David Beebe and Remijio Carrasco
Recorded
December 9, 2020
Archived
December 9, 2020
47:01 minutes
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Id:
mby020263
Description
Friends David Beebe (49) and Remijio "Primo" Carrasco (76) talk about their friendship and their mutual love of music.Subject Log / Time Code
DB shares that he and RPC have a singing duo where RPC sings in Spanish and he sings backup vocals.
RPC talks about how his singing started. He remembers the first time he sang in public for a Día de Muertos celebration.
DB asks RPC about his experience growing up Ojinaga, in front of the Rio Grande.
RPC shares that in the past people used to leave their cars unlocked. He talks about people in Marfa never locking their houses until things started to change.
RPC talks about music.
RPC talks about people not listening to ranchero style music as much anymore.
DB shares that he played in a rock and roll band in the 7th grade with friends from school. DB talks about the different instruments he plays.
RPC asks DB what brought him to Marfa. DB shares that he played full-time in bands after graduating from college. He talks about having pre-cancerous cells removed from his vocal nodes.
DB talks about the pros and cons list he wrote in August 2006 for moving to Marfa from Houston.
DB shares that the music he absorbed was Rock and Roll and Country. He remembers moving to Marfa and setting his dream of playing Mexican music aside.
RPC talks about the lack of new artists coming out with Ranchero music.
RPC remembers watching movies in Ojinaga at the Cine Olimpia. RPC shares that the seats on the second floor were benches.
DB and RPC talk about pesos and dollars and the exchange rate.
RPC remembers his friend saying to him "You got it made" because of his relationship with judge DB. DB remembers telling RPC when he was speeding, "I'm going to charge you a multa."
RPC shares the first word he tried to learn in the US was hamburger and remembers telling someone to learn the word burrito so they would never go hungry in a Spanish speaking country.
RPC shares that people on the railroad helped him with his English. He remembers people calling him Raymond because they could not pronounce his name Remijio.
RPC talks about his experience working on the railroad.
Participants
- David Beebe
- Remijio Carrasco