Colin Bunn’s guitar sound comes from all over the world. He began his guitar studies at age 14 in Madrid, Spain and continued to add new dimensions to his style while living and studying in Mexico, Spain, Chile, and Cambodia. He completed his formal training at Northwestern University earning his Bachelor of Music in Classical Guitar.
As a classical guitarist he has been featured as a soloist with the Elgin Symphony, in the Newberry Library’s Festival of the Arts, and at the Taste of Chicago. His guitar playing can also be heard in radio and television jingles and has been showcased in the Chicago theater productions of “Always Patsy Cline” (Apollo Theater) and "Hair” (Athenaeum). He has recorded two full length CDs of original guitar music, Asleep in a Riverbed and Tierra del Fuego, both of which are available from HotCross records. He has also recorded and toured the United States and Europe with a variety of musical artists including Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire (Palm Pictures) and Kevin O’Donnell’s Quality 6 (Delmark.).
Though his training is classical, his playing spans a wide spectrum of musical styles. From free jazz to flamenco, he is currently a member of the jazz ensemble, the Treehouse Project (482music), the flamenco influenced Las Guitarras de España (Sweet pickle music), and leads his own latin band, Los Hombres Perdidos.
Los Hombres Perdidos is the brainchild of guitarist Colin Bunn (Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, Las Guitarras de España) who has enlisted some of Chicago’s rock royalty to perform traditional and original latin music with some modern zing. What you see is six gringos singing in Spanish but what you hear is some of the most artful, eclectic dance music this side of the border.
The music is inspired by latin music traditions that span the Americas: from Mexican descargas flavored with Cuban son served with a side of Spaghetti westerns. This is not salsa, merengue, or cumbia. Don’t let the names intimidate you. This is old-school latin music for the discriminating masses.
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