The Krayolas and Big Star featured on the same interview program "Texas Music Matters" on NPR affiliate KUTX. That's a pretty cool deal.
"When we came up it was the Cosmic Cowboy era and we sort of wanted to be like the Who and the Beatles and the Kinks all rolled into one. From the beginning we were always a rock and roll band.”
Go to actionmagsa.com to read the July 2012 issue, which features the Krayolas as the cover story.
"Their forte, and what sets them apart from others, is Hector Saldana's songwriting skills. Like Los Tigres Del Norte, their songs are a reflection of the times . . . it is tunes with a message, like '1070 (I'm Your Dirty Mexican)' and 'The Working People' that turn Hector into our own Bob Dylan."
Known as the Tex-Mex Beatles, the Chicano garage rockers have garnered flattering comparisons to the Fab Four, Bob Dylan, the Who, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Warren Zevon. The Krayolas have been profiled in Texas Monthly, The Washington Post, New York Times, The New Yorker, Paste, Pollstar, Rolling Stone, NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “Alt-Latino” and MTV, and are regulars on SIRIUS XM “Little Steven’s Underground Garage,” Dave Marsh’s “Kick Out the Jams,” KUTX and Ray Wylie Hubbard’s “Roots and Branches of Americana.”
In 2014, the Krayolas were inducted into the Texas Music Office’s South Texas Music Walk of Fame.
