I met Ruben in 1978 at the depth of his popularity at Raul’s, where he was playing believe it or not. Roy had a weakness for that generation of Mexican bands, and sometimes it was sad to see former stars like Shorty and the Corvettes play to nobody. I would never have predicted that in a few decades he’d be playing Bass Concert Hall.
Always good Michael, How bout a story on Austin’s Valmon Records, both label and stores, think the Babycakes cut a 45 on Valmon, but most of their output was Chicano but not all !
I met Ruben in 1978 at the depth of his popularity at Raul’s, where he was playing believe it or not. Roy had a weakness for that generation of Mexican bands, and sometimes it was sad to see former stars like Shorty and the Corvettes play to nobody. I would never have predicted that in a few decades he’d be playing Bass Concert Hall.
Always good Michael, How bout a story on Austin’s Valmon Records, both label and stores, think the Babycakes cut a 45 on Valmon, but most of their output was Chicano but not all !
I covered Valmon in the Sixth Street chapter a couple months ago.
Can you send me that article again ?
Really, How did I miss that ?
https://michaelcorcoran.substack.com/p/from-pecan-to-dirty-sixth-a-history?s=w
Thanks Michael, tho I remember that Valmon had 2 or 3 locations around town, one on Oltorf another on 6th East of 35, plus another ?