Performed as
singer/guitarist as a solo, and as part of duos and trios from 1987-1998.
Band leader of Hot Rox 1998-2009. Music Director 1993-2009.
Las
Casuelas Terraza Palm Springs, California
Performed with my
cover band "Hot Rox" performed Wednesday
through Sunday nights
year-round at Las Casuelas Terraza Restaurant in
Palm Springs, California from 1998-2009.
Hot
Rox 2006
(back row, left
to right-
Rick Cowling, Ed Genovese,
and Mark Warila)
(front center- Mark Guerrero)
Las CasuelasTerraza Restaurant 222 S. Palm Canyon Drive Downtown Palm Springs, California
Classic rock from the '50s to the present, plus reggae,
blues, country, and Latin in our tropical outdoor
nightclub, the Mexicantina. Las Casuelas Terraza
was
voted to have the "best live music" in the Coachella
Valley in Desert Magazine's "Best of the Valley" issues
2008 and 2009, Mark's last year there.
Hot Rox decked out for
Halloween '98
(left to right- Mark Lynn, Tim Gross, Mark Guerrero,
Bobby Dominguez, and Rick Cowling)
Chicano
and "Eastside Sound" Guest Musicians
Over the years many singers and musicians, who are
featured on my website jammed with my band, Hot Rox at Las Casuelas Terraza. They include Chan
Romero, Jerry Salas (former and once again lead
vocalist for El Chicano), Bobby Navarrete (sax and flute
player, formerly of
Tierra), Dale Villavicencio (percussionist for Tierra), John DeLuna (original drummer of El Chicano),
Roy Murray (original brass man for Malo), Ronnie Reyes (formerly of Thee Impalas and Yaqui),
Manuel Valdez (lead guitarist of Los Illegals),
Mario Panaqua (guitarist, formerly of The Jaguars), Cannibal &
the Headhunters (featuring two original members Robert
"Rabbit" Jaramillo and Richard
"Scar" Lopez, and new members Gregory Esparza
and Cesar Lemus), Andy Tesso (guitarist, formerly of The
Romancers), Robert Zapata (drummer for Redbone and the Cannibal & the
Headhunters Band), George Ochoa (singer, formerly of the Slauson
Brothers, The Men From S.O.U.N.D., Yaqui, and Cannibal & the Headhunters),
and Lalo Guerrero.
Visitors have included Trini Lopez, Chris Montez, Steve
Salas (lead vocalist of Tierra), Carmencristina
Moreno, Willie Herron and Jesus Velo (of Los Illegals),
Tony Valdez (formerly of Los Illegals),
Little Willie G, Fred Sanchez (leader and original bassist of El
Chicano), Rosella Arvisu (of The Sisters), Max Uballez and
Albert "Bobby" Hernandez
(formerly of The Romancers), Albert Martinez (formerly
of The Desires), Ernie Hernandez and John
Valenzuela (formerly of Tango), Geree (formerly of the
Village Callers, Chico, and El Chicano), and Don Tosti.
Guest Artists at Las Casuelas Terraza
Chan Romero (2006)
(left to right- Rick
Cowling, Brian Pim, Chan Romero, and Mark Guerrero)
Trini Lopez, Mark
Guerrero & Jerry Salas (2005)
Jerry Salas & Mark
Guerrero (2005)
(Jerry is the former
and once again lead singer for El Chicano)
Mark Guerrero & Roy
Murray (2005)
(Roy Murray is a
founding member of Malo and the trumpet soloist on their classic hit
"Suavecito.")
Rick Cowling, Bobby Navarrete, Mark
Guerrero & Ed Genovese (2008)
(Bobby Navarrete was a
member of Tierra during the period when they had their national hit
"Together" and now plays often with Thee Midniters.)
Hot Rox & Joey
Covington on drums (2007)
(Joey played with the
Jefferson Airplane, Starship and Hot Tuna)
Mark Warila, Ed Genovese,
Mark Guerrero & Robert Zapata (2008)
(Robert
Zapata is currently playing drums with Redbone and
Cannibal & the Headhunters)
Other
Celebrity Visitors
Other musical artists I've seen or met at Las Casuelas
Terraza include Bill Medley, Quincy Jones, Tony Orlando, Gerry Beckley
of America, Brian Setzer, Michael Anthony of Van Halen,
Dewey Martin (former drummer of Buffalo Springfield),
Joey Covington (former drummer of the Jefferson Airplane
and Hot Tuna),
and Native-American actor/musician/activist, Floyd "Red
Crow" Westerman, who sang with my band. From the sports world, former Dodger Steve Garvey, former Lakers coach Phil Jackson,
former Dallas Cowboy Don Meredith, and former San
Francisco 49er John Brodie have been guests. Other
notables include the late comedian Buddy Hackett, Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, and Merv Griffin.
Hot Rox Photo Gallery
Rick Cowling, Mark Warila, and Mark
Guerrero (1996) (Pre- Hot Rox)
Hot Rox (c. 2000)
(front, left to right-
Tim Gross and Bobby Dominguez)
(back row, left to right- Mark Warila, Mark Guerrero, and Rick
Cowling)
Hot Rox (c. 2002)
(left to right- Mark
Guerrero, Tim Jones,
Bobby Dominguez, Mark Warila, and Rick Cowling)
Hot Rox (2003)
(front- Mark Guerrero
and Rick Cowling)
(top row, left to right- Bobby Dominguez, Mark Warila, and Shari
Evaro)
Hot Rox (2004)
(left to right- Bobby
Dominguez, Mark Guerrero, Mark Warila, and Rick Cowling)
Hot Rox (2004)
(left to right- Bobby
Dominguez, Mark Guerrero, Mark Warila, and Rick Cowling)
Hot Rox "Live" (2007)
(left to right- Mark
Warila, Rick Cowling, Ed Genovese, and Mark Guerrero)
Hot Rox Halloween '07
(left to right- Rick
Cowling, Mark Warila, Ed Genovese, and Mark Guerrero)
Hot Rox (2007)
(left to right- Rick
Cowling, Ed Genovese, Mark Guerrero, and Mark Warila)