Pachuco party
Yesterday, Bill Gardner came in to WPMD to play r&b and yakety yak about his KPFK show.
Fun stuff, though I hate the CD players. Didn't get jumped by Ramon.
Last night, Sylvia and I went to a Pachuco party at Ernie Vargas house in Hawaiian Gardens. Bring your own Mexican food, drinks - pop in afternoon, beer in evening - lots of friendly folks, and killer music: rockabilly, doo wop, country, garage, and mariachi.
My friend Dave Cadison of the the Pastel 6 & doo wop society was there, blowing sax and we had a great time, tho the mariachi horns had an impact on Sylvia's ears. There was even Pachuco Jose or Pachuco Joe who did a great Lalo Guerrero set.
An almost impossible night to describe.
During the party, two guys approached, said they knew me from my long-cancelled cable show - I didn't want to post that, make it look unseemingly boastful, but then I thought, what the hell! Good for the ego, spent the rest of the evening looking for that 3rd viewer ("do you know me?" nobody did). Just kidding about that part, but two in one place at one time is a definite first.
Ernie's mom Eva, turned 95, that was the premise of the party, and her sis-in-law Virgie was there. She was a Pachuca, told Sylvia she used to dress like a man in a zoot suit because she liked the girls...something Ernie confirmed. Talk about getting next to a group we don't hang out with much. Next week, Robbie Russell has a party, so we'll see.
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