LOS PAISANOS - Los Paisanos (Exeter S-100)
Most people who follow West Texas records or local hero Bobby Fuller are aware of the El Paso-based Exeter records. Best known for Bobby's own "I Fought The Law" (stomped HERE), "Shakedown" (WOW!!!), and "Wine Wine Wine" Exeter also saw releases on the Sherwoods, and the Pawns. But how many folks knew there was an lp release on Exeter as well?
In the mid-60s Bobby produced an album by an El Paso based folk trio called Los Paisanos. The Paisanos (that's Countrymen for you non-bilengualists) was made up of Dan Richey, Mexico-native Clarence Cooper, and dentist Don Dixon and while the group was part of the folk boom, the guys did hit it with a decidedly southwestern twist. The 12 selections on their 1st album ranged from traditional Mexico numbers to traditional mountain selections to hits of the then-current folk boom. The trio turns in a fine reading of the standard "Lil' Maggie", while "La Bamba" is very non-Chicano (ala Valens). I'm not a big Bob Dylan fan as I've never given Bob much of my time, but the cover of "Blowing In the Wind" is as one would expect (I will come back later to fix the skips, but I'm headed out for a few days of ceegar smoking up in the Colorado mountains).
________________________________As mentioned I'll be away a short stretch, but expect Odessa's Friends of Mind pretty soon after I get back to el Rancho Westex.
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