Yesterday in Music – May 10, 1935 – Julius Wechter leader of the Baja Marimba Band was born!!

How about a little musical analogy —— The Rolling Stones are to The Beatles as ______________ are to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass! If you said The Baja Marimba Band!! You would be correct and probably old!! On this date in 1935 the leader of the Band  Julius Wechter was born!! To explain the analogy The Beatles we re the clean-cut good  guys and the Stones the bad boys. And Jules says this about the Baja Marimba Band’s relationship to Herb and the Brass! They were…. “… like the Tijuana Brass’ bad little brothers. Herb [Alpert] and his group…

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