{Freddy Fender}
Last week (October 14th) Tejano, country, and rock and roll singer Freddy Fender passed away due to lung cancer. My parents were always quite fond of him and I can recall hearing his music playing around the house growing up.
Fender was a solo artist early in his career, then in the '80s he teamed up with fellow Tex-Mex musicians Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, and Augie Myers to form the Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados. In the late '90s, Fender joined another supergroup, Los Super Seven, with Joe Ely, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas (of Los Lobos), Flaco Jimenez, Ruben Ramos, and Rick Trevino. Here's a few of his more popular solo recordings...
"Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
"Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
"Vaya Con Dios"
"Donna"
Order Freddy Fender's albums here.
