Artist: Freddy Fender
Author: Freddy Fender/Wayne Duncan
Label: Duncan
Year: 1959
Real name: Baldemar Huerta. Originally released in Spanish (as Dias Y Noches Perdidas). Duncan is a small San Antonio label. One year later also on Talent Scout and Imperial.
Covers:
Rockin' Sidney [as Wasted Days And Wasted Nites]
Sir Douglas Quintet [dedicated from Doug to Freddy who'd been busted for narcotics and had been spending some wasted years in prison (Angola)]
Freddy Fender [new recording follow-up of his comeback single Before The Next Teardrop Falls, dedicated to Doug Sahm; n°1 C&W]
Mireille Mathieu [as Inutile de nous revoir]
Cosmic Brothers [Doug & Freddy live at Armadillo Headquarters in Austin, TX, recorded and released by Huey Meaux, partner in crime in resurfacing Freddy Fender and go-between in uniting him with Doug; The Cosmic Brothers were in a way the nucleus of The Texas Tornados]
Texas Tornados [vocal: Freddy Fender of course]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)