The CharroBoys are going on hiatus. With the real world just around the corner, Sammy and Victor are taking a break from the pod to focus on other projects. We get into why taking care of yourself is important, representation in media, Sammy making mariachi content for the last ten years, and how mariachi can make you a well-rounded musician. We ho…

The CharroBoys have one episode left before taking a break. Recording a day late, we get into the cost of being a functioning mariachi, getting back to the real world, wishing our planta was better, and performing at Hooters. Los casados were in the doghouse after attending the aforementioned location.…

The CharroBoys are releasing two more episodes before taking a break. With the new school year coming up for the both of us, we’re going to be focusing on some new things. We also get into being happy with yourself, Sammy uses a sleep machine for his sleep apnea, it working so well he was late, playing a gig at the town in the movie Twisters, and p…

The CharroBoys recorded a little late this week but we still poppin'. We get into some stuff that happened this week like staying at the planta til three in the morning, Don Miguel being on vacation, Sammy's body giving up on him, and taking care of your body as a mariachi. We also talk about our listeners' longest, toughest gigs. Remember kids, th…

The CharroBoys are back after a couple of weeks. They talk about time off, Sammy visiting Mexico and having no water, and our first time in 10 years going to Albuquerque Mariachi Spectacular Mariachi Conference. We get into climbing mountains, exploring the city, and answering the question if we're interested in competing next year. Hmmmmmmm.…

The CharroBoys sit down with friend of the podcast Willie Acuña, harpist for Mariachi Sol de Mexico. They get into it with his upbringing, his love for jarocho music, which BBQ is the best, harp implementation in school and professional groups, and his experience making it into a world-renowned mariachi group. This episode has been a long time comi…

The CharroBoys were busy last week doing side quests. We get into Victor opening for Mariachi Sol de Mexico and taking performance enhancers before the show. Also Sammy goes viral playing late 90s rock at an MLB game and then playing with Gerardo Ortiz. It was also Guerra de Los Marriachis at the planta this week. Come listen! 🎧…

The CharroBoys celebrate 4 years of CharroBeans podcast. We get nostalgic about the years, getting food poisoning (again), and dealing with NPC’s outside of the planta. Sorry for what I did to the bathroom 🥲Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys get into it this week talking about Sammy’s students graduating, gigging with lots of mud, watching people dance salsa and killer mosquitos coming back. The audacity to sting us at our most vulnerable.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys braved the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to bring you this episode. Since it's graduation season, we look back at the times when life was much simpler. We get into career choices, figuring out what to do with the rest of our lives, and also passing up storm chasers on the way to a gig. We ain't scared of no naders.…

The CharroBoys are beat down after a long Mother’s Day weekend. We get into being exhausted after a rainy Dia de Las Madres, playing at a friend’s grad party, client’s asking for depressing ass rep, and losing the keys to the van. Nobody hit us up for a couple days 😴Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys get back to it after 5 de Mayo weekend. A super busy week for most working mariachis, the holiday usually provides steady work. We get into the holiday in Mexico, playing at the fanciest restaurant we’ve ever seen, and hear your experiences at the 5 de drinko gigs.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys get back into it with a new topic. What’s it like playing where you’re from? Is the rep different? How’s the dynamic of the group? Se llevan bien? We get into our listener’s experiences in the groups in their region and discuss. Come and listen, yo.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys have a special guest this evening, Mario Hernández. He serves as current vihuelista of Mariachi Los Camperos, an LA-based grammy award winning mariachi group. We talk about his upbringing, growing up with his brother who also plays, learning mariachi the hard way by playing in bars as a teenager, and the experience of also being the …

The CharroBoys have their first guest inside the studio. Sammy’s wife, Zayra, joins the beans on this episode and discusses marriage, growing up with Sammy and Vic, and her start in mariachi music in the public school system. We almost fired Victor, but we can’t get rid of him for legal reasons.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys were apart this week because Sammy had to be a teacher. He talks about his experience at the All Region clinic. We also get into other things like Victor’s teachers beating the crap out of him, schooling back then and now, Victor being late for once, and being humbled at workshops by clinicians. Ever had your boss be actually mad at …

The CharroBoys remembered to press record this week. We get into the crazy situations clients put us through during the gig. Who knows what's gonna happen during that gig? It might be extreme weather, people shooting their pistolas, seeing your boss get roughed up, or even put in uncomfortable situations. Come listen, we have video now. Well, again…

