![]() He was friends with people on both sides of the line, but always got respect.” Ramon “Mundo” Mendoza, a hit man for the Mexican Mafia, later commented on my friendships within the organization. Gilbert was good friends with all of them, especially Joe “Peg Leg” Morgan, the current head of the Mexican Mafia.Įven though we weren't members of a gang, Gilbert and I were classified as “sympathizers,” a designation that wasn’t casual. He said that was a contract for life and we shouldn't have any part of it, so I stayed away, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t friends When I got to prison, Gilbert cautioned me about joining the Mafia. I was lucky because Gilbert was so respected in the pen, I got that level of respect passed on to me. Guys, but my uncle Gilbert was the one who really knew the older shot-callers. I knew it was untrue because Olmos’s character was based on a real guy in the Mexican Mafia named Rodolfo Cadena (aka Cheyenne). In the opening scene, the mother of Montoyo Santana, the character Edward James Olmos plays in the film, is raped by sailors the night of the Zoot Suit Riots, leaving her unsure of who Montoya’s real father is. Ten pages in, I knew there were going to be problems. But my initial excitement quickly changed to dismay. Olmos was just coming off an Oscar-nominated performance in Stand and Deliver, and now he was making a movie about a world I knew intimately. When I sat down to read American Me, I was excited. One was called American Me, directed by and starring Edward James Olmos. They knew my involvement would give them credibility. Since I was a high-profile Chicano who'd done time, both movies reached out to me. In 1991, two Chicano scripts rolled through Hollywood that both centered on the formation and growth of La Eme, the biggest Mexican gang in the California prison system. He and his co-writer Donal Logue will host a virtual book signing event on June 29, which you can check out here. VG+ vinyl/VG+ sleeve and $8.Below is an excerpt from Danny Trejo’s upcoming memoir: Trejo: My Life of Crime, Hollywood, and Redemption, published by Atria Books. I carefully inspected each and (of course) the very last one was this: James Gang - James Gang Rides Again ![]() Within a minute, the guy appears out from behind a curtain with four copies of Rides Again. I told him the story and he called his co-worker who was down in their basement at the time. I pulled it and checked the track timings - no Bolero. I asked at the counter on the way in and - no joke - the guy reaches behind the counter and hands me a copy. Stopped into a wonderful little shop in Brookline - Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi. Some late 1970s LP pressings included "Boléro" by mistake, and the most recent CD re-issue of Rides Again contains the full version of "The Bomber," with the "Boléro" section restored." The edited song's running time on such pressings is 5:39. As a result, the track was edited, and the "Boléro" section was removed on most subsequent pressings of the album. Two weeks ago, I was headed to Boston for a couple of days and the Boston Challenge was to find a 1st pressing of James Gang - Rides Again with the 'Bolero' section:įrom wikipedia: "On the initial pressings of James Gang Rides Again, a 1:25 electric rendition of Maurice Ravel's " Boléro" is interpolated into the song "The Bomber." Ravel's estate threatened suit against both the James Gang and ABC Records for its unauthorized use. Last month's work trip to Chicago was to bring home a 1st pressing of Coltrane's - Sun Ship. Whenever I travel, I like to set interesting little vinyl challenges for myself, usually to find first pressings of certain albums.
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