My dad and Jorge were good friends in the 70s and my dad was one of the original members of Malo. He helped write this song. My dad was sad to hear his old friend had passed. RIP Jorge.
One of my absolute favorite one hit wonders from 70's. They were at the forefront of a Latin music explosion and it was joyous. Let by Santana, Tony Orlando and even euro songs like "Eres Tu" made it big on the USA charts. Sugar Ray would later echo some of this group's riffs in their music in the 90s. Shout out to El groupo Mocedades de Espana.
1972. Malo was from San Francisco. The song was huge in California in the seventies. It was all over the radio on weekends for years, Saturdays in the park and all that. Good stuff!
Oh yeah, I remember this well. I live in Oakland from '74-'78 and this was huge. I actually have 2 pieces of the song as ringtones on my phone ... for that special someone.
I got news it was big in Wilson, NC in the summer of 1972, thanks to WKIX out of Raleigh, NC; Latin rhythm and beat going mainstream! Well done, Malo! Here's to the summer of 1972!
Suavecito is the anthem of the Chicano community since 1972 until today, writed by Richard bean, member in that era from MALO, who leader was the great jorge Santana, brother of Carlos. Then SUAVECITO, and SAMBA PATI from carlos there are the two best Ever anthems of spiritual MUSIC EVER. !!! THEY ARE LEGENDS.. RIP JORGE
In 1972, I was 16 & was in a local delecatessin in my neighborhood & this song was playing on a radio & I stayed there until the end of the song & I have loved this song ever since!!
Oh my, I’m from the mission in San Francisco where this song is from, my father was in a trio with Jorge (and Carlos) Santanas father in the mission when I was growing up. This song is the ultimate love anthem, the most romantic love song ever, pura Raza esa, así es. Órale !
I'm from SF too, this song is classic. I'm OG and remember when this song first came out. I've seen Malo quite a few times as well as Santana, Axteca & Richard Bean ( more recently). Brings good memories of SF Mission in the 70's.
The lead guitarist is the late Jorge Santana, Carlos Santana's brother. And this group was a major soundtrack provider to my years of growing up in Eloy, AZ. Hence my screen name...
Whoa! This song is a time machine! I've just been instantly transported back to the 8th grade. (Although, I don't think I've heard this awesome full-length version; I was familiar with the radio-edit.) As I recall, I was hearing this song on the radio a lot at about the same time that I was also hearing "Who's That Lady" by The Isley Brothers, so I often get them mixed up in my mind. Both songs are fantastic.
Richard Bean was the special guest lead vocalist on this song. He actually was in another latin rock band called Sapo at the time & I had the privilege of meeting him many years ago. One of my all time favorite songs.
I grew up and lived in the Bronx, New York City, a city kid all the way and when first heard this song as a kid, wished I had been born in California! This sound and song was magical for me! R.I.P. Jorge Santana, younger brother of Carlos Santana.
Growing up in Northern California during the 70's was amazing you could see Malo just about any weekend somewhere in the Bay area along with all the other amazing Latin bands
When I hear this song, I think of sunny Saturdays in a Southern California park where Latino families gather around picnic tables, spreading out food, the barbecues cooking food, children playing, the adults chatting and then there's the boom box sitting on the picnic table filling the air with the gentle rhythms of Suavecito.
It's from a poem Richard Bean wrote for a classmate when he was 15. Another great SF Bay Area band & I bought the cassette version of this album when I was like 12 in 1972. My ex is Mexican American and this is played at every wedding reception, birthday party etc. along with Tierra"a "Together". One of those mellow in the park 70s songs I used to see a local band Tortilla Soup - started by a now retired SJ Police Department officer, who it happens Mic Gillette (Original Tower of Power trumpet ) was his mentor - the group consisted of former Malo and Tower of Power former members
I can attest to that. I'm half Mexican and absolutely this is played at EVERY Mexican gathering. It even gets slipped in at quinceañeras for that one tio or tia that is a special. I have family in the Mission Dist. I used to live visiting them. Such a colorful neighborhood. ¡Sabroso!
