No doubt 1983 must have been an exciting time for movies in Laredo! Imagine hearing that big time TV star John Schneider, Bo Duke himself, is staring in a move to be filmed in our dusty little unpaved town. Glorious! While I am a tad too young to remember the event, I'm sure the buzz around the city was clearly evident. After all, Dukes of Hazard was still a huge hit on the small screen with over 17 million weekly viewers.
Now, a more professional and dedicated blog would feature maybe interviews with those that remember the filming of the movie, or at least newspaper clippings or TV shows from the time period to offer a more complete post on this film. Unfortunately, I am not such a blogger. What I can offer you are vid-caps from the movie. Previously, the film was featured in grainy VHS quality, but it was recently released on high definition blue ray. So, take a gander at stills from the movie, Eddie Macon's Run.
Santos downtown
I miss vendors hawking goods from their vans.
Glorious 1983 and major streets unpaved. Of course
I always vote Daniel Valdez
Joe Brand downtown. Nice
I get all my shoes at Scooti. You should too.
Careful w/ cartonero on the tricycle!
Before Bordertown TV show, we had this guy
Dude, this guy is driving down the WRONG way
Du
Brunch NOT at Danny's? Shocked!
My abuelo would dress just like this in the early 80s
"Inseminoid" playing at the Plaza. Surprised its kinda intense.
Joe Brand went HARD on the product placement.
La Posada looks sorta classy here.
Look at the two sombrero wearing extras hanging out w/ Tom
For the past few months, I have been buying up large amounts of old tapes, vinyl, CD's and other media. I had not found much of anything of note, until a few days ago when I was rummaging through a box and came across a cool 8-track: Grupo Payande.
At first, I set it aside, not thinking much of it, other than dismissing it as a Renacimiento 74' clone. I'd never heard of them and I'd figured they must be from somewhere in Mexico, but then I took a close look at the 8 track cover art and, to my surprise, I realized this particular grupo hailed from good old Laredo, TX. After that initial surprise, I googled them and found some interesting facts on this forgotten local band. This particular 8 track is from 1983 for the CAM-Mex record label. I must say I kinda dig the sound, and I'm thinking of writing to their fan club. Maybe someone responds. Check out some of their videos below. Let me know of any info, memories you have of the grupo from back in the day.
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