"El Paso"

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[Leith]

1. That Is Such a Good Song

Thanks for that. K&R!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. My pleasure!

[rurallib]

2. Back in the day most songs checked in @ 2 to 2.5 minutes

"El Paso" was very long for its day and gave the DJ a chance to go pee without the dreaded dead air.
Or at least that is the story i heard.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. I heard the same thing so

it's gotta be true!

[raven mad]

3. Absolute hubby favorite!

His dad, too - we have actual vinyl albums!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. I did as well until I gave them all to my daughter!

[raven mad]

11. LOL! Hope you transferred 'em to CD first!

We have an incredible turntable that does OLD albums great (even Abby Road, though we wore out 4). We inherited these really old (for us) when my war hero (WWII, Navy) father-in-law passed. Also way old Patsy Cline, bunch of others. Found this neat turntable that works into our music system, sneaked it in for spouse's Christmas a few years back. The darn thing feeds into the computer so you can have it memorize albums!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Way too many to transfer. I have most on CDs anyway.

Also gave her my turntable and audio system!

[raven mad]

14. Spouse sat down to write out where and when our sound system came from.

It all started in 1972............................

I can't crank it loud, seriously. Not just our place - and our nearest neighbor is about 1/4 mile - we get asked to crank it up if it's a neighborhood party!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. By no coincidence, I'm wearing a pair of Tony Lama boots, made in El Paso. NT

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Cool!

👍🏻

[raven mad]

12. Best. Boots. Ever.

And I don't wear cowboy boots. But I seriously think they look great. I grew up riding English Hunter/Jumper so you KNOW that style (yeah, the jodhpurs and tall boots, etc.)

Not me, but it could have been my horse. Stoney. And that was a deliberate name - he was either stoned or jumping every barrier he could possibly jump, even out of his paddock.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. There's some competition for that title.

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Tony Lama is not the only line of boots to come from El Paso. A few others made there would give Tony Lama a run for the money.

I keep three pairs of cowboy boots in my cubicle. In addition to the Tony Lamas, I have a pair of Dan Post boots, and a pair of Nocona cowboy boots. These are the white label Noconas, back when they were still made in Nocona. The red label you see at the Wikipedia page shows up in the newer Noconas.

They're no longer made in Nocona. The factory is being repurposed for some other use now. The company is owned by, who else?, Warren Buffett.

The Dan Posts are from Tennessee.

The Tony Lamas and the Dan Posts that I keep in my cubicle are what they call buckaroos, as they have a shaft longer than the typical 12 inches. The Noconas have a 12-inch shaft.

I commute in running shoes, but I change into cowboy boots when I get to work. My coworkers haven't gotten used to it. They know that I'm not about to change.

Love 'em. Just love 'em. They're so much fun to have on.

I'll dig up a video of the making of cowboy boots. It's an involved procedure.

Here you go. You'd think that cowboy boots from Canada would be made in Alberta. Boulets are instead made in St-Tite, Québec, Canada, which is pretty much not near anything.

Luccheses used to be made in San Antonio, but their factory is in El Paso now:

The process involves a lot of machinery, but other than the stitching, it's not an automated process.

Or, for some REAL handwork:

[raven mad]

17. THAT - a video - I'd love to see.

We have an excellent leathersmith here in town (IF you can wait and IF you can pay the price) who also does repairs on leather jackets (thank you, Hank, for the zipper on my bike jacket) - he does some amazing stuff with boots.

[Major Nikon]

21. As far as value goes, they are hard to beat

Some of their boots are made in America using Goodyear welt construction, cork mid-soles, and other features which define a good pair of boots.

There are certainly better boots out there, but they are much more expensive.

[Zorro]

5. Another great one by Marty Robbins

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. Nice! 👍🏻

[raven mad]

15. I am SO saving this entire thread.

Spouse will be enjoying it tonight!

I'm probably anywhere from 4 to 1 hour behind y'all. So if I seem "out of time"............. that's why.

[GregW]

18. I love that the final episode of Breaking Bad is called "Felina"...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. 👍🏻

[Wolf Frankula]

20. I heard a filk of it that began

"Down in the Rhodesian town of Umtali".

I'll try to find the lyrics.

Wolf

[Demoiselle]

22. For one mad moment I thought Ted Cruz was singing with him. (Sorry. It's a really great song.)

[lunatica]

23. I always loved Marty Robbins!

[Special Prosciuto]

24. Good song. But passing through that town on the way to Tucson in 1972

A local tried to get me knifed in a bar.

[yellowdogintexas]

25. I hated this song for years; it played every morning at

about the time I had to get up for school. For. Years. on the station my mom had on her bedroom radio. Which I could hear. She had it there because the Morning Show came on at 8

I learned to really like it the first time I saw Marty perform it at the Grand Ole Opry. Years and Years later.

[BarbaRosa]

26. There is a plaque on a wall in the El Paso Airport honoring Marty.

[Stargleamer]

27. I was able to name this song immediately. . .

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