I had no clue what I was getting into when I saw the post. When the music started I was like, I know this song! Very beautiful. Keep up the good work Harri!
As others have said , for a Latino feel from the 70’s try: El Chicano-Tell Her She’s Lovely Tierra-Together WAR & Tower of Power were hip/funk groups out of the 70’s with this groove too. But that’s a subject for another day…..
Ahh, the early 70s. Listening to this on AM radio, cruising The Strand, or on a beach towel. Never will be times like that again. Glad you enjoyed going back 50 years.
What a great time for music. Riverside Cal. I was 16 in 1971. Harry Nilsson"s without you ,The Chi lites have you seen her, and this song, are all in my top 5 songs of all time. All released within a year of each other.
I'm glad you caught the long version. When this song first came out the the radio, the short version played and I never heard the long version until I bought the album. I never knew one existed. A Chicano favorite. Jorge Santana is the lead guitarist for Malo. Carlos Santana's brother.
The groove of 1972 💎💜☮️ I will have to listen to the album again, it is such fantastic music & singing!! Thanks for bringing back a beautiful time to be alive 🪘🎸🥁💎
I always enjoy your reactions. When I saw you were gonna listen to this, I had to watch. Wonderful. Beautiful song, takes be back to my childhood. I wad 11 yo when it came out 😊
What a beautiful song! I've been listening to this since the early '70's. One of the very few songs where the edited single version was almost as good as the full length version.
Hi Harri, I always loved this song and it still sounds fresh! I feel compelled to acknowledge the production on this record... just beautiful! - Brooklyn Mike
This 1972 song was still often requested for club bands to play in the late 70s when I visited Mexico, Philippines, Guam and Hawaii. I was very surprised that the locals knew this song.
Yeah, Harri, you just crossed paths with one of the early 70s classics. In college for me, cash was tight, I was buying like, one record per term, and this was my 4th LP purchased. Love it, great record. Great reaction 🌻
Love it! Wow that takes me back to my old neighborhood. Cecilia's father played that on the turntable while he and my old man would sit around and drink Olympia beers and BBQ. That blue chevy step side pickup looks like the '53 that I learned how to drive with on my grandpas farm when we used it to haul hay. It had a starter button on the floor next to the accelerator, you turned the key to get juice, then pressed the starter button, clutch, and accelerator at the same time, and if on a hill you had the three on the tree in natural while you held the hand break, it was fun to learn how to drive that old truck. Hand crank windows, no air con, the air con was the wing windows, no radio and a 6 cylinder engine.
Didn't recognize the intro but when the vocals started... flash back to transistor mode. Lol Glad you enjoyed Harri. Instruments are just rockin' in this tune. Definitely hearing Santana, perfection. Thanks Harri and Outrageous One. Great pick. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Pronounced perfectly my friend..approved by this Chicano.. you will hear this song at every Saturday swap meet across Southern California.. and it’s a good thing just saying
You should try "I Can't make it " by "Sapo" These songs belong to the "San Francisco Groove" A Hispanic rock school of Soul Rock from 1969 to 1977... Carlos Santana and his brother Jorge (not George), were ones of the funders of this movement...
@@markmuller3086 Sounds like I left just as you started working there. I assembled so many pianos used by classic rock groups I hear them everyday on the radio like Pink Floyd "Time"
I was 16 when this came out and has been an all time fave ever since. I'm glad that you reacted to the album version! The single that was usually played on the radio was all chopped to hell! Yeah, reading the background of a song first gives it more meaning. Suave means smooth or soft, so suavecito would be little smooth or soft one. Thanks for another awesome reaction Harri! By the way, do you frequently paint the wall behind you or what???? Interesting the way that the color is ever changing, haha 😄
The year I graduated from high school, I was mostly into Grand Funk and Led Zeppelin, but I always had time to listen to Suavecito on the radio. There's no smoother and gentler song.
