R.I.P. Freddy Fender aka Baldemar Huerta
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http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003254922I've posted this here before (with very little response), but here's my personal VHS rip of the Freddy Fender's scene in Short Eyes where he covers Curtis' "Break It Down." I looooove this stripped-down, bangin'-beats-on-prison-tables version: Freddy Fender "Break It Down" (ripped from Short Eyes VHS) Herm
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Known as "El Be-Bop Kid" in the late 50's and some of his rockabilly cuts from that period are great. Also rumored to be behind the infamous "Satan & The Deciples" LP on Goldband. Lived a hell of a life and crammed about three lifetimes into 69 years.
R.I.P.
R.I.P. Mr. Huerta.
The 9:30 was packed/oversold that night but I managed to find a good spot near the stage. I' ve always thought that Los Lobos are a terribly underrated live band but about halfway through their set Freddie Fender, Flaco Jimenez and Doug Sahm walk out on stage and start jamming on old Mexican folks tunes. For the next hour and a half we were treated to a night of kickass texmexpsychfolkmariachi that I'll never forget. Simply amazing music. Wasted days and wasted nights indeed!
Gracias Hombre
Indeed.....and he's reunited with Doug Sahm in the R&R afterlife......I spent hours talking baseball with Doug...he was a Detroit Tiger fan.....I'm sure he and Freddy will be drinking some Cerveza and watching the World Series!!
Very few wasted days or nights, I'm sure.
A world of respect to a true Texas legend. I had the good fortune to see him perform with the Texas Tornadoes 15 years ago. Killer, killer stuff.
That's crazy, I recorded his performace off of the DVD as well a while back and was just listening to it a few weeks ago. Great stuff. RIP
Lest we forget, he was also great at funky, greasy R&B:
Freddie Fender - "Boogaloo en Monterrey"