For the musicians of Running of the Bulls events in New Orleans.

Los Músicos (tambores & trompetistas) herald the entry and clear the path for the bull by escorting San Fermín into the fest. This community group gathers each year for the event, and performs from a catalog of traditional and contemporary songs rich with Spanish flair. This year’s Fest is on July 12, starting at 06:30am, and details can be found here.

All interested in participating as a member of Los Músicos, please fill out the form here…this will give us all an idea how many folks will be in and if there are any gear needs (T-shirts/Bandanas/Sashes). I’d hope to have this information ASAP. We do our own printing and as we get nearer the event, we get more and more busy.

Register here

Registration codes will be given out at rehearsals once they are available, and once you have your code, proceed to the button link above to fill out your registration. These codes are meant only for participating Músicos. Please do not share these codes.

www.nolabulls.com
instagram.com/nolabulls
Facebook.com/nolabullsllc

The Setlist (So Far):

The Lonely Bull

Song by Sol Lake, Adapted by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass; Excerpt Arranged for Revel Force Brass

“El Solo Toro” is given on the album as the Spanish translation of “The Lonely Bull”, but the words el solo toro directly translate as “the bull lonely” or “the only bull”. The translator evidently was not aware that in Spanish the adjective “solo” should have come after the noun “toro”. “Solo” means “alone”, rather than “lonely”; the proper translation of “lonely” is “solitario”. In English, the adjective “lonely” precedes the noun “bull”. In Spanish, the noun “toro” (the bull) comes before the adjective, “solitario”. Thus, the correct translation of “The Lonely Bull” is “El Toro Solitario”. Personally, this bilingual believed it’s the English version that’s wrong, and El Solo Toro is right, but should have been translated as “The Lone Bull”…

View Music