[3] Throughout his childhood and teenage years, he held different jobs like working in a tortilla bakery, painter, helper in mechanic shops, and carpet installer, among others.

Meanwhile he listened to groups like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and musica norteña like that of Los Alegres de Terán and Antonio Tanguma.

[4] Piña's first experience in the Monterey music scene began as a member of a group led by Ramón "El Gordo" Morales, Los Jarax.

[5] Due to the popularity of the Colombian rhythms and cumbia rebajada in La Campana, Piña wished to play a different music genre.

Having lived for a majority of his life there, he titled one of his cumbias "Mi colonia Independencia", which is located at the heavily populated area of Cerro de la Campana, near downtown in Monterrey.

[5] Piña shared with his parents his intent to leave his employment with the Hospital Infantil de Monterrey in order to pursue music full time, which his mother opposed.

[5][6] Nonetheless, he left his job to fully dedicate himself to cumbia colombiana, forming his own group, Ronda Bogotá, in 1975 alongside his siblings.

Celso y la Ronda Bogotá were determined to continue performing their musical style of cumbia to provide a local alternative to existing rhythms.

[5][6] Said groups saturated the Monterrey and northern Mexico music scene, leading Piña y la Ronda Bogotá into a period of artistic stagnation in the late '90s.

[12] Celso had several successful international tours that included Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Switzerland, Morocco, Colombia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Canada and the United States.

[citation needed] Celso Piña received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Tropical Album in 2002 for Barrio Bravo.