{"id":70524,"date":"2026-02-03T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=70524"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:09:29","slug":"obituario-dr-loco-icono-cultura-mission-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/es\/obituario-dr-loco-icono-cultura-mission-sf\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallece el legendario Dr. Loco, \u00edcono cultural y musical de SF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nunca es f\u00e1cil aceptar la partida de un \u00edcono cultural tan querido, alguien que lleg\u00f3 al coraz\u00f3n y al alma de tantas personas. El fallecimiento de nuestro amigo y colega Jos\u00e9 Cu\u00e9llar, conocido como Dr. Loco, no es la excepci\u00f3n. Jos\u00e9 falleci\u00f3 en su hogar del Distrito Misi\u00f3n el 21 de enero, a causa de un c\u00e1ncer de pulm\u00f3n a la edad de 84 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Distinguido profesor de antropolog\u00eda y genio musical creativo, Cu\u00e9llar fund\u00f3 la agrupaci\u00f3n Dr. Loco\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Jalape\u00f1o Band. Su m\u00fasica y su compromiso de vida en la lucha contra la injusticia perdurar\u00e1n en nuestra memoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/jose-cuellar-dr-loco-obit\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/jose-cuellar-dr-loco-obit\/\">Read this story in English<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nacido el 3 de abril de 1941 en San Antonio, Texas, Jos\u00e9 era reconocido por su buen coraz\u00f3n y su presencia inconfundible. Sol\u00eda saludarte con una enorme sonrisa, al estilo del gato de Cheshire, y un fuerte abrazo. De cejas pobladas, barba trenzada y una larga cabellera recogida en una trenza firme, disfrutaba del debate pol\u00edtico tanto como de crear m\u00fasica electrizante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En su faceta acad\u00e9mica, imparti\u00f3 clases en instituciones de todo el pa\u00eds, incluyendo la Universidad de Stanford y la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco, donde tambi\u00e9n se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como director del Instituto de Pol\u00edticas P\u00fablicas C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doctor Loco Sings the (Poli-Migra) Blues\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/43s46gohFjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuatro semanas antes de su partida, Greg Landau, productor nominado al Grammy \u2014quien comenz\u00f3 a colaborar con Dr. Loco en la d\u00e9cada de los noventa\u2014, organiz\u00f3 un concierto tributo en honor a su legado musical. Con todas las entradas agotadas, el evento en el Teatro Brava de San Francisco reuni\u00f3 a tres generaciones de m\u00fasicos de la Rockin\u2019 Jalape\u00f1o Band, quienes interpretaron temas de los \u00e1lbumes <em>Movimiento Music<\/em>,<em> \u00a1Puro Party!<\/em> y <em>Barrio Ritmos &amp; Blues<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fue una velada conmovedora y espiritualmente enriquecedora de la cual el p\u00fablico tuvo la certeza de haber atestiguado algo verdaderamente especial e hist\u00f3rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sin embargo, Jos\u00e9 era m\u00e1s conocido por la vibrante fusi\u00f3n de Tex-Mex, rock, salsa y R&amp;B que defini\u00f3 a su banda. Durante su etapa como profesor en Stanford, form\u00f3 Dr. Loco\u2019s Original Corrido Boogie Band, integrada en su mayor\u00eda por estudiantes. Para 1990, la agrupaci\u00f3n se convirti\u00f3 en Dr. Loco\u2019s Rockin\u2019 Jalape\u00f1o Band, con la que lanz\u00f3 cuatro \u00e1lbumes: <em>Con Safos<\/em> (1991), <em>Movimiento Music<\/em> (1992), <em>\u00a1Puro Party!<\/em> (1995) y <em>Barrio Ritmos &amp; Blues<\/em> (1998). La banda tambi\u00e9n form\u00f3 parte de la banda sonora de la pel\u00edcula <em>Alambrista<\/em> (2002). La banda se presentaba regularmente en eventos a beneficio de la Uni\u00f3n de Trabajadores Agr\u00edcolas , el peri\u00f3dico <em>El Tecolote<\/em> y numerosas causas comunitarias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sobre el escenario, su presencia era electrizante. Ya fuera tocando el saxof\u00f3n, la flauta o el acorde\u00f3n, su intensidad lograba que el p\u00fablico entrara en sinton\u00eda profunda con la m\u00fasica y con el inmenso amor que sent\u00eda por su cultura. Fue un verdadero embajador de nuestra gente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En nuestras conversaciones, hablaba a menudo de su amor por la Misi\u00f3n y de su apoyo inquebrantable a los derechos de los pueblos ind\u00edgenas y de las personas migrantes. Pose\u00eda profundas convicciones sobre c\u00f3mo enfrentar la injusticia y utilizaba su plataforma para empoderar a los dem\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. Loco &amp; Jalapeno&#039;s Mexicano\/Chicano\/Pachuco Music\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hP21Obro5oA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos\u00e9 fue tambi\u00e9n un firme defensor de <em>El Tecolote<\/em> y de nuestra misi\u00f3n de informar a la comunidad. Como parte de la &#8220;vieja guardia&#8221;, compartimos un respeto mutuo por la labor de servir a nuestra gente. Siempre fue una alegr\u00eda contar con su presencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde su fallecimiento, se han multiplicado los homenajes p\u00fablicos en toda el \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda y m\u00e1s all\u00e1. Socorro Gamboa, activista y amiga cercana de Dr. Loco, escribi\u00f3 en Facebook: \u201cEntre sus muchos dones, Jos\u00e9 hizo m\u00e1s que tocar m\u00fasica; canaliz\u00f3 el latido de nuestra cultura. Como maestro tanto del escenario como de la universidad, transit\u00f3 con naturalidad entre el alma del antrop\u00f3logo y la precisi\u00f3n del music\u00f3logo, tejiendo los relatos de la experiencia chicana en un tapiz profundo y vivo. Aunque el saxof\u00f3n calle ahora, la brillantez de su sabidur\u00eda y la calidez de su canto permanecen grabadas en el esp\u00edritu de la comunidad que tanto am\u00f3\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Jos\u00e9 le sobreviven su compa\u00f1era, Anastacia Powers; su hija, Ixchel, su hijo, Benny Cu\u00e9llar y sus hermanos menores, H\u00e9ctor y Tony. Seg\u00fan inform\u00f3 la familia, pr\u00f3ximamente se lanzar\u00e1 una campa\u00f1a en GoFundMe para ayudar con los gastos funerarios y se planea un homenaje a su vida para principios de abril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Dr. Jos\u00e9 Cu\u00e9llar ser\u00e1 recordado como una voz acad\u00e9mica y art\u00edstica fundamental en el \u00c1rea de la Bah\u00eda; alguien que supo unir la investigaci\u00f3n rigurosa con la expresi\u00f3n cultural vibrante, ayudando a forjar un sentido m\u00e1s profundo de identidad y resistencia en nuestra comunidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Cu\u00e9llar, Dr. Loco, \u00a1PRESENTE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Referente del pensamiento chicano, m\u00fasico y activista incansable, el Dr. Jos\u00e9 Cu\u00e9llar deja un legado imperecedero de arte, resistencia y comunidad en el Distrito Misi\u00f3n de San Francisco. 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