I must have heard this song about a million times as I rode in Uncle Adultery's vomit green Ford pickup truck on the way to Lake Michigan in the early '70's. He and Aunt Rageaholic owned an unfinished vacation house on the shores of Lake Michigan near Pentwater. On the way up and back we'd "jam" to Freddy Fender and Charlie Rich 8 tracks in the truck.
I never reall appreciated Freddy's hair until I saw this clip on You Tube. RIP Mr. Fender.
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My dad was a huge Freddy fender fan as a kid. I was part of a team that got fredy here for a get out the vote concert. He was drunk as hell but gave a great concert. It was past 10 pm on election night and he screamed "go vote"! but the guy did it for free, just jet fare and a hotel. That was pretty cool of him!
Don't question the hair, man, the hair just IS.
Oh man, my Dad loves Freddy. He would whip out the real cajun-y stuff if we were being bad in the car.
There's nothing like the Mexican-guy graying afro, man.
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