Meet Larry Donas, Mexico's Donut Vendor Turned Singing Sensation Allison Jackson - GlobalPost
go to original February 5, 2014

Music video by Larry Donas performing "El Donero Loco De Amor" (LarryDonasVEVO)

GUADALAJARA — Less than a year ago the future looked bleak for German Manuel Loza, better known as Larry Donas ("Larry Donuts" in English).

The Mexican donut vendor was living with his wife and growing brood of children in a 270-square-foot wooden shack with no bathroom in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California. Every time it rained the porous house flooded with water.

Loza, 28, scraped by supporting his young family by riding a tricycle selling donuts around the streets of the city located on the Mexico-US border.

To boost sales, the charismatic vendor would sing "banda" songs popular in northern Mexico, imitating the sounds of instruments such as the trumpet, the tuba and even the guitar.

"I sold three donuts for 10 pesos or one for 4 pesos. For six donuts, a ballad was included," Loza told Mexican newspaper Milenio earlier this month.

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