The Borderland Blues Experience
About Chacho & Brance
Songwriters from San Antonio, Chacho and Brance (C&B) met at St. Mary’s University in the mid-90s and have been writing songs off and on sinc e. C&B are SESAC members and have performed regionally and in Mexico. In the summer of 2010, they had the pleasure of recording an EP at Delta Recording Services in Como, MS. Jimbo Mathus of Squirrel Nut Zippers and Tri-State Coalition fame played several instruments on the sessions, followed by another LP recorded with Mathus in Como in Summer 2012 (yet to be released).
In 2010, C&B were asked to perform for the national CW television series Troubadour TX’s Meet & Greet in Austin, following which Troubadour TX invited C&B to perform at the Artist in the Round at KE Bushmans Winery in Tyler, TX, an event covered by local TV and radio, and aired on the show in September, 2011. The duo was featured on the TV series’ first season and was honored to be among such first class songwriters. In 2013, they released another EP, Borderland Blues, recorded at Monster Studios in San Antonio, and performed many shows in support of the EP. C&B are currently working on new material and continue to perform live.