He released dozens of singles on independent labels while still a teenager and became a familiar name on narcocorrido compilations. If anything, the Bandamax Award-winner plays his accordion with more gusto and his horn players blow more strongly than ever on this thrilling track by one of regional Mexican music's most promising young stars.īorn in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, in 1994, Olivas has been writing songs since he was 9 years old. The song "El Paciente" (The Patient) recounts the Norteño singer's harrowing hospital experience following the attempt on his life during a 2015 performance in Chihuahua, Mexico (The city of Chihuahua banned the performance of narcocorridos after Olivas' shooting). Few singers write songs about their own shootings, but Alfredo Olivas did.
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