Shawn Brooks Kiehne (born July 3, 1976) is an American New Mexico musician from Los Lunas, New Mexico, he is best known by his Norteño stagename El Gringo, he also performs country music under the name Shawn Brooks. Kiehne, who is of German heritage, was born in Los Lunas and graduated from

Los Lunas High School Los Lunas High School is a public high school in Los Lunas, New Mexico. History Los Lunas High School was founded in 1926 as Solomon Luna High School. It was named for Solomon Luna, the most prominent political and financial leader of the area ...

. Kiehne learned Spanish working at his family's ranch in the El Paso, Texas area. In 2003 he began writing songs in the language. In 2005 he won second place in '' El Gigante de Mañana'' and his first album, ''Algo Secuedió'', was released later the same year.

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