Saturday, August 16, 2008

Gringo Latino, Vol. 3: Border Town Blues








A few songs here were the core of my original Gringo Latino tape. Mucho de Texas Tornados, a güevo, antes decía no me importaban que me dijeran Gringo, a menos que no me digan ni Pinche ni Puto Gringo. Ahora ‘gringo’ se me hace de lo más peyorativo.

Oh, two versions of the same song by the same artist, five and a half songs by another artist, two versions of the same song (actually two versions each of four different songs), with filler by Charlie Chaplin, Roy Buchanan, Dylan & Robert Earl Keen. Are there really rules to mixing? Who cares if it sounds right.

1. Robert Earl Keen, Jr. – A Border Tragedy
2. Bob Dylan – Santa Fe
3. Marty Robbins – El Paso
4. Marty Robbins – El Paso City
5. The Texas Tornados – Laredo Rose
6. Buck Owens & His Buckaroos – The Streets of Laredo
7. The Texas Tornados – Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone?
8. Dwight Yoakam with The Texas Tornados – Carmelita
9. Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
10. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Eldorado
11. Johnny Cash – Streets of Laredo
12. Lyle Lovett – The Road to Ensenada
13. The Texas Tornados – Pancho & Lefty
14. Warren Zevon – Carmelita
15. Nina Simone – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
16. Charlie Chaplin – Texas - Texas Border
17. Los Lobos – Saint Behind the Glass
18. The Texas Tornados – Rosalita
19. Sir Douglas Quintet – Nuevo Laredo
20. Roy Buchanan – Hey Joe
21. Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're going to tease us with all those great tracks and no link?!? Stupendous stuff, especially the various "Pancho and Lefty" interpretations. Haven't heard the Tornadoes' version and probably my favorite Los Lobos track is on here. C'mon! Oh yeah ... REK is NEVER FILLER! You really could've made a real dia del mierde into una dia de maravilla con este mezcla de musica, Sr. Doowad. !Soy esperarle!

--ldp

that.turtle said...

Lots to love here Doowad. Not least the Buck Owens and all of The Texas Tornados. Splendid.

sammyg123 said...

Muchos greatness erm, os...