The Queen of Tex-Mex Rockabilly

With Barry Obama and Billary kissing Latin ass down in the only state where peyote is legal, I thought it might be nice to spend the weekend doing a little Latin Rockabilly.

So here is the overture:



And since I would like to kiss a little Latina ass, let me introduce the girl who is the embodiment of Tex-Mex, having absorbed every indigenous musical tradition in the Lone Star State, which she summons up with the click of a castanet or twirl of her capa:



Patricia Vonne's Latin