Pepe Aguilar on Maintaining the Aguilar Dynasty, Selling His Catalog and New ‘Que Llueva Tequila’ Album: ‘Not a Family Affair – This Is Business’
variety.comThania Garcia Mexican actor and singer Antonio Aguilar was already performing in Hollywood when, in 1960, he forged one of the greatest unions of Southern California entertainment families by marrying singer and actress Flor Silvestre.
Aguilar, with credits in American western films like “The Undefeated” starring John Wayne, and Silvestre, a leading star of the “golden age” of the Mexican film industry, raised their children on the road while the couple delivered a first-of-its-kind equestrian sports and music show – la charrería or jaripeo – across international stages.
Sixty years later, their son, Pepe Aguilar – a four-time Grammy winner with over 13 million albums sold – is at the helm of the family’s next generation of stars: Pepe’s children, 24 year-old Leonardo and 20 year-old Angela, along with Pepe’s brother Antonio Jr., are currently on the U.S.
leg of their updated jaripeo tour that incorporate theatrics, circus tricks, artificial intelligence, operatic performances on horseback on a 360-degree-style stage.
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