Photo courtesy of Green Pig Studio, John A. Kurtz, Walt Walston, San Diego, CA
I didn’t know the identity of this photo until Francisco Candia of Phoenix recognized the band as Los Locos del Ritmo, Mexico’s premier rock ‘n roll group who have been recording since 1957 and who still perform today. Enrique Ochoa Calderón confirmed this and provided the identities of each member in his comment, below.
The photo was taken by Green Pig Studio, a name for John A. Kurtz and Walt Walston, photographers in the Navy, stationed at at Miramar Naval Air in San Diego. I’ll post more photos John sent to me in the near future.
Thanks Chris, hope someone can help.
This Band is not from Los Angeles, it’s from México City. They are Los Locos del Ritmo. Back in 1966 they played at THE Whisky a Go Go along with Gene Clark’s Band (later THE Byrds). From left to right: Mario Sanabria, Rafa Acosta, Lalo Toral, Manuel López (el Che) and Chucho González. In the front, Javier Garza. THE band is still alive and performing gigs through THE Mexican Republic.
If you want to know more of them, the info is in spanish though, visit my page dedicated to them: http://loslocosdelritmo.wordpress.com and there are more photos of this group from their begginings and during their LA stay at the Whiskey A Gogo…. greetings: Gustavo Zamora
By the way…during their LA stay they where known as The Locos and recorded one single that included 2 songs: La Malagueña and Guantanamera Rock. In my web page listed before you can see the image of this record and hear the songs too…
Ps. An unknown The Doors opened their sets atbthe Whiskey a gogo before the fame they gained in 1967
If you want to, here is the correct link to “The Locos” entry at my blog. I’ve attached the photo here posted, with the credit to this web page…. greetings: GZ
https://loslocosdelritmo.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/the-locos/
By the way, their first record, was recorded in 1959 but remained unpublished almost one year… and it contained 6 cover songs and 6 original compositions…