Great reaction!, 😃 one of the reasons the percussions sound African is because they are, they once asked Carlos Santana if he plays Latin rock, he said no!, I play Afro rhythm rock!. Thank you! Peace! ☮
You’re right Harri, the Genre is “Afro-Cuban Rock”. It’s played by Santana, Malo, El Chicano, Sapo, etc. It has a really great hook, it’s the Percussions (Congas, Bongos, Timbales) they all touch our Primal feeling to the Drum. Your body just reacts, no thought, just reflex…. SanJoséBob
Although 5th house is the house of creativity which is Toms Jones , but 2nd house is the house of the voice which is Engelbert. Although Tom sings well, but most of the time it is Engelbert which gives his rendition a softer tone with slightly more feeling. This is because 2nd house is the 10th or karma to the 5th house. What this means is that you can tweak your creativity through a powerful voice - your dressing as wee as 2nd house rules dressing.
My dad and Jorge were good friends in the 70s and my dad was one of the original members of Malo. He helped write this song. My dad was sad to hear his old friend had passed. RIP Jorge.
One of my absolute favorite one hit wonders from 70's. They were at the forefront of a Latin music explosion and it was joyous. Let by Santana, Tony Orlando and even euro songs like "Eres Tu" made it big on the USA charts. Sugar Ray would later echo some of this group's riffs in their music in the 90s. Shout out to El groupo Mocedades de Espana.
Latin influenced music rules. For a latin/caribe vibe listen to Vahevala by Loggins and Messina
Oh, yeah, Can't forget and Andean folk song, El Condor Pasa, by Simon and Garkunkle or Mi Corazin by the inimitable Carole King.
Thank you for sharing that treasure. I.loved this a song and still do!
1972. Malo was from San Francisco. The song was huge in California in the seventies. It was all over the radio on weekends for years, Saturdays in the park and all that. Good stuff!
Oh yeah, I remember this well. I live in Oakland from '74-'78 and this was huge. I actually have 2 pieces of the song as ringtones on my phone ... for that special someone.
I got news it was big in Wilson, NC in the summer of 1972, thanks to WKIX out of Raleigh, NC; Latin rhythm and beat going mainstream! Well done, Malo! Here's to the summer of 1972!
Now slide into Vahevala by Loggins and Messina.......
One of the best songs of my generation. Smooth romantic and true Santana sound.
Suavecito is the anthem of the Chicano community since 1972 until today, writed by Richard bean, member in that era from MALO, who leader was the great jorge Santana, brother of Carlos. Then SUAVECITO, and SAMBA PATI from carlos there are the two best Ever anthems of spiritual MUSIC EVER. !!! THEY ARE LEGENDS.. RIP JORGE
I don’t know about spiritual and all that hippie stuff.
We Chicanos just loved the sound of it.
In 1972, I was 16 & was in a local delecatessin in my neighborhood & this song was playing on a radio & I stayed there until the end of the song & I have loved this song ever since!!
Oh my, I’m from the mission in San Francisco where this song is from, my father was in a trio with Jorge (and Carlos) Santanas father in the mission when I was growing up. This song is the ultimate love anthem, the most romantic love song ever, pura Raza esa, así es. Órale !
I'm from SF too, this song is classic. I'm OG and remember when this song first came out. I've seen Malo quite a few times as well as Santana, Axteca & Richard Bean ( more recently). Brings good memories of SF Mission in the 70's.
415 representin’ with much love and the fondest of memories
The lead guitarist is the late Jorge Santana, Carlos Santana's brother. And this group was a major soundtrack provider to my years of growing up in Eloy, AZ. Hence my screen name...
Whoa! This song is a time machine! I've just been instantly transported back to the 8th grade. (Although, I don't think I've heard this awesome full-length version; I was familiar with the radio-edit.)
