tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post4015057401491698852..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: The Birth of Tex Mex: A Cautionary TaleSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-56659935936173532792015-03-04T12:56:11.525-05:002015-03-04T12:56:11.525-05:00What the drummer's wearing is neither Tex nor ...What the drummer's wearing is neither Tex nor Mex.<br /><br />Sam the Sham (a favorite of mine, like Yosemite Sam) was in Roy Orbison's only movie, The Fastest Guitar In The West, as "First Expressman" (non-speaking part).Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-8482242664221856202015-03-04T02:02:59.297-05:002015-03-04T02:02:59.297-05:00Larry Geiger
Oh my gosh, what in the world was tha...Larry Geiger<br /><i>Oh my gosh, what in the world was that? Ok, they couldn't find a mic for the drummer so they assigned the organ guy the percussion line.</i><br /><br />Organ as percussion is also done in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcguLZaMelE" rel="nofollow"> Wooly Bully,</a> by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs. Sam, a.k.a. Domingo "Sam" Samudio, is a Hispanic from Dallas. Must be a Texas thing, or a Tejano thing.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-80695933907912579642015-03-04T01:45:34.818-05:002015-03-04T01:45:34.818-05:00It's not often that you see creators just hang...<b> It's not often that you see creators just hanging around together like that. Doug Sahm invented Tex-Mex music. </b><br /><br />Don't know what you'd call his music, but Doug Sahm took from all he was exposed to,and added his own special magic. Growing up in San Antonio, Doug Sahm was exposed every day to Tejano music, such as Santiago Jimenez's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MW_kVUKg3Q" rel="nofollow"> Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio.</a> [I 'm leaving you in San Antonio.] Tejano music borrowed the accordion and polka from the German and Czech immigrants to Central Texas in the 19th century. What is called Norteña [Northern] music in Mexico is an import from the US- the accordions and polka of Norteña music came straight from the Czech and German immigrants to Texas. <br /><br />Flaco Jimenez, one of Santiago Sr.'s two accordion-playing sons, has played with Dwight Yoakum and with Doug Sahm. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5P6zdlPJ34" rel="nofollow">Streets of Bakersfield</a> features Flaco Jimenez, Dwight Yoakum, and Buck Owens.<br /><br />Here the Texas Tornadoes, with Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, Freddie Fender & Augie Meyers et al perform <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGromwL5V8E" rel="nofollow">Soy de San Luis.</a> [I'm From San Luis] And the songs keep rolling.<br /><br />Doug Sahm's eclecticism is a natural product of the mix of cultures in Texas. Similarly, Bob Wills combined folk music [what his parents played- not what Pete Seeger played], blues, pop music and jazz into Western Swing. Hybridization comes naturally to Texas music.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-8525815579663375322015-03-02T16:02:27.753-05:002015-03-02T16:02:27.753-05:00When I lived in NM, I had to brush the enchantment...When I lived in NM, I had to brush the enchantment outa my car every morning.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-39088946275333503592015-03-02T10:51:37.732-05:002015-03-02T10:51:37.732-05:00Oh my gosh, what in the world was that? Ok, they ...Oh my gosh, what in the world was that? Ok, they couldn't find a mic for the drummer so they assigned the organ guy the percussion line. Paper cups on the Steinway? That's bad form and bad taste. The dancing girl in the white T-shirt was entertaining. Not quite as bad as Bob Dylan, but close.Larry Geigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158449612437822789noreply@blogger.com