![]() He was the youngest of the family and had seven siblings: Armando, Lázaro, Régulo, Lucas, Espiridión (known as El Indio), Francisco, and Juana. Rosalino “Chalino” Sánchez Félix was born in 1960 on a small ‘rancho’ in Sinaloa, Northern Mexico. His story continues to captivate and has come to represent a kind of madcap American dream. ![]() At this point in time his discography spans around thirty releases, with many only being released in the years since his murder. Chalino’s songs chronicled the lives of shady men making their way by any means and resonated with the Latino communities of Southern California. His unorthodox vocal style, lucid lyricism and untimely death have helped to popularise the ‘narcocorridos’ style in Northern Mexico, California and beyond.Ī narrative style at its core, ‘corridos’ often detail violence and oppression, representing a lineage that reaches back through literary history to styles such as the pittoresque and the chivalric romance. Chalino Sánchez is a shadowy figure in Mexican music.
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