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Emilio (born Emilio Navaira III, August 23, 1962) is an American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter of Mexican heritage who performs both country music and Tejano music. He has also charted more than ten singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks charts, in addition to six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He is also one of the only Tejano artists to have significant success in both the United States and Mexico.

Emilio Navaira III was born in 1962 as the third patriline Navaira to be named Emilio Navaira.Raised in San Antonio, Texas Emilio began singing to Willie Nelson, George Strait and “Little Joe” tunes at an early age and initially thought of being a music teacher.

In 1985 at age 23, Emilio began his performing career by singing lead vocals for David Lee Garza y Los Musicala. In 1987, Cuantas Veces by David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales beat out Alpha by Mexican American singer Selena for Album of the Year at the Tejano Music Awards. In 1989, Navaira formed his own band, Emilio y Groupo Rio.. That same year Emilio signed with Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records). This relationship resulted in Emilio recording more than fifteen studio albums to date, including several with his Rio Band.

By the mid 1990s, Emilio began crediting himself solely as Emilio, eventually switching his focus to country music. Between 1989 and 1996, Emilio had released seven Spanish albums with cumulative sales of about 2 million.This success lead to mainstream commercial exposure, with companies such as Coca-Cola and Wrangler Jeans using his songs in their advertisements in the 1990s.Emilio had also gained a sponsorship with Miller Lite beer, who had persuaded him to use their slogan at the time, “Life is good”, as the title of his first country album.

Emilio signed with Capitol Records and released his first country music single called “It’s Not the End of the World” which reached the Top 30 on the country charts in 1995. His album was a surprise success as well reaching #13 on the country charts and also a high placing on the Top 200. Several more singles including a Spanish version of “It’s Not the End of the World” followed but none of these singles came close to the Top 40 except “Even If I Tried” which reached #41 in 1996. In 1997, he released a second country album, “It’s On The House” but it wasn’t as successful as his first country album. Two more minor country singles followed and gradually Emilio faded from country music and increasingly came back to Tejano music.

Few of his Famous Studio Music Albums Include:

1989 Emilio Navaira y Rio Band
1990 Sensaciones
1991 Shoot It
1992 Unsung Highways
Shuffle Time
1993 Emilio Live
Southern ExposureA
1994 Sound Life
1995 Life Is Good
1996 Quédate
1997 It’s on the House
A Mi Gente
2000 El Rey del Rodeo
2001 Lo Dice Tu Mirada
2002 Acuérdate
2003 Entre Amigos
2007 De Nuevo

The other Compilation Albums are:

1997 Lo Mejor de Lo Mejor: 12 Super Éxitos
1998 Mano a Mano
1999 Mi Primer Amor: 10 Aniversario
2002 Tejano All Stars
Latin Classics
2003 15 Canciones Favoritas
2004 La Historia
2007 Colección Suprema
2 Grandes Voces Texanas
10 de Colección

Tour bus accident

Navaira was hospitalized in critical condition after his tour bus crashed early in the morning on March 23, 2008, in Bellaire (a small municipality partially surrounded by Houston, Texas). Navaira’s tour bus was traveling north along west 610 Loop near the Southwest Freeway when it crashed into a set of freeway barrels shortly before 4 a.m. Although there was some initial confusion regarding whether Navaira was the driver, his manager, Joe Casias, and Bellaire police officials said that he was, in fact driving at the time of the accident.Navaira had performed the previous night at Hallabaloo’s, a Houston nightclub. Emilio was taken by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital where a blood clot in his head was removed; he is currently being kept in a medically-induced coma and at one point, an induced hypothermia was performed to keep his brain from swelling. Doctors cautioned that he might not survive.

Close your eyes, and think about shamrocks. What images are conjured? Are they of lush, green fields and pastures of Ireland? Do the images take the form of the mysterious wee folk known as leprechauns and their coveted pot of gold? Do you see the present day celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day? Or, do you see the older meanings with religions that has been an integral part of Ireland’s history?In the current society of religious Ireland, the shamrock represents not only the Christian cross, but also the Holy Trinity. It is attributed to Saint Patrick to referring to the shamrock to explain the holy trinity to the Druids. According to one source, the Emerald Streams, “he plucked one right out of the ground he was standing upon. Then he held it up high so everyone could see, and proclaimed, ‘Do you not see how in this wildflower three leaves are united on one stalk, and will you then believe that there are indeed three persons and yet one God?’”

This was due in part to the Nicene Counsel, which was established to convert and sway the “hethens” and pagans in the time era to the Christian faith.

However, the Christians were not the only faith in Ireland that held a significance for the shamrock, the Druids themselves did as well. The Druids view the number three to hold, for lack of a better term, “magickal” properties or undertones. This ancient faith has the “Triple Goddess”, which are maidens, mother, and crones, the “Triple Moon”, a symbol for the before mentioned.

The Druids also used the shamrocks, which is also known as clovers, for medicinal purposes. As per the book A Druid’s Herbal For The Sacred Year, these purposes included helping with coughs, fevers, arthritis, and some forms of pain. For the “magickal” uses, it could be used as a protective charm, attracting a lover, and treasure, among other things.

Also in accordance with this reference, these were one of the plants of Beltaine, or the “May Eve” These plants were associated with passion, and love, and in the Druid’s custom, many got married at this time.

There is also a druidic bard, or poem, whose origins are unknown, that further shows the symbolism the shamrock holds.

“Chosen leaf

Of Bard and Chief,

Old Erin’s native Shamrock!

Says Valour, ‘See

They spring for me,

Those leafy gems of morning!’

Says Love, ‘No, no,

For me they grow,

My fragrant path adorning!’

But Wit perceives

The triple leaves,

And cries,–’O do not sever

A type that blends

Three godlike friends,

Love, Valour, Wit, for ever!

O! the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock!”

The shamrock, such a simple plant at first sight, holds meaning more deep and complex than the eye could ever conceive. The next time you gaze upon the shamrock, remember, just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, don’t judge this plant by its miniature size. It is rich in history, meaning, and symbolism.