Interview with Rick Davila. Transcript, July 30, 2004

Allen Olsen interviews Rick Davila. Rick gives his opinions on what West Side Sound is and what makes music Chicano. He explains how conjunto is a part of the West Side Sound. He talks about his friend Augie's hit song and trying to get it on the radio in the beginning. He gives his opinion on politics and briefly explains the struggles of Chicano people. He explains the political songs he participated in. He discusses the diversity of conjunto in San Antonio. He explains the similarities and differences between conjuntos and nortenos. He explains the difficulty for crossing the Mexican border to go play in Mexico. He talks about how conjunto music started to become more accepted and getting it to a higher market. He talks about his time promoting music. He discusses issues and jealousy that he sees in the music industry. He talks more about West Side music. He talks about different ethnicities in the music business.