K-Paz de la Sierra
Posted on 12/23/2007 3:13:45 PM PST by ovrtaxt
K-Paz de la Sierra |
They sing of romance, lost love, violence, drug smuggling and cartel hitmen, and now, for some of Mexico's country music stars, their art has brutally forced itself into their lives.
In the past year and a half, 13 musicians – three since Dec. 1 – have been violently killed in attacks that bear the signs of Mexican underworld killings, reported Scotland on Sunday. None of the cases have been solved.
The motives for the murders are unknown and no evidence links them to a single killer. Love triangles, links to organized crime, reprisals for narcocorridos – ballads about drug dealers – that offended someone, and a slow drift into the criminal culture celebrated by their music have been suggested.
The murder of Sergio Gomez, founder and lead singer of K-Paz de la Sierra, early this month, doesn't fit any of the speculation, friends and family said.
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I guess I should let you know I’m kidding. She’s a die hard Nascar fan and would have loved both pictures you posted.
Was one of the people killed that guy who wrote “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”?
Thanks for the Youtube link of George Strait and and Alan Jackson and their duet of “Murder has Been Committed Down on Music Row”. Great song and sad to say very true. Much, if not most, of what passes for “Country Music today is actually poor R&R.
I'd always thought the Perfect Country and Western Song was written by Ray Wylie Hubbard and performed by David Allan Coe, though.
("This here's a song by Ray Wylie Hubbard...")
Written by Steve Goodman, performed by David Alan Coe (who was once one of the great country vocalists of our time, with a remarkable range.)
Sounds like a title that Brad Paisley or Hank Jr. could do something with.
And yes, David Allan Coe is probably the most underappreciated country singer ever, owing to his being ostracized from respectable C&W society because of his criminal history and persona.
Someone on FR (stainlessbanner, maybe?) saw Coe perform at Myrtle Beach Bike Week and said he’s lost his voice. He’s still writing songs that are challenging (to coin a euphemism) but he can’t really sing any more.
LOL....I was just going to write, “Bet they dopn’t try to mess with David Allan Coe,” before I saw your posts...
Randy Travis, a “criminal history and persona”? Did I fall into a coma and miss that?
Before he became famous he sure had some issues.
It would be wrong not to say that Gary Lewis was being very kind to him, including him in the show and helping him to support himself.
Gary Lewis was still like a 17-year old kid on stage, but in a bigger sense he was doing a very cool and very generous thing that day.
“Someone’s killing country music stars”
Someone really hates that music.
I've heard of him. I remember my s-in-l said he sang a song with his son once.
You can hear it on the Ranch, 106.9, in Navarro, Ellis, and Henderson Counties, Texas.
Disclaimer: I am not an employee of, nor affilitated with, Ranch Radio. But I am a huge follower of Texas and Red Dirt music.
Seen recently — Texas Monthly is putting “How To Be Texan” Volume 5 on the newsstands in March ‘08, dedicated to Texas music. Purty poster boy Lyle Lovett on the cover.
Reference.
Huh. Shows what I know! Randy Travis is from around here, ever east in Marshville or thereabouts.
Nice story! Gary Lewis sounds familiar, and I’ve heard of Mitch Ryder, which means he must be getting pretty old. I’m not much of a rock listener, unless my teenagers sneak their CD’s into my player :-).
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