413 Freddy Fender (1937-2006) "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" 1959

Born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, Texas. “After he got out of the marines, Huerta worked South Texas bars and Chicano Funciones as a singer/guitarist, recording Spanish-language singles and American country/rockabilly tunes…” His music “began to attract national attention, but unfortunately at about the same time Fender got busted in Baton Rouge for marijuana possession and ended up with a prison term in Anglola. After jail and a variety of bottom-end jobs, Fender caught the eyes and ears of Texas music mogul Huey P. Meaux” (Rick Koster, Texas Music, 1998). 

Freddy Fender "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"