As I recall, I was hearing this song on the radio a lot at about the same time that I was also hearing "Who's That Lady" by The Isley Brothers, so I often get them mixed up in my mind. Both songs are fantastic.
You are an amazing woman I must say
Another great song !
My favorite song of alltime !!!! Loved this one since I 1st heard it in about 1972....just perfection
From the magical summer of '72. What a groove.
1972 sweet memories ❤
Richard Bean was the special guest lead vocalist on this song. He actually was in another latin rock band called Sapo at the time & I had the privilege of meeting him many years ago. One of my all time favorite songs.
This is Carlos Santana's brother George's band!
Jorge Santana.
TY for reacting to this song. I had forgotten all about it. Brings back memories. I think it was a 1972 song.
The layers in this tune are magnificent. Voices over laid with brass over that rhythm. So smooth and groovy. (Suave!)
I've always loved this song!
Hugely popular song when I grew up in Southern California. Still is.
It was very popular in the northeast too ! Still is ❤
I grew up and lived in the Bronx, New York City, a city kid all the way and when first heard this song as a kid, wished I had been born in California! This sound and song was magical for me! R.I.P. Jorge Santana, younger brother of Carlos Santana.
Growing up in Northern California during the 70's was amazing you could see Malo just about any weekend somewhere in the Bay area along with all the other amazing Latin bands
1972, NYC. I was 14. Everyone loved that song.
A blast from the past for this California gal
Other songs by Jorge Santana you would enjoy are Seychelles and Love The Way. Malo is a fantastic band. Thanks for reacting.
Thank you so much for bringing this song back up!!!... I had forgotten how beautiful and warm it is, just makes me smile and cut a two step!!!
When I hear this song, I think of sunny Saturdays in a Southern California park where Latino families gather around picnic tables, spreading out food, the barbecues cooking food, children playing, the adults chatting and then there's the boom box sitting on the picnic table filling the air with the gentle rhythms of Suavecito.
First heard this when I was in Turkey in 1973 - My roommate and I both loved the entire album. Fantastic!
It's from a poem Richard Bean wrote for a classmate when he was 15. Another great SF Bay Area band & I bought the cassette version of this album when I was like 12 in 1972. My ex is Mexican American and this is played at every wedding reception, birthday party etc. along with Tierra"a "Together". One of those mellow in the park 70s songs
I used to see a local band Tortilla Soup - started by a now retired SJ Police Department officer, who it happens Mic Gillette (Original Tower of Power trumpet ) was his mentor - the group consisted of former Malo and Tower of Power former members
I can attest to that. I'm half Mexican and absolutely this is played at EVERY Mexican gathering. It even gets slipped in at quinceañeras for that one tio or tia that is a special.
I have family in the Mission Dist. I used to live visiting them. Such a colorful neighborhood. ¡Sabroso!
Es todo!!!🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇲🇽🇲🇽
I had no clue what I was getting into when I saw the post. When the music started I was like, I know this song! Very beautiful. Keep up the good work Harri!
One of the best songs out there!
As others have said , for a Latino feel from the 70’s try:
El Chicano-Tell Her She’s Lovely
Tierra-Together
WAR & Tower of Power were hip/funk groups out of the 70’s with this groove too.
But that’s a subject for another day…..
“Tell her she’s lovely “, did absolutely nothing for me. It seemed so plane.
I dug “viva tirado “
Fond memories! For years I didn't know the name of the band....thought it was Santana! Took years to solve the mystery!
Almost!!!
It is! Just not Carlos. It's his brother.
This is one of those songs that I know but I had no idea this is what it was called. Nice one.
Ahh, the early 70s. Listening to this on AM radio, cruising The Strand, or on a beach towel. Never will be times like that again. Glad you enjoyed going back 50 years.
What a great time for music. Riverside Cal. I was 16 in 1971. Harry Nilsson"s without you ,The Chi lites have you seen her, and this song, are all in my top 5 songs of all time. All released within a year of each other.
