jim reeves Archives

‘When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon’ (1953 YouTube music, lyrics)

August 14, 2017 by COMIC SAENZ

A story of cross-border romance — a mojado and a Cajun queen — are the stars of country singer’s Hank Snow’s Mexican Joe and Joli Blon, released on 78 RPM disk in 1953.

Here are the lyrics and guitar chords (via Genius Lyrics) so you can sing and play along!

Mas…‘When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon’ (1953 YouTube music, lyrics)

Half-fast country music classic: Jim Reeves ‘Adios Amigo’ (video)

July 7, 2016 by COMIC SAENZ

The country music legend Jim Reeves had a lot of big records, but we like this “half-fast” April 16, 1964 live-in-Norway version of his hit Adios Amigo. He died later that year behind the controls of a small plane that crashed in Tennessee during a violent thunderstorm. He was 40 years old.