The CharroBoys had a good episode, until we realized we didn’t record video. Buuuuuut we did get audio! Hehe we get into lots of things like getting new trajes, losing business because of a bartender, and playing for a short groom. How far would you travel for a gig?Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys discuss problems heading to a gig. After Sammy’s car left him stranded on the side of the road, we recall other situations where we struggled to get to our destination. Getting pulled over, bubbleguts, forgetting your things, changing a flat are all among your submissions. How many charros does it take to change a tire?…

The CharroBoys get in competition mode. We lock in and discuss competition season in Texas. We talk our experiences, Sammy’s experience as a director, and beefs. You remember going on stage nervous? Yeah, us too.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys recorded with one sick ass foo. Sammy dealt with a bad gripa and cough this week and we discuss the times we don’t feel 100% at gigs. We talk about mariachi families, growing up, and the weekend. Come listen, yo.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys were apart this week. Sammy headed off to a music teacher conference and Victor stayed behind and humbly worked. Nevertheless, after admitting Victor missed Sammy dearly, we get into a convo about things we don’t enjoy about mariachi. Everyone knows we can’t change everything but if you could, what would that be? Maybe the consistent…

The CharroBoys discuss time travel. If you could go back and hang out with one of your favorite mariachi singers/icons, what would you ask them about? We discuss our picks and at the same time read your responses. Would you talk to Gaspar about starting Mariachi Vargas, have a drink with Jose Alfredo, or maybe even talk with a mariachi legend still…

The CharroBoys discuss some times that we have felt disrespected at our performances. As you know, we go through a lot to play and entertain clients and I think we all have shared experiences where we felt offended at the audacity. We look at examples and instances from our listeners as well. We discuss things like getting told to stop singing, peo…

The CharroBoys real fucked up. The episode was so good, they had to record it twice. Sammy messed up the first recording with some technical difficulties so we had to re-record. Thankfully, the second try was good. We get into whether we and our listeners have anything they would change about their high school/college/professional careers up to thi…

The CharroBoys are back again. After a brief 7 month hiatus we are back to share more with you. We get back into things by explaining our absence, what we've been up to, and our future plans with the pod. We also get into some falls, some naps, and some love stories. A little bit of everything went into this one but were just happy to be back. We m…

This one was special. We know it’s been a while since we’ve been gone and we’ll get more into it once we come back but we want y’all to enjoy a special episode. Sammy is getting married soon so we had a special “bachelor episode” with the boys from Mariachi Allende, all at once! We get into lots like how we all got into the group and how it was bac…

The CharroBoys discuss instruments. Have you ever lost yours? Left yours at a gig? Dropped it in the middle of church? Lost a valve? The we get into the different situations we’ve been in involving our tools of the trade. Y’all really be destroying instruments.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys get into an interesting discussion. Today's topic: what is the thing that brings mariachi down as a genre? As a whole, we want mariachi music to succeed and continue to stay relevant, but it feels like different factors are continually working against us. We get into some answers like the competition among colleagues, mariachi being …

The CharroBoys finished Mother's Day week and the dust is settling. Today's CharroTopic deals with one of the heaviest weekends of the year. After playing for hours and hours for random mothers, we reflect on the amount of work it takes to get through a week like this. We discuss our 5 hour gigs on 5 hour energy shots, stopping for pee breaks, naps…

The CharroBoys get rowdy. Today’s CharroTopic deals with times rowdyness was an all time high. It could be a mariachi, the members, or even the clients that got too rowdy. We got lots of responses like dealing with fireworks, failure to zelle payment, playing for narcos, and people who are offended you can’t play a song. Did I say rowdy enough?…

The CharroBoys got the camera working again. Today’s CharroTopic deals with unpopular opinions our followers feel they can’t say without getting hated on. Some mariachi groups are overrated? Do we need violins? Substance abuse in the music industry? Little bit of everything in this episode. Come see.…

The CharroBoys faced some technical difficulties, but we made it work. Estaba buena la platica since this was our longest episode in a while. Today’s topic deals with the crazy hours that clients have the audacity to ask for. It doesn’t always work out unfortunately. We also get into playing in a room with a corpse, watching boxing, puros corridos …

The CharroBoys get into the topic of the day: super rare facts that our listeners know about mariachi culture and history. It seems we’ve all heard many myths and legends in the mariachi industry so we discuss some of the things you’ve heard around. We get into conspiracy theories, promposals, slow singers, and bunch of other shenanigans. Come join…

The CharroBoys got into it today with what it’s like to tell a boss you’re leaving for another group or opportunity. We talk about how daunting the task can be, also we dive into times we had to do the same thing in former groups. We also get into being sick, flaking last minute, our boss going on vacation, and Vic being sus. We played from people …

The CharroBoys had a late night recording. We get into some Rangers baseball talk, dying, misunderstandings with fellow group members, Victor’s glow up, judges opinions during a competition, Sammy forgetting things that happened, and Victor almost getting beat up by a girl’s husband. We can’t be held accountable for what we said when we were sleepy…

The CharroBoys discuss a very important topic: who/what has made the biggest impact on mariachi today? We discuss the different people and things that have molded the music like artists, arrangers, mariachi in schools, and its ventures around other genres. Disclaimer* we are no experts, just a couple of dudes that know nothing. Don’t trust us. Trus…

This episode was outta pocket. Like literally. Clients and their weird sayings and doings, severe weather alerts, getting kissed on the cheek, cops grabbing a plate, weird key signatures, playing next to a fire for warmth. Outta pocket episode fr tho.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys had to record a lil early this week since Vic wasn’t gonna be in town, so he showed up in traje. We get into some good stuff this week like getting humbled musically, biology, someone else playing your instrument because you’re so bad, and playing in a group with a director like the movie Whiplash. Tengo miedo.…

The CharroBoys talk about some good stuff here. They get into it with this week’s viral Facebook post, favorite celebrity mariachi moments, letting someone play your instrument, unpopular mariachi artist opinions, and the camaraderie with your fellow mariachi members. All we know is we won’t send our singing videos to anyone anymore 😔…

Y’all thought it was over yet huh? The CharroBoys are back, baby. New studio, new equipment, and same beans. We’re happy to be back discussing the beautiful and tragic lives of working mariachi musicians like ourselves and many of you. We get back into the swing of things with talking about about what we’ve been up to the last couple of months, pla…

Episode 99 is upon us, and as much as we want to do 100 for y’all, the CharroBoys are going on a break. Bringing this show to the best of our ability and availability to you is what makes this show special. In order to make 100 episodes more special, we have to take some time away from the pod to focus on our ourselves and come back even stronger. …

The CharroBoys are 98 episodes in. We get into the 16th of September weekend, Mexican vibes af, cuddles, feeling desensitized to funerals, acapella concerts at the planta, meeting at the wrong place part 2, and winning the rifa at the gig. Would you bring Tupperware for food at the gig?Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys are dangerously close to 100. Today, we get into having silver teeth kids, college days, Bad Bunny taking our clients, walking in on Aida Cuevas, a late minister, and playing for kids that can't dance. Also, we don't f*ck with cows now smh find out why...Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys spent their Labor Day recording for ya. We get into the way we put our suits on, the difference between a performance group and a gigging group, meeting in the wrong spot, rain ruining the party, and ending the night with a 4 hour gig. What’s up with Vargas not doing Extravaganza this year?…

The CharroBoys out here talking bout life. We get into how life goes unexpectedly, changing career paths, bossy little kids, losing the van to a cow, and playing for the world's strongest man again. Gotta pour one out for the mariachi van, yall. :(Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada

The CharroBoys had so much to talk about that we didn't even get into everything. We got into some good stuff including the viral post on IG discussing the working conditions musicians are put into, twerking ladies, obnoxious guests, Saul almost losing his very expensive violin at the Bermuda Triangle, and if it's better to hire old heads or new ge…

The CharroBoys sit down with their first guest in a long time. We get the opportunity to talk with voz/violin/heartthrob Robert López of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán. Being the first ever Mexican-American member to join Vargas full-time in its 6th generation, we get into how we get acclimated in the mariachi world. We talk about the gigs he was do…

The CharroBoys stay cookin’. In this episode we get into the elementary school years, people’s voices, getting finessed by the meseras, playing at a sports bar for two nights, starving, and last minute gigs at the jefecita’s house. Why do older charros feel the need to put down the younger generation?…

The CharroBoys are killin’ it. We get into US history, armonia instruments, lil trip to SA, getting threatened with work til 3am, very public PDA, and super rough traffic after a light drizzle. What’s the farthest you’ve traveled for a gig? 8 hours is enough.Von Sammy Ramirez & Victor Estrada