Rustic RoseMercedes, Texas · Since 2021
Texas country
with a Tejano heart.
Six players. Fiddle, accordion and bajo sexto next to a Texas country rhythm section — and an original catalogue on every stage we play. Weddings, quinceañeras, festivals and honky-tonks across the 956 and beyond.
Where you’ve heard us
The sound
Nobody else in the Valley is
making this record.
The band started in 2021 between refinery shifts in Corpus Christi. Five years later it’s a six-piece that can play a Texas country set and a Tejano set without swapping a single player — because the fiddle, the accordion and the bajo sexto are already on stage. That crossover is the whole point, and in a market that is both 90% Hispanic and saturated with country radio, it is the thing no cover band can copy.
Original catalogue
Six released singles, not a covers set list. “The Traveler” is on radio now.
Full production
Our own PA and stage lighting, run by our own front-of-house engineer. No separate sound vendor.
Both languages
A set that moves between English and Spanish the way the Valley actually does.
The band
Six players.
Rosendo “Chendo” Tienda
Weslaco-raised, weaned on Hendrix and Stevie Ray, then on Freddy Fender and Country Roland. He writes the songs and fronts the band.
José Ángel Torres
The reason the band can turn a country set into a Tejano set without changing players.
John Maldonado
The bajo sexto underneath a Texas country rhythm section — the sound nobody else in the Valley is making.
Booking
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We’ll tell you if it’s open.
One form, one inbox, an answer within 24 hours. Weddings and quinceañeras, city festivals, Winter Texan parks, corporate nights and honky-tonks.
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