Pepe Aguilar is all about custom, Mexican satisfaction and household, and that’s precisely what takes centerstage at his Jaripeo Hasta Los Huesos Tour.
With back-to-back performances by the Aguilar dynasty, together with Antonio Aguilar Jr. (Pepe’s brother), and Leonardo and Ángela Aguilar (Pepe’s kids), the present is an homage to the legendary Don Antonio Aguilar, who pioneered the jaripeo-style spectacle again within the ’60s alongside singer and actress Flor Silvestre, his spouse and mom to Pepe and Antonio Jr.
“Antonio was a visionary,” Pepe stated about his father on Friday, July 5, throughout a tour cease in Chicago’s Allstate Enviornment. “To current my household and tradition on this means is actually the very best. I don’t do these exhibits for the cash. It’s to honor my mother and father and satisfaction for my tradition.”
Pepe and his son Leonardo additional honored Don Antonio by singing “Bandido de Amores,” his collaboration with one other late legend, Joan Sebastian, initially recorded greater than 30 years in the past. The brand new model, included in Leonardo’s Soy Como Quiero Ser, a tribute album to Sebastian, most just lately hit No. 1 on Billboard‘s Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated July 6).
Earlier than singing it alongside Leonardo, Pepe defined the backstory of how the unique collaboration happened. “My dad and Joan didn’t get alongside,” he stated candidly. “However I made them get collectively for a tune. I needed to do it. I imply I actually admired Joan and, nicely, Antonio was my dad. And now, 30 years later, I report it with my son, and now it’s No. 1 because of you all.”
Leonardo and Antonio Jr. every carried out a set of roughly half-hour earlier than Ángela took the stage to a roaring crowd, driving an impressive white horse as she wore a beautiful, lengthy black gown adorned with pink, orange and yellow flowers. She sang “Que Agonía” and the fan-favorite “Dime Como Quieres,” her collaboration with recently-confirmed boyfriend Christian Nodal. “I miss you, my love,” she stated in the course of the tune.
Impressed by Mexico’s Día de Muertos, the three-hour present — with a 360-degree-style stage full of altars, catrinas that come to life and colourful Mexican artesanía — options all 4 artists singing whereas horseback driving (no simple feat) and charros who actually threat their lives driving bulls. At one level, one of many Mexican cowboys was kicked by the bull he rode for a contest and needed to be taken out on a stretcher. Pepe assured concertgoers he was “advantageous,” including, “Thank God nothing main occurred and we are able to go on with the present.”
Pepe was the final to take the stage and did it to a packed home full of multi-generational households who applauded his dedication to place Mexican music, tradition and custom on the forefront of his exhibits. His kids, who had carried out him, watched their father from afar in admiration. “I promise to carry you a unique present every year when you let me,” Pepe declared.
After an encore present in Chicago on Saturday (July 6), the Jaripeo Hasta Los Huesos Tour continues with two back-to-back stops in Los Angeles on July 13-14.
