Episode 13 features Alex Rodriguez (the one from Arizona who produces the Arizona Supershow at the Cardinal Stadium. We discuss the possibility of doing a screening of Zoot Suit in 2025 (stay tuned - coming this June).

Also featuring longtime family friend Fernando Silva shares some of the adventures of Ray and Fernando at Viva Las Vegas and gives an update on the Zoot Suit scene in Sacramento.

Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel host El Pachuco Chronicles.

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And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Episode 12. Ray's longtime friend Alfred Lopez, aka Capone Designs airbrush artist is our guest. Taking time away from painting a yacht! Alfred stops in to share some stories of his history with El Pachuco Zoots including the story behind his business name. You can check out his work on Instagram @caponedesigns

With Jim Ruel travelling the country doing comedy and looking good on stage in his Zoot Suits, Ray Estrella once again handles the solo duty of hosting the podcast.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

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And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Episode 11, Juan Rubalcaba comes to us all the way from Hawaii to be a guest on the podcast. A longtime friend, he has a ton of stories to share, including painting the store itself!

Oscar Ruelas also drops in the say a quick hello.

Finally, Phyllis Estrella joins us to introduce Victor, who was part of the second edition of the El Pachuco Dance ensemble, some 40 years ago.

With Jim Ruel travelling the country doing comedy and looking good on stage in his Zoot Suits, Ray Estrella handles the solo duty of hosting the podcast. He even figured out how to work the audio recorder.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

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And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Really the reason we started this podcast was to document the history of El Pachuco Zoot Suits, so we hope you appreciate as much as we do to have Ray Sr. join us to share more of the history of the store.

We also sat down with filmmaker/artist Jesse, Pachuco Muerto who has done great work helping to document Pachuco happenings. You can follow his work under Zuela Force Productions on Facebook.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel with Vanessa Estrella dropping in when she can.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

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And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Tia Lucy - Lucy Durant Valenzuela, of the Lucy's Fashion Jewelry fame sharing her stories of the early days of El Pachuco Zoot Suits.

Not to be left out, Tia Gloria joins us as well with her infectious laughter.

And we had a guest drop in who was shopping in the showroom: Romulo Chavez joins us to share stories of his father's fight with other Pachuco's for social justice as well as his own remarkable recovery from some health issues.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel with Vanessa Estrella dropping in when she can.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

[email protected]

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Episode 8 is a customer drop in episode. We invite customers who happen to be perusing the El Pachuco showroom to join us on the podcast to share their stories. From a family of young Pachucos who wear zoot suits as their daily attire to a relative of Jose Diaz, whose death in Sleepy Lagoon precipitated the Zoot Suit Riots.

In order:

Eric and Cecilia from Las Vegas, representing the Simple Dreams Car Club.

David from Cerritos, getting a suit for his upcoming wedding.

Bobby whose grandmother's brother was Jose Diaz.

Victor, Carlos and Rosa, a family with Texas roots who live the zoot suit life every day, cruising town on their lowrider bikes.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel with Vanessa Estrella dropping in when she can.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

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And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Episode 7 features Oscar Ruelas and his good friend Eddie Soler to share more stories of the early days of the car clubs. From the Dukes CC to the Old Memories CC. And then shares how they managed to fix up cars without almost no money.

Louie Carranza, President of the Brown Pride CC also stopped in to join the conversation.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

[email protected]

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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An old friend, Larry stopped into the showroom and share some time on the podcast. He was part of the initial dance and model zoot suit troup from the early days and shares some of his stories with us.

Pachuca Maria and Adrian Rodriguez, on their weekly visit, share their stories of how they got involved with zoot suits and modelling.

Phyllis Estrella joins us with Larry and her sister Gloria jumps on to say hello and share her iconic laughter.

And finally Vanessa is able to take a break and jump on the podcast.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

[email protected]

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Jose Barrios is visiting from Chicago. Ray and Jose go way back to the early 1990s and we're happy to have him as a guest on the podcast.

Also appearing on this episode: Phyllis, Vanessa, Oscar, Ramon Chingon and Michelle, a recent UC Irvine graduate, who had no idea she was going to be on the podcast as she was shopping for a new pair of pants.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

[email protected]

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

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Oscar Ruelas and Ramon return to share more car stories with El Pachuco Chronicles. And we have a few drop in guests as well.

El Pachuco Chronicles is weekly podcast hosted by Ray Estrella and Jim Ruel.

We are just getting started. If there are any topics and stories you would like us to explore shoot us a message via email or social media and we'll see what we can do.

[email protected]

And once again thanks to Pachuco Jose for our intro and outtro music.

Elpachuco.com