The Krayolas

Recent reviews

"The Krayolas play a joyous brand of pop-rock-folk that's hard to label and harder to resist. Reviewers toss out names like Dylan, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, and The Sir Douglas Quintet . . . but it's really how they put it all together that makes 'Americano' so good."

-- Scott Sparling, The Seger File

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"What the fans received was a high octane rock show that covered the gamut of Doug's repertoire delivered by some of Doug's closest friends and family."

-- D.R. Pedrazine, Examiner.com
"I'm particularly excited about one of the main attractions — the Krayolas, who have delivered two fine albums in 18 months and aren't showing any signs of slowing down."

-- Enrique Lopetegui, San Antonio Current, about the upcoming album, "Americano"
"You'd think that with two new albums in the last 18 months, frontman Hector Saldaña would want to give songwriting a rest. Nope. Saturday's set included four new tunes, including 'Americano,' the title track to the group's next album, plus 'You're on Top,' 'The Last Train' and 'Fruteria (The Fruit Cup Song).'"

-- Robert Johnson, San Antonio Express-News
"The West Side of San Antonio is where rock and roll met Mexican music courtesy of the Sir Douglas Quintet, whose legacy lives on today in another Alamo City band, The Krayolas."

-- Chris Gray, Houston Press
"There are two CDs in particular that I think people should know more about. One of them is 'Long Leaf Pine (No Smack Gum)' by The Krayolas. The title cut will give you hints of Dylan in full blues mode. 'So Happy' sounds like it could be one of John Lennon's contributions to the White Album. And 'Corrido Twelve Heads in a Bag' is amazing."

-- Scott Sparling, The Segerfile.com
"Long Leaf Pine (no smack gum)," the ultimate Krayolas album, includes a killer track: "Corrido: Twelve Heads in a Bag," a Tigres del Norte-meet-Sam Peckinpah gem that filmmaker Robert Rodríguez should listen to immediately."

-- Enrique Lopetequi, San Antonio Current
"Twelve Heads in a Bag" ... is the first corrido of the 21st century and it's for the history books."

-- Barbara Renaud Gonzalez, author of "Golondrina"
"Like the Sir Douglas Quintet, San Antonio's legendary Krayolas twist British Invasion power pop and Mexican song styles into a spirited sound with no shortage of brass."

-- Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle
"Post-Beatles obsessed home town rock with Augie Meyers along for the flavoring ... a scene."

-- Joe Nick Patoski, author of Willie Nelson: An Epic Life"
"The British Invasion-meets-the West Side Sound."

-- Jim Beal, San Antonio Express-News