Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Courtesy of Abe Cortez 5 of 9 Paris Hatters is full of hats floor to ceiling. | Brian Kirkpatrick, Texas Public Radio
Courtesy of Abe Cortez 6 of 9 Pope John Paul II receives cowboy hat from Paris Hatters during 1987 visit for Mass at Westover Hills.
Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Courtesy of Abe Cortez
Many San Antonio businesses that could not adjust their operations to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have failed.
But one of the city s oldest businesses stuck with what it knows best hats and customer service and survived long enough to reopen. Its customers have included presidents, royalty and entertainers.
The Road Hammers - Jason McCoy s homage to trucker music and Southern rock - is out of gas, it seems. According to Wikipedia, his trio, including Clayton Bellamy and Chris Bryne, . . .
Commentary: Positively speaking by Gary W. Moore - The rich memories of a poor country
Gary W. Moore
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I always try to make sure my column has a point to it. I want to share a life lesson and encourage readers to live an optimistic and positive life. As for this column, I really don’t know what the point is, other than I’m missing my mom and dad now … and decided to write about them.
I hope you’ll allow me just this once. May I?
My dad grew up in the coal mining area of deep southern Illinois. If you asked my dad what nationality we were, he’d usually laugh, then respond, “hillbilly.” My mom was from Sands Springs, Oklahoma. When asked the same question, Mom would say, “Okie.”
Positively Speaking: The crossing from poor country to here
Gary Moore
I always try to make sure my column has a point to it. I want to share a life lesson and encourage readers to live an optimistic and positive life. As for this column, I really don’t know what the point is other than I’m missing my mom and dad now … and decided to write about them. I hope you’ll allow me just this once.
May I?
My dad grew up in the coal mining area of deep southern Illinois. If you asked my dad what nationality we were, he’d usually laugh, then respond, “Hillbilly.” My mom was from Sands Springs, Oklahoma. When asked the same question, Mom would say, “Okie.”
“’Partners’ is a good example of how he’s a crossover,” said
Maria Peña, a Library of Congress Hispanic media spokeswoman. “What’s great about this album is it shows his collaborations not to mention that he’s got a career that spanned seven decades. This is a huge acknowledgement of his work.”
The National Recording Registry calls the 82-year-old accordionist “a champion of traditional Conjunto music and Tex-Mex culture who also is known for innovation and collaboration with a variety of artists.”
“People used to regard my music as cantina music, just no respect,” Jiménez said in aninterview with the Library of Congress. “The accordion was considered something like a party joke … I really give respect to everyone who helped me out on this record and I’m flattered by this recognition.”