The story of Los Tigres Del Norte begins in the small town of Rosa Morada, Sinaloa, Mexico.  Learning the joy of music by listening to their maternal grandfather Ascencion Angulo sing on his ranch, the four brothers (Jorge, Raul, Eduardo, and Hernan) started their own group while barely in their teens playing local gigs.  Due to an injury to their father, the young men found themselves responsible for supporting their family and music seemed to them a good way to do that.  It was 1968, in Mexicali, that the brothers were hired for a Diez y Seis de Septiembre dance in San Jose, California.  Immigration officials referred to them as "little tigers" and they now had a name.