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In that Texas town
About that shack outside La Grange
And you know what I'm talkin' about
Just let me know
If you wanna go
To that home out on the range
They got a lot of nice girls-ah
''Have mercy''
A-haw-haw-haw-haw, a-heh
A-haw-haw-haw
Well, I hear it's fine
If you got the time
And the ten to get yourself in
A-hmm, hmm
And I hear it's tight
A-most every night
But now I might be mistaken
Hmm, hmm, hmm
''Ah, have mercy''
8-> 9!!
Born 10!
8-> 9!!
I was beckoned up onstage as a guest drummer at a friend of a friend's gig once, and they decided to jam this out with me. I was waaayyyyyy too drunk to play a swing ordinarily but goddamn, I nailed my drum intro. I had no idea what I'd done to achieve it, no idea how to ever replicate it.
Anecdote.
I had a similar experience once drumming Led Zeppelin's Rock 'n Roll. I'm not sure if I just imagined drummer stardom in my drunken stupor, of if the alcohol just let that shit flow...
Muddy Waters? John Lee Hooker? Who did they rip off? Reminds me of a Stones song as well.
Pretty sure they ripped off NO ONE.
And I just bumped it from 8 to 9. You're cancelled.
That song mentions Acuna, Mexico. That ciudad is across the border from Del Rio, Texas. You could find a chica por la noche in Piedras Negras as well.
Boys Town in Nuevo Laredo was the most popular, however. More popular than the Chicken Ranch in podunk Fayette County. Cheaper and more private. And with cheaper alcohol. Laredo / Nuevo Laredo are the biggest cities between Brownsville and El Paso. Lots of Texas dads took their sons to Boys Town for their first experience. Family tradition in some Texas families.
Here's a youtube link to the GREAT Doug Sahm performing "Nuevo Laredo," a song from his Sir Douglas Quintet days about visiting Boys Town. (Link opens in new tab)
Doug Sahm - "Nuevo Laredo" [Live from Austin TX]
I always wondered: What's behind those beards?
NickDanger wrote:
John Lee Hooker?
and Jimmy Hoffa?
c.
Marvin Zindler (played in the movie by Dom DeLuise) was the investigative reporter who broke the story and got the place shut down.
c.
I remember this well as a kid. I grew up in Clear Lake and I remember all the hoopla about that chicken ranch. And of course... MARVIN ZINDLER.......EYYYYE WITNESS NEWS!
I think you meant Brian Jones.
I'll give this a 1.
And that's being generous.
I suppose you really are your moniker...
I don't remember who it was, but I heard a clip from this song in an ad recently for a car or something. I don't think whoever wrote the ad had any idea what the song was about. Just like when that cruise line used Iggy Pop's "Lust for life." Those square advertising executives need to pay more attention. Or perhaps just leave these little tidbits for those of us to be amused by.
When Ford owned the Jaguar marque they used The Clash's London
Calling in one of their ads...The left out the line "motors stop running"...
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
I'll give this a 1.
And that's being generous.
I don't remember who it was, but I heard a clip from this song in an ad recently for a car or something. I don't think whoever wrote the ad had any idea what the song was about. Just like when that cruise line used Iggy Pop's "Lust for life." Those square advertising executives need to pay more attention. Or perhaps just leave these little tidbits for those of us to be amused by.
ZZ Top further explored the topic in "Mexican Blackbird" on the Fandango! album.
I don't know about the cruise line, but I was one of the square ad execs involved in choosing Iggy's "Lust for Life" for a Mitsubishi TV ad about 20 years ago.
We accept your apology.
I'll give this a 1.
And that's being generous.
Wouldn't brag about it.
I was beckoned up onstage as a guest drummer at a friend of a friend's gig once, and they decided to jam this out with me. I was waaayyyyyy too drunk to play a swing ordinarily but goddamn, I nailed my drum intro. I had no idea what I'd done to achieve it, no idea how to ever replicate it.
Anecdote.
So close to greatness.
The ZZ documentary was surprisingly interesting. These are three guys that had a mature respect for their profession and each other. That is why they still are together having fun.
I'll give this a 1.
And that's being generous.
And I'll raise you a 10!
The ZZ documentary was surprisingly interesting. These are three guys that had a mature respect for their profession and each other. That is why they still are together having fun.
Secret of life, eh?
And that's being generous.
La Grange is actually about a real Whorehouse. Rockn' boogie all the wzzay.
Marvin Zindler (played in the movie by Dom DeLuise) was the investigative reporter who broke the story and got the place shut down.
c.
I don't remember who it was, but I heard a clip from this song in an ad recently for a car or something. I don't think whoever wrote the ad had any idea what the song was about. Just like when that cruise line used Iggy Pop's "Lust for life." Those square advertising executives need to pay more attention. Or perhaps just leave these little tidbits for those of us to be amused by.
I don't know about the cruise line, but I was one of the square ad execs involved in choosing Iggy's "Lust for Life" for a Mitsubishi TV ad about 20 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Me too. It was very interesting. Worth watching for sure (if remotely a fan).
Nuf ced.
steuss wrote:
It is.
Which was the favo(u)rite of the Single Mens' Bunkhouse...the tune or the whorehouse?
The tune silly.
Anecdote.
Love those moments of self-surprise.
I was just about to post this. Highly recommended!
It is.
I'll bet a good number of those ad executives are boomers who do know the stories behind the songs and select them for the irony or for their own amusement. It's not like it's 90-year-old geezers working in those offices.
John Lee Hooker?
Perfect comment! If you listen to JLH you can understand where these guys came from.
Anecdote.
Great story and memory! I had a similar experience, at a wedding, where I offered to comp on piano and ended up bluesing out a bit on a few cuts (thankfully I knew the chord progressions OK back then) - and I was a bit tipsy and it just worked....maybe it helped the fear of not being a good enough player (I'm not!) to actually be part of the band...at least that night I was....Long Live RP!!
Anecdote.
Yes, the Chicken Ranch was the inspiration for 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas', along with this little ditty.
The lid was blown off La Grange's secret by Marvin Zindler, an 'investigative reporter' at the time. He's played by Dom DeLouis in the movie. But Marvin was way weirder than Dom could ever be.
His signature news segment, years later, was the health inspection reports. He'd read them off, with kudos to the high scores. But the worst offenders got brutalized. His tag line was 'SLIME! In the Ice Machine!' accompanied with appropriately green goopy graphics.
He was quite a character. A caricature of himself, really. Hilarious if you're in on the joke.
c.
edit: In college I took a 'hound from Montgomery to Austin. 24 hours(!!). When I saw the La Grange city limits sign, I had this lick running in my head all the way into Austin.
c.
I lived in Houston in the early 80's and remember Mr. Zindler.
I was really into bike racing then and had a painful crash in La Grange. Oh, the memories!
This was a favourite in the mid-1970s with the boys in the Single Mens' Bunkhouse at the open-pit coal mine I worked at.
Yes, the Chicken Ranch was the inspiration for 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas', along with this little ditty.
The lid was blown off La Grange's secret by Marvin Zindler, an 'investigative reporter' at the time. He's played by Dom DeLouis in the movie. But Marvin was way weirder than Dom could ever be.
His signature news segment, years later, was the health inspection reports. He'd read them off, with kudos to the high scores. But the worst offenders got brutalized. His tag line was 'SLIME! In the Ice Machine!' accompanied with appropriately green goopy graphics.
He was quite a character. A caricature of himself, really. Hilarious if you're in on the joke.
c.
edit: In college I took a 'hound from Montgomery to Austin. 24 hours(!!). When I saw the La Grange city limits sign, I had this lick running in my head all the way into Austin.
c.
Kudos to you, Shaker! A constructive 'negative' post while thanking BnR for the reminder of a valuable life lesson. Freaking great!! Long Live RP!!
And this is a 9 for me, another RamFish favorite on Rock Band. I know Rock Band isn't real instrument playing, although I recall this was the one track that seemed close to how it's probably actually played on the guitar.
John Lee Hooker?
That album cover. You could "roll, roll away" on it!
Yeah baby. Michmacan.
This was a favourite in the mid-1970s with the boys in the Single Mens' Bunkhouse at the open-pit coal mine I worked at.
At least, that is what you heard...............
hayduke2 wrote:
deep
kinda cool driving music though
BALLS deep.
'Though'.
Play the original it's on - RHINO 78966
Thanks
deep
kinda cool driving music though
I heard what you were referring to. But everything else sounds the same. Granted almost all of my listening to this was on vinyl or tape sound systems owned by middle and high school friends. A tape deck through Pioneer 6x9 coaxial speakers was big time back then.
This was a favourite in the mid-1970s with the boys in the Single Mens' Bunkhouse at the open-pit coal mine I worked at.
Hm, I'd not say so. To me it sounds the same from good old days:-).
I like.
Yes indeed !
Folk is what they did at La Grange.
I like.