Concerts
THE TAO OF FUNKAHUATL
“Freaky, funk, rock, jazz, and spoken word by a magic medicine man” -Falling James, LA Weekly
“Amazing artistry” -Anthony Valadez, 89.9 FM KCRW, Los Angeles
“Funky and deliciously delightful” -Dave Marsh, The Loft (SIRIUS, Satellite Radio)
“Fearless and transcendent” -Vincent Ramos, (Curator, Vincent Price Museum)
RUBEN GUEVARA & THE EASTSIDE LUVERS
Ruben Guevara/Vocalist/Composer (Frank Zappa, Ruben and the Jets, Con Safos); Steve Alaniz/Tenor Sax (Stanley Clarke, George Duke); John Avila/Bass (Oingo Boingo); Ramon Banda/Drums (The Banda Brothers); Bob Robles/Guitar (Jackson Browne, Thee Midniters)
House of Blues
Los Lobos
West Hollywood, CA
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 9pm
$30
Tropico de Nopal Art Gallery
CD Release Party
1665 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles (Echo Park) CA 90026
March 20, 2011, 9pm
$10
A Night at the Phillips Music Company : A Tribute to Boyle Heights
Hiroshima, Little Willie G. (Thee Midniters), East L.A. Taiko, Ersi Arvizu (El Chicano), Ollin, La Santa Cecilia, Ceci Bastida, Ruben Martinez, Marisela Norte, George Sanchez. Curated by Josh Kun
Grand Performances/California Plaza
Downtown, LA
Saturday, August 27, 2011, 8pm
Free
ADELANTE! Mexican American Artists: 1960s and Beyond (Including Cheech Marin’s Collection)
Forest Lawn Museum
Glendale, CA
Thursday, September 8, 2011, 6pm
Free
MEX/L.A. “Mexican” Modernism (s) in Los Angeles, 1930-1985
Pacific Standard Time Series
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802
Sunday, December 4, 2011, 3pm
Free
50TH ANNIVERSARY AS A RECORDING ARTIST
The Eastside Luv Bar
1835 E. First Street
Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CA 90033
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 9pm
$8



To some, Rubén Guevara (sometimes referred to as Rubén Funkahuatl Ladrón de Guevara) is most important as the man behind Ruben & the Jets, the real group that followed in the wake of the 1968 Frank Zappa album Cruising with Ruben & the Jets and left behind two of the finest rock & roll albums of the early to mid 1970s. But Guevara is so much 


