Alán and Roberto bring them El Piscador, a compound run to recognize the farm workers
Led by a guitarist, the musical duet formed by the brothers Alán and Roberto Lara Meza went to the strawberry fields of Santa María, California to sing to the farm workers, El Pizcador, a corrido that they composed especially for them.
“It is a tribute and a message of gratitude for essential workers in the field who have not stopped working during the coronavirus emergency and the strong fires “, says Beto Lara who does the second voice in the duo while his brother Alán is in charge of the first voice.
In addition to their music, they distributed food and masks to the peasants of Santa María.
“Farm workers have been among the most affected by this high-risk virus and they make a daily sacrifice to keep the population fed,” says Beto.
Alan and Roberto Lara are originally from town 7 of Valle Del Carrizo in the municipality of Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico, but they live in Phoenix where they make a living as taqueros dreaming one day of succeeding in music and leaving the kitchen.
“We started out as soloists, but six years ago we got together when we realized that we could be better accompanied, than each one on their own, and they are less expensive”, explains the second voice of the duo.
His musical work is inspired by the musical work of his countrymen Los Tigres del Norte, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Chalino Sánchez and Bertín y Lalo.
Due to the political climate that exists in the country, Alán and Roberto have dedicated themselves to creating themes dedicated to workers in which their contributions stand out.
It was their friend Rogelio García, a trailer driver who inspired them to create the El Trailero corrido as a tribute to all the men and women who are dedicated to traveling the roads with their trucks loaded with food and other basic products.
Beto says that their style is not sierreño or norteño but rather a country style, and they are accompanied by a guitar, a requinto and a tololoche – a traditional musical instrument from northern Mexico -.
Clarify that they do not play instruments but focus on composing and singing.
And in six years they already have four albums. This year, at the beginning of the pandemic, they launched the Corrido Del Coronavirus, and they began to gain fame as their music began to be heard on radio networks and interviews on national television arrived.
But the effort of the peasants who get up early to plant and harvest food during this health crisis led them to compose El Piscador.
“ISinging to them in the field was a very nice experience, especially seeing them run and run to fill the boxes. They win by box”.
You can listen to the Corrido de El Piscador here:
https://youtu.be/vBzcOrUPHJc and it says like this:
I am the one who gets up at 3 in the morning to prepare my lunch because the day is hard,
Well, I work in the fields picking and I don’t rest so that you never miss a bite at your table.
Raising the harvest that the noble land gives us
with effort and sacrifice we fulfill the task
under the rays of sun embraces us with sweat
and in the afternoon he left, tomorrow the work continues.
The calloused hands but I put up with everything
all this is for my family, the reason for my joy.
Birds come and go; and sometimes you can’t reach them.
Not even God brings you good news. All this will change.
And we have been following in the footsteps of César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
Peasants always united! Alán and Roberto.
It’s hard work and not very well paid.
The need drives you to look for him in this life
we are the great foundations and
there is no recognition.
Well planted the seed will germinate one day.
Beto says that they hope to return very soon to sing again to the farmers of California.
“We have an invitation to go to an avocado field, but we also want to take the opportunity to thank Lalo El Tejano from Santa María and Misael from Efren’s Restaurant for supporting us to bring food to the field workers.”
