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A reliable country hitmaker for much of the '70s, Johnny Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, TX, in 1952, growing up 90 miles from the Mexican border. His older brother Andres, a big country music fan, bought him a guitar when he was seven, and he was playing and singing by his teens. Rodriguez was captain of his high school football team at 16, but when his father died of cancer, he spiraled out of control, racking up four arrests in two years. While Rodriguez was serving a jail term, Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson heard him sing and introduced him to music promoter Happy Shahan, who booked Rodriguez to work as a singing stagecoach driver at the Alamo Village Amusement Park during 1970-1971. There he was discovered by Tom T. Hall and Bobby Bare, who brought him to Nashville to join Hall's Storytellers. Not long after, Rodriguez signed with Mercury, releasing his debut single, "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)," in early 1973. It climbed into the Top Ten and turned out to be the first of 14 consecutive Rodriguez singles to do so. His next two, "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico" and "You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)," both hit number one.

1974 brought the Top Five hits "Dance With Me (Just One More Time)" and "We're Over," plus the number one "That's the Way Love Goes." The following year was even better, as all three of his singles -- "I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind," "Just Get Up and Close the Door," and "Love Put a Song in My Heart" -- hit number one. More Top Five hits followed over 1976-1977 in "I Couldn't Be Me Without You," "I Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye," and "Desperado," but he and Mercury parted ways in 1979, upon which point he signed with Epic. "Down the Rio Grande" went Top Ten that year, but Rodriguez subsequently endured a serious commercial slump. He returned to the Top Ten in 1983 with a pair of hits, "Foolin'" and "How Could I Love Her So Much," which proved to be the last of his career; his final chart single came with 1988's Top 20 hit "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)" on Capitol. He did record a couple of honky tonk-style records during the '90s, specifically Run for the Border (Intersound, 1993) and You Can Say That Again (Hightone, 1996). ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande

Here you go Boo.

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The song - "Foolin'"
The songwriter - RALPH MOONEY

I even did one very strange show with him, playing guitar and running an electric drum machine! (And that's all I'm going to say about that night...)

I am a big Johnny Rodriguez fan too! Like mentioned above, I think Pete Drake done most of the earlier session work. Pete's style fit Johnny's singin' like a glove. I think fiddle legend Johnny Gimble was on a bunch of his earlier songs.

Anyone who likes real Country music, I suggest CD titled "Johnny Rodriguez The Hits." There are 11 songs on it and all sound great to me! Several of these were huge hit records. Many are listed above in this thread. His version of the beatles tune "Something," and The Eagles hit song "Desperado," on this particular CD are great! This is a compilation around 1997 Mercury Records A Polygram Company.

The man was and remains a true Country Legend and Artist in my opinion.

May GOD bless each you!

Terry J. Wood

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So do I..so do I...and with enough therapy and medication they will go away...

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I believe he was aquitted of that charge.

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Johnny definitely killed someone, that fact is not in dispute. What he was acquitted of was the crime of murder.

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In 1993 when I was stationed in Korea, JR came to play a concert there. The US Army Band opened up....his road manager jokingly asked y'all don't have a steel guitar player....uh do you?? Ours couldn't come with us ....

The Band Commander said, (at the amazmement of the JR people who were joking not thinking there would be a steel player amongst the trumpets and clarinets) "as a matter of fact I do....." So that week JR had SSG Harr play steel on his 6 shows for soldiers. I have pictures I can post later on this.

JR was a very nice guy and very thankful that he could have a steel in his band that week. I think if my memory serves me, the regular steel player had something to do in court back in TX on an alcohol related charge....

Simple case for me: Right place at the Right time..

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[This message was edited by Tim Harr on 25 August 2004 at 09:12 AM.]

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