But on Sunday, in between answering customers’ questions at a party supply store in downtown Los Angeles, tears welled in his eyes as he rememberedAcross L.A. on Sunday, people mourned the legendary Mexican singer who died that morning at the age of 81.They blared his songs from speakers in homes and cars and at shops and restaurants. Mourners piled flowers and candles around his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Like Alvarez, Lopez said the first person she thought of when she heard Fernández had died was her dad, who came to the U.S. from the Mexican state of Jalisco and works as a cook.On the entire two-and-a-half day drive, he plays Fernández’s songs, including “Las Botas de Charro” and “Mi Viejo,” about a son whose father is growing old.
Even if the club’s music was mostly in English, the last song of the night would often be Fernández’s “Volver Volver.” Ecos del Rancho sing Vicente Fernández’s music by request to lunchtime diners Sunday at the Pinata District in downtown Los Angeles.