Beautiful song. I have a classmate who still plays in this band. They play around the Bay Area sometimes. Thanks for this one Harri.
I'm glad you caught the long version. When this song first came out the the radio, the short version played and I never heard the long version until I bought the album. I never knew one existed. A Chicano favorite. Jorge Santana is the lead guitarist for Malo. Carlos Santana's brother.
Now, this is a great song.
HIGH HARRI.... Great Tune, Great memories cruising the Southern California highways to this song....real fast.
Another Latin themed band from this time and place was Azteka. It's the band Neal Schon joined between Santana and Jouney.
The groove of 1972 💎💜☮️ I will have to listen to the album again, it is such fantastic music & singing!! Thanks for bringing back a beautiful time to be alive 🪘🎸🥁💎
Harri, you’re Beautiful for selecting this forgotten gem!!! I’ve always loved it, and have it on my iPod.
They used to play with EL CHICANO at Lincoln Park in Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles)for Cinco de Mayo back in the early 70s
Malo, Azteca, Dakila, El Chicano, Tierra all wonderful bands from the 70's you will love their music
One of the greatest grooves.
Never knew Carlos Santana brother was guitars on this! Nice man, thanks for looking that up.
One of my all time favorite songs!
If you liked Malo you need to also listen to another group "El Chicano" they both are fantastic.
Gringo en Mexico....
I always enjoy your reactions. When I saw you were gonna listen to this, I had to watch. Wonderful. Beautiful song, takes be back to my childhood. I wad 11 yo when it came out 😊
What a beautiful song! I've been listening to this since the early '70's. One of the very few songs where the edited single version was almost as good as the full length version.
another really popular chicano band from the same era is "el chicano" check out tell her shes lovely and "viva tirado" FIRE!!
Hi Harri, I always loved this song and it still sounds fresh! I feel compelled to acknowledge the production on this record... just beautiful! - Brooklyn Mike
I love Malo! If you want some real hardcore salsa check out their second album appropriately titled “Dos”.
I always liked this song. Even bought the album it was on as a teenager. 👍
This 1972 song was still often requested for club bands to play in the late 70s when I visited Mexico, Philippines, Guam and Hawaii. I was very surprised that the locals knew this song.
Makes me want to sing along as well Harri.
Yeah, Harri, you just crossed paths with one of the early 70s classics. In college for me, cash was tight, I was buying like, one record per term, and this was my 4th LP purchased. Love it, great record. Great reaction 🌻
This song definitely brings back fond memories for me as a teenager!!!
Love it! Wow that takes me back to my old neighborhood. Cecilia's father played that on the turntable while he and my old man would sit around and drink Olympia beers and BBQ. That blue chevy step side pickup looks like the '53 that I learned how to drive with on my grandpas farm when we used it to haul hay. It had a starter button on the floor next to the accelerator, you turned the key to get juice, then pressed the starter button, clutch, and accelerator at the same time, and if on a hill you had the three on the tree in natural while you held the hand break, it was fun to learn how to drive that old truck. Hand crank windows, no air con, the air con was the wing windows, no radio and a 6 cylinder engine.
Didn't recognize the intro but when the vocals started... flash back to transistor mode. Lol Glad you enjoyed Harri. Instruments are just rockin' in this tune.
Definitely hearing Santana, perfection.
Thanks Harri and Outrageous One. Great pick. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
This must be the album version, it's 3 min. longer than the punchier single version.
Santanas brother great music great funk music beak beat
A timeless classic 🙌😎
Carlos' younger brother Jorge.....Malo an underrated 70ies band surely.
Lol Harry, nice seeing you sing Suavecito! "Suavecity mi linda!"
Great song, thanks for the request, Outrageous One!
Pronounced perfectly my friend..approved by this Chicano.. you will hear this song at every Saturday swap meet across Southern California.. and it’s a good thing just saying
Carlos santana's brother so bound to be amazing.
