Pass the Old El Paso
Posted on August 13, 2010 with 1 comment
This comes to you from El Paso, Texas; we're doing a HippieFest show here tonite, followed by Las Vegas tomorrow.
I'm slightly ashamed of myself. The above jingle from my youth was playing in my head from the moment we landed here. I like to think of myself as worldly, well-traveled and sophisticated, and yet my entire experience of a major US city consists of a salsa commercial. Part of me is tired enough to just relax at the hotel before tonite's show, but another part of me wants to get out and walk around the town and get a feel for old El Paso, if for no other reason than to say that I did it. (Nothing is sadder than being at a dinner party and telling a story that consists of "El Paso? I was there once...nice hotel.")
We're downtown, just by the border of Juarez. Memories of our numerous tours of Mexico and South America with Alan Parsons are flooding back. We are not needed at the venue for at least another 5 hours. Time for a stroll.
Be well
JM