SHELLY Y NUEVA GENERACIÓN - MR. TRAIN, HURRY UP!

Shelly (María de la Concepción Gutiérrez Lobo) a Venezuelan of Spanish parents, aged 19, based in Madrid, is invited to join the band Nosotros, formerly called The Dribbles that had lost the voice. With the entry of Shelly, also changes the name of the band, giving rise to one of the most interesting legends and ephemeral late 60s Spanish, Shelly y Nueva Generación. Indeed, their career is reduced to three singles in the span of 8 months, from September 1968 to May 1969. But his appearance in the first film of Ivan Zulueta, "un, dos tres, escondite inglés" (1969), her energetic appearances on TV and live, they should not pass unnoticed.

Their first single was released in September 1968, Mr. train, hurry up!, and I'm a poor girl (Single 360 ​​191-PF Phillips, 1968). Then came an appearance on Spanish TV program "Nada se pierde," where they interpret the B side of his first single. The second SP come in December of that year with La Mujer diablo (Devil woman), and I'm just a fool (Single 360 ​​228-PF Phillips, 1968). Precisely, I'm just a fool would be the song included in the above cited, along with other tracks from other Spanish bands of the moment. Their third and final single, released in May 1969, would, as side A, its most memorable song Vestido azul (Nonato Buzar comp.), a bossa nova vesion of Vesti azul, popularized by Wilson Simonal, as ¡No puedo olvidarte, chico! (Single Philips 360.251-PF, 1969) in the B-side, song that closed their short career. Both tracks are sung in the TV program "Telerritmo".

Then the band is restructured again: the bassist leave theband, responsibilities change, accept a Spanishto tour and then another that will take them to Mexico and the United States, that open fissures in the band. To this was added the pressure of Phillips who wanted to take Shelly melodic solo music. A set of circumstances that got rid of the band and give birth to the myth.

SHELLY Y NUEVA GENERACIÓN - MR. TRAIN, HURRY UP!