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HERE ARE WHERE SOUND AMONG
THEM MARIACHIS A FOUR YEAR
OLD WITH A VOICE BEYOND
COMPARE EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER MARVIN HURST
INTRODUCES US TO THE MARIACHI
KID BUT TALE LOPEZ HASN'T MET
A CROWD. HE CAN'T. JUST FOUR
YEARS OLD HE INSISTED ON
SEEKING WITH THE MARIACHI
GROUP AT A POPULAR SAN
ANTONIO RESTED MUSICIANS WE
LIKE TO DO CRUEL YOU LIKE TO
SEE WHY DO YOU LIKE TO SAY.
AND THEN YOU MAKE PEOPLE
HAPPY. YEAH. TWO OF
THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE ARE HIS
PARENTS ALBERT IN JANELL
LOPEZ. I DIDN'T REALLY NOTICE
UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO. WHEN
THE WHOLE THING ON
THE MICROPHONE FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND IT JUST HAD ME IN
TEARS NEWS I WAS SO STEVE
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM NEW WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS THAT
HE KNEW AND HE WOULD MAKE ALL
OF US STAND UP AND PUT HER
HAND ON HEART AND HE WOULD
SING IT. HE LOVES POP MUSIC
HE SINGS COUNTRY THOSE STAGE
IS TOO SMALL NO CROWD TWO BIG
BATAILLE HIT STEAL SOME
COMBINATION OF. PUNCH IN
THE GUT HE TRAVELS WITH SONGS
ON STAND BY BECAUSE HE HOPES
TO GET PAID. ONE OH GOD. OH
MY MADDOW SHOW YOU. BEN
DOESN'T FIND THE COURAGE TO
SHOWCASE HIS TALENT SO
FEARLESSLY I KNOW I JUST
PICKED BAD THING IT RUNS IN
THE FAMILY. IT MAKES ME VERY
PROUD BECAUSE IT COMES FROM
FROM MY POPS LALO LOPEZ PL.
THE TRUMPET AND SAY IN
MARIACHI GROUPS IN SAN
ANTONIO. I GREW UP ROCK MUSIC
AND THERE WAS A MAJORITY
SINCE I CAN REMEMBER BUT HIS
SON ALPERT COULDN'T GRASP
THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER'S
GIFT. IN FACT HE WANTED NO
PART OF THE MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT WHEN I WAS EARLY
ON WHEN I WAS YOUNG HE WANTED
ME TO THE GROWING UP I GREW
UP WASN'T THE BEST OUT OF
TOWN. IT WAS AND IT WASN'T
THE COOL THING TO DO. SO I
NEVER WANTED TO PICK IT UP. I
WAS MORE EMBARRASSED THAN
ANYTHING I AM ASHAMED TO SAY
THAT NOW THAT I WAS THAT IT
WAS THAT'S THE REALITY. IT'S
THE TRUTH. TEN YEARS AGO
LALO'S LIFE WAS ON THE LINE
CONDITION WITH HIS LUNGS PUT
HIM AT DEATH'S DOOR SO ALBERT
TRIED TO HIDE HIS FATHER'S
TRUMPET WELL THEY THOUGHT
ABOUT IT UNTIL HIS SON
FINALLY GOT THE MESSAGE
RETAIL NEVER MET THE MARIACHI
BUT NOW BECAUSE THROUGH
THE FAMILY AFTER LALO DIED
BUT IT'S CLEAR THE NOTE
DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM
THE MUSICIAN THREE YEAR OLD
NOW SINGS TO EXPRESS HIS TOWN
REACHED NOTES OF REDEMPTION
FOR HIS FATHER AND EXPAND HIS
GAME AS A MARIACHI MARVIN
HURST KIM ISMY DON'T FOLLOW
CHILDREN THAT'S A RULE IN
THE BUSINESS BUT WERE KNOWN
FOR ANY MANIACI SEBASTIAN DE
LA CRUZ IS ONE SAYS BETTER.
NEXT UP AND COMING HOME.