail” by record collectors, according to George Reynoso, owner of All That Music. The re-issue recording of the event in Steve Crosno’s honor may hold even more meaning today than it did then. It is a significant document in the history of rock ‘n roll and R & B in El Paso, newly discovered as if it had been in a time capsule all these years. Steve Crosno Day At The El Paso County Coliseum - July 9, 1967, will come as a pleasant surprise to the legions of die-hard fans who thought the recording had been lost and forgotten. It’s a snapshot of an era when soul and rock music, and the radio personalities like Steve Cronso who presented it, ruled the radio airwaves.

Steve Crosno Day at the El Paso County Coliseum - July 9, 1967 was remastered using the latest technology and sounds better than the original recording. The project is a fundraiser with proceeds to benefit Steve Crosno, who in recent years has been struggling with health and economic issues. The CD is now available at All That Music, 1506 Lee Trevino for a suggested donation of $14.99 (buyers may donate more to Steve Crosno).

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