Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender, born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was an American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWorld Music Singer
Date of Birth4 June 1937
CitySan Benito, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I was separated from my wife at the time. A lot of people think I wrote it about prison.
They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice.
Keeping it simple was my idea, ... I wanted the recording to sound like way back, before they used even drums.
He follows me very well, and sometimes I have to follow him, ... It just comes out good. The guy's good, you know. He's been around. And I've been around a long time, too.
In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but I'd like to live longer.
I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.
I was dreaming I was on the Sullivan Show.
Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.
My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives.
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, it's about days very wrongly invested in a love affair.
Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control.
I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time.