Hometown Boys Singer Dies
We are sad to say that we have just discovered the passing of Ricky Martinez, lead vocalist for The Hometown Boys. As far as we know, Ricky was ill a year ago, but recovered quickly and returned to singing. Also, we’re told that Ricky was on life support last night, but passed away early this morning at around 12:20 a.m., July 13, 2007.
Our condolences go out to the Martinez family for yet another treacherous loss to the glorious family.
This marks the fourth death in the family since the 1997 passing of Roman Jr. Please keep the Martinez family in your deepest prayers.
For further reference, please visit http://thehometownboys.com
More Reading
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/latinnotes/archives/2007/07/hometown_boys_r.html
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/071407/ent_071407021.shtml
–Vincent
RIP Ricky Martinez. He was an awesome bass player/singer.
So are the hometown boys going to keep playing?
JuaquinIII said this on July 13th, 2007 at 10:50 am
they haven’t mentioned anything about not playing anymore. i’m more than sure they’ll continue.
Vincent Winterbourne said this on July 13th, 2007 at 11:10 am
yes they are still playng infact they didnt cancel their show the following saturday in austin, and are chosing to dedicate the night to his memorie. R.I.P RICKY, an awsome musician. the hometown boys are and will continue to be stapels in the conjuno/tejano community.
izzy atx said this on July 15th, 2007 at 11:58 am