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Snowball

eg, voc, *1943
Latin
A.k.a. Ramiro De La Cruz

RAMIRO "SNOWBALL" DE LA CRUZ Ramiro de la Cruz was born on April 14, 1943, the second of twelve children and was raised in El Barrio La Paloma of south McAllen, Texas. He was given the nickname "Snowball" by a fellow musician because of his albinism. He was also known as "El Guero Polvos". He graduated from McAllen High School and attended Pan American University. Snowball is revered by the Tejano music community for his trendsetting guitar playing and musical arrangements. Snowball was given his first guitar at the age of 17 by his grandmother. Snowball was part of many successful Tejano music bands, the first being a local band known as the Personalities. Then Snowball joined Los Fabulosos 4 and later graduated to Los Unicos. He also established Snowball and Company with famed singer Laura Canales. More recently he was singing as a soloist and as a part of a Christian musical group known as Los Mensajeros de Cristo with whom he recorded his final album. In 2002 Ramiro "Snowball" de la Cruz along with his bandmates from "Los Fabulosos 4" and "Los Unicos" were inducted into the Tejano Roots Hall of Fame. He was a true icon and a dedicated champion for Tejano music and "La Onda Chicana" ("The Chicano Wave").

     
Instruments
  • Electric guitar
  • Vocals
  • Backing Vocals
Genres
  • Latin
  • Folk
  • World
  • Pop
  • Rock
Popular Tracks   
Get Along on Get Along by Snowball
Prelude on Prelude by Snowball
Solid Gold on Solid Gold by Snowball
Scratch on The Printer EP by Nymphae & Snowball
Interlude on The Printer EP by Nymphae & Snowball
Lopsided on The Mud Tape by Snowball
Interlude on The Mud Tape by Snowball
Itch on The Printer EP by Nymphae & Snowball
Heart on Heart by Snowball
Chitter Chatter on The Mud Tape by Snowball

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Tres SemanasSnowball & Tacho Rivera1979Album
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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