Memories!!!!! Good ones
good memories!!
All the Old Gangsters in my hood love this song
Legendary So California low rider music genre
Ah, brings back a nice memory from my girlfriends wedding. So nice!
There's not that many perfect records out there and this is one of them.
Your name reminded me of Born In East LA. Lol
This band is still giggin’. Have a couple friends who play in it.
Yes ! Gabe was my classmate and the nicest guy ever. Still the same today. We grew up in Tracy, California. A fabulous band
Love Malo. Check out a band called El Chicano.
You should try "I Can't make it " by "Sapo"
These songs belong to the "San Francisco Groove" A Hispanic rock school of Soul Rock from 1969 to 1977... Carlos Santana and his brother Jorge (not George), were ones of the funders of this movement...
Jorge Santana (R.I.P.) is/was Carlos Santana``s brother , ant the guitarist for Malo Great Pick
Love this!
I assembled the Fender Rhodes Electric Piano used in this song while working at Fender 1970-77.... and so many others used in great music.
I also worked on the Rhodes electric piano line in 1978, when it was CBS Musical Instruments.
@@markmuller3086 Sounds like I left just as you started working there. I assembled so many pianos used by classic rock groups I hear them everyday on the radio like Pink Floyd "Time"
Man I haven't heard this in a long time-such a jam
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I am so happy you played this song
I enjoy your videos Thanks
I liked it when I was in High School in Daly City, I like it now. Timeless.
I was 16 when this came out and has been an all time fave ever since. I'm glad that you reacted to the album version! The single that was usually played on the radio was all chopped to hell! Yeah, reading the background of a song first gives it more meaning. Suave means smooth or soft, so suavecito would be little smooth or soft one. Thanks for another awesome reaction Harri! By the way, do you frequently paint the wall behind you or what???? Interesting the way that the color is ever changing, haha 😄
Brilliant AF.
The year I graduated from high school, I was mostly into Grand Funk and Led Zeppelin, but I always had time to listen to Suavecito on the radio. There's no smoother and gentler song.
Your reaction was Suavecito!
I had heard this many times in my past, but didn't know the name of the band or song. Nice.
Love love love this song !
Great reaction!, 😃 one of the reasons the percussions sound African is because they are, they once asked Carlos Santana if he plays Latin rock, he said no!, I play Afro rhythm rock!. Thank you! Peace! ☮
You’re right Harri, the Genre is “Afro-Cuban Rock”. It’s played by Santana, Malo, El Chicano, Sapo, etc. It has a really great hook, it’s the Percussions (Congas, Bongos, Timbales) they all touch our Primal feeling to the Drum. Your body just reacts, no thought, just reflex…. SanJoséBob
If I'm not mistaken this band features Jorge Santana, brother of Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana's brother was part of this band. His name was Jorge Santana. He also played guitar like his brother.
This band was founded and led by the late Arcelio Garcia, a Puerto Rican. Jorge santana played the guitar but later left the band
Bust out Your Chiny Choose (Shiny Shoes), Grab Your Ruca, ) and get on the dance floor Ese!!
great great find harry!!
Malo band consisted of a bunch of different players from different counties, American, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Nicaraguan all over.
Sauvecito = smooth a silk.
Saludos banda de Iztapalapa
Harri..... I watch reaction videos sitting at a 18 piece drum kit..... too much fun with this tune.
"Funky Nassau" by Beginning of the End;
Qué música tan chingona la neta
Although 5th house is the house of creativity which is Toms Jones , but 2nd house is the house of the voice which is Engelbert. Although Tom sings well, but most of the time it is Engelbert which gives his rendition a softer tone with slightly more feeling.
This is because 2nd house is the 10th or karma to the 5th house. What this means is that you can tweak your creativity through a powerful voice - your dressing as wee as 2nd house rules dressing.
You'll like Hugh Masekela doing La Felicidade.
Nothing like old school!!