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Michigan 1981 with Mike Navaro from Monterray Mexico on Drums and Brad Kizer on Bass from Sin City, Texas--better known as Witchita Falls.
Better living for Tex-Mex! To me if it ain't Shakin it ain't Rock & Roll!
   
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Waiting for a sign from the aliens at Great Sand Dunes National Monument Summer of 1981.
Austin, Tx. - 1984. Kris Cummings, Dick Ross, George Reiff. Working hard to perfect that "Gloria Vanderbilt Smile"!!
   
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Dallas, Tx. Summer - 1982. Testing a custom Ted Newman Jones guitar designed by Keith Richards; that actually Floats in certain Liquids when the Vibe is Right.
Medford,Oregon - 1979. Our first out of state show. I was wearing a Red Rivers Motors T-Shirt.
   
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Performing in Bogota, Columbia - 1983.
Providence,Rhode Island - 1980. The Living Room Club with the original Clowns.
   
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SouthPadre Island, Tx. - 1988. Photo session at about 4 in the morning. Check out Bobby and Marcelo's eyes. We shot the Banana video the next day.
After Kris left the band in 1984, I decided to hire Marcelo Gauna and Bobby Balderama from the Mysterians.
   
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1994 - Dolores Hidalgo was the birthplace of Mexican Independence. I always like to see roadsigns in pictures, it sort of defines the moment. You had to be there!!
1992 - With Lalo, Chuggie and John Di Grazia. "Hasta Beret Senor"
   
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1986 - You gotta jump in the water to get wet!! Taking a bath in my Adobe Casa.
Bogota, Columbia - 1983. One of my favorite shows of all times at "Media Torta". They gave me the "Spoon to the City". In Columbia I learned about a cool style of accordion music called "Vallenato", from a good friend called Camilo Pombo. Who is very popular there in T.V. and Radio.
   
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Austin Tx. - 1981. Falling into the crowd at Club Foot. Probably one of the best clubs in Austin in the early '80's.
Austin Tx. - 1979. Jalapeno Con Big Red with El Molino at Rauls.
   
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Austin Tx. - 1979. El Molino with Kris Cummings at Rauls. In El Molino we were playing Polkas and Cumbias but as the skirts got shorter the Polka's got faster.
Probably one of the earliest pictures of my first Austin band, El Molina with Richard Elizondo, known as "Eh Eh". He was my compadre, who had the same birthday as me, December Sixth. He believed in what I was doing in 1976, and introduced me to West Side San Antonio. I would have never done what I did without his help. He passed away in October, 1995.
   
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Boston, Mass., Paradise Club - 1980. Kris Cumming, Son of Stiff Tour.
Outside my Adobe Casa near Llano Texas, wearing my favorite rib bone crown made by the Hard Rock Cafe.
   
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