I’m still uncertain if William Beckmann is channeling an old Marty Robbins ballad, or if he’s reminiscing George Strait’s, “Blame it on Mexico.”
I have personally spent some time down in Via Acuna at the Bar Crosby. I have chased gals down the street to that old Corona Club, the first place I saw Robert Keen pick out his song, “Gringo Honeymoon.” And, I may have made a trip or three up that hill just to see “the girl who loves a horse,” just like Charlie Robison did on “New Years Day.”
I love songs about Mexico. I guess I always have. Crossing that border used to feel like traveling back into another time. It’s the only time travel I have ever experienced in my lifetime. The great Tom Russell also has written several tales about this great escape, my mind goes back to a time “When Sinatra Played Juarez.”
William Beckmann gave me a new experience in time travel as his song hit my release radar today. It is a song that brought me back to those early days in my love for music. It is said, One song can bring back a thousand memories. Here’s to you Mr. Beckmann for doing that for me- back to a time when I could shoot Tequila with the best of them. As for me today those Mexican Fancy Topo Chicos are doing the trick.
Acuna, Coahuila was beautiful and this song is a beautiful tribute to the days gone by.
Pancho.