#24. If you don’t know El Vez. the Mexican Elvis, your best introduction is to see his wonderful Christmas show. Those who know me know I’m not huge fan of Christmas. But there are 3 things I love about the holiday: A Charlie Brown Christmas , Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift for You and the El Vez Christmas Show.
To the uninitiated, El Vez might seem corny and unnecessary. But that is probably because you would be thinking of the many Elvis impersonators you may have come across (Dread Zeppelin’s Tortelvis, Thai Elvis, the guy buying donuts in Kalamazoo). But El Vez has so much musical muscle, he transcends mere parody. Elvis is just a springboard which he jumps off of before he dives into his love of Sweet, Iggy and all the killer pop riffs that stick in our brain. Plus he twists in his Latino culture (not Hispanic. He is quick to point out he is not from Hispain.
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#24.5. This shirt is timely for me because of the Phil Ochs quote on the back. I was reminded of this shirt when I saw the Phil Ochs documentary There But for Fortune the other night, and realized that was really the only thing I knew from Phil Ochs before seeing the movie. I guess it comes from the liner notes of his Broadside Tapes album. It works perfectly with this Che, It Loud mash-up of a shirt.
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