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Q-Vo-Le Raza!!!

On a sad note, Musician, Composer, master of many instruments; especially the ‘Accordion’; Esteban ‘Steve’ Jordan’ passed away last week after a long illness. Not only did every Tejano musician, but just about every Chicano, Mejicano and even some near Mejicanos and some Anglo-Chicanos-at-Heart knew and know of Steve Jordan! Every accordionist I’ve ever known talked about Steve with reverence and admiration, and I know that he will be missed as not only an accordionist’s accordionist, but as an all around master musician that he was! Each time I had the pleasure of being on the same stage with him was a musical adventure for me and for every other musician he came in contact with! Who else do you know that dared play ‘Midnight Sun’ in Polka-time on the accordion? ‘Mercy, Mercy‘? How about singing ‘The Nearness of You’ in Polka time? He had no musical boundaries! We will miss him; but of course, since Pia was also a fan and friend of Esteban, they’re probably jamming’ in Heaven as we speak! There’s a couple of other folks up there that are probably joining in on the fun! No’ombre, Shaddop!!!

HOLA RAZA!!!

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Hola Raza!!!!

Hola Raza!!

Well Raza, I hope y’all had a great ‘Cuatro de Julio’ and hope your little Armadillos didn’t have any firecracker mishaps, like stuff blowing up or burning their little hands, or stuff blowing or burning you grownups hands! Duele! It hurts! How Pia and I ever survived all the firecracker activity when we were kids is beyond me! We used to put the ‘Black Cats’ and the ‘Baby Giants’ inside glass, yes, ‘glass’ bottles and blow ‘em up; and we somehow escaped getting cut with flying glass every year! We did, however, have firecrackers blow up in our hands! Painful, but something we quickly got over. But whatever your injury may be Raza, if any; just get it taken care of, with ‘Vaseline‘, ‘Vicks’ or ‘Aloe Vera‘, because now, I gotta tell y’all where we’ve been these last couple of weeks!

HOLA RAZA!!!!

FIRST, A HAPPY ‘FOURTH OF JULY’ TO ONE AND ALL, ESPECIALLY ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS IN ACTIVE COMBAT AND ASSIGNED TO DUTY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES!!! AND THE SAME TO ALL OUR VETERANS!!!!

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