Ruben Ramos

In Sugar Land son Ruben Ramos, Los Super Seven – Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, Los Lobos’ Hildago & Rosas, Joe Ely, Flaco Jiménez – net the Traveling Wilburys equivalent to Roy Orbison. Begotten to a Mexican Revolution-torn family in which 10 of his uncles were musicians, East Austin’s “El Gato Negro,” 78, preserves Tejano from a century ago – horns, salsa, polka. His band the Revolution earns every catcall. – Raoul Hernandez