Freddy Fender

Griff · 10-15-2006, 07:10 AM

I grew up on Freddy Fender music. I'm starting to think my folks were hipper than I remember... I'm suprised at how bummed out I am by this. Godspeed Freddy.

Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2006, died at noon at his Corpus Christi home with his family at his bedside, said Ron Rogers, a family spokesman.

rock9995 · 10-15-2006, 10:36 AM

FREDDY FENDER DIED?!?!? Shit, man, I was raised on his music too. I used to hear him play with Doug Sahm. Lotsa dancing (and more than a few fights) in those joints. I think that was when I first started to seriously learn Spanish 'coz FF used to sing a lot in Spanish. "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is one of my all time favorites.

What I liked about him was the lack of bitterness on his part. You know they threw him in jail--not just "jail" but ANGOLA, which is near where I was raised--for "possession of marijuana"--more like a few joints or something for like THREE YEARS! And those hicks were always calling him every kind of name imaginable--the prejudice against Mexicans was even worse then. And Freddy never let bitterness eat at him or cut his spirit.

Well, damn. Son of a BITCH!!! I guess I should say "thanks for breaking this news" because I'd want to know that, but this really bums me out, Griff...

rock9995 · 10-15-2006, 10:49 AM

googled Freddy and got this obit from the Times.

He was in a lot of pain. His daughter gave him one of her kidneys to keep him going for awhile longer.

This is the kind of guy he was:

“I’m one year away from 70 and I’ve had a good run,” he said. “I really believe I’m O.K. In my mind and in my heart, I feel O.K. I cannot complain that I haven’t lived long enough, but I’d like to live longer.”

Griff · 10-15-2006, 12:51 PM

It sounds like thinks have been pretty rough. Among other things, I just found an album of his pre-prison work on emusic to download next month. *sigh* I'm gonna check my old vinyl stack and see whats there, I've only got one Texas Tornadoes album on cd.

bluecuracao · 10-15-2006, 09:34 PM

Very sad...he was a regular at the NM State Fair, and ABQ radio when I was growing up. RIP Freddy.

10-15-2006, 07:10 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Freddy Fender I grew up on Freddy Fender music. I'm starting to think my folks were hipper than I remember... I'm suprised at how bummed out I am by this. Godspeed Freddy. Fender, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2006, died at noon at his Corpus Christi home with his family at his bedside, said Ron Rogers, a family spokesman. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-15-2006, 10:49 AM	#3
rock9995 Complex Simpleton Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18	new york times article googled Freddy and got this obit from the Times. He was in a lot of pain. His daughter gave him one of her kidneys to keep him going for awhile longer. This is the kind of guy he was: “I’m one year away from 70 and I’ve had a good run,” he said. “I really believe I’m O.K. In my mind and in my heart, I feel O.K. I cannot complain that I haven’t lived long enough, but I’d like to live longer.”

10-15-2006, 12:51 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It sounds like thinks have been pretty rough. Among other things, I just found an album of his pre-prison work on emusic to download next month. sigh I'm gonna check my old vinyl stack and see whats there, I've only got one Texas Tornadoes album on cd. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-15-2006, 10:36 AM	#2
rock9995 Complex Simpleton Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18	FREDDY FENDER DIED?!?!? Shit, man, I was raised on his music too. I used to hear him play with Doug Sahm. Lotsa dancing (and more than a few fights) in those joints. I think that was when I first started to seriously learn Spanish 'coz FF used to sing a lot in Spanish. "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is one of my all time favorites. What I liked about him was the lack of bitterness on his part. You know they threw him in jail--not just "jail" but ANGOLA, which is near where I was raised--for "possession of marijuana"--more like a few joints or something for like THREE YEARS! And those hicks were always calling him every kind of name imaginable--the prejudice against Mexicans was even worse then. And Freddy never let bitterness eat at him or cut his spirit. Well, damn. Son of a BITCH!!! I guess I should say "thanks for breaking this news" because I'd want to know that, but this really bums me out, Griff...

10-15-2006, 09:34 PM	#5
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Very sad...he was a regular at the NM State Fair, and ABQ radio when I was growing up. RIP Freddy.

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