It has been a while since we had any country music on here. We'll put that right with a bit of Johnny Rodriguez.
Johnny was big in the 1970s, with six No. 1 country hits between 1973 and 1975, and continued charting regularly until the mid 1980s. He was the first Mexican-American to top the country charts, beating the great Freddy Fender to it by a couple of years.
He sounds quite a character. He was discovered at the age of 18 by a prison warden, having been jailed for stealing and roasting a goat. He has been married three times to date, to a flight attendant, a hair salon owner and Willie Nelson's daughter. And then in 1998 he faced a murder charge after shooting a pal in his house in the mistaken belief they were a burglar. Pretty much the archetypal Good Ol' Boy.
"Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" - Johnny Rodriguez
"Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico" - Johnny Rodriguez
I know a goat herder in Portugal who will be upset by that heading!
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DeleteI assume the Portuguese authorities have a system in place that enables them to alert local farmers if Mr Rodriguez enters the country
DeleteI wonder how long it took for Mr Rodrigues to perfect that looked of tortured, aching sentiment he shows in video.
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