File – In this March 7, 2011, file photo, Al Hurricane, center, looks on as former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, right, joins former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., left, at an event in Albuquerque, N.M. Hurricane, known as the
File – In this March 7, 2011, file photo, Al Hurricane, center, looks on as former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, right, joins former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., left, at an event in Albuquerque, N.M. Hurricane, known as the “Godfather of New Mexico music” for developing a distinct sound bridging the state’s unique Hispanic traditions with country and rock, has died. Hurricane died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017, from complications related to prostate cancer. He was 81. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)