From the coastal tourist city of Mazatlan, the heart of the banda style of Mexican pop music, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon De Rene Camacho has been active since the mid-1960s. Led by clarinet player Rene Camacho, the group (usually numbering around 20 members) specializes in banda, a rhythmic, horn-driven, big-band cousin of the conjunto and Norteno music of the Mexican border states. The group were a popular live fixture throughout Mexico for nearly three decades prior to their 1997 breakthrough album MAS ARROLLADORA QUE NUNCA, and have remained a popular recording group ever since.
