A marriage of doo-wop, pop and soul, the music of the Royal Jesters is the embodiment of the fabled San Antonio sound of the 1960s and early ’70s. At its heart, the vibrato tones of a Lowrey organ ...

Chicago-based reissue label Numero Group announced the June 20 release of their second San Antonio project, focusing on Chicano Soul outfit the Royal Jesters. Founded by Oscar Lawson and Henry ...

From the ’50s to the ’70s, The Royal Jesters were one of San Antonio’s most requested soul outfits. Here’s the group rehearsing at Municipal Auditorium (left to right: Oscar Lawson, Louie Escalante, ...

With the death of Royal Jesters co-founder Oscar Lawson earlier this month - and the recent deaths of Esteban "Steve" Jordan, Los Aguilares' Emilio Aguilar, the Royal Jesters' Dimas Garza as well as ...

The legend of Patio Andaluz is glorious and has the added benefit of being true. In the 1960s, those fabled West Side dance parties featured icons-in-the-making such as the Royal Jesters, Sunny & the ...

Eddie & the Valiants aren’t scheduled to take the stage for another 30 minutes, but by 9 p.m., Luna, the retro-swanky nightspot next door to the old El Montan Motor Hotel on San Pedro Avenue, is ...