The Mexican romantic trio&#151;three suave male voices backed by two, and sometimes three, guitars and singing romance-drenched lyrics in lush harmony&#151;rocketed to pan-Latin popularity in 1948 with the pioneering group Tro Los Panchos. Los Tres Reyes (The Three Kings), known as &ldquo;the last of the great trios,&rdquo; epitomize the trio sound and continue to make it a mainstay of Mexican acoustic music. High-voice Cuban singer Bebo Crdenas joins founding members, brothers Gilberto and Ral Puente, to show us how, in Crdenass words, &ldquo;The tro romntico is synonymous with intimacy.&rdquo; 69 minutes, 44 page book with bilingual notes.<br /><br />This album is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions Series of Latino music albums, produced with support by the Smithsonian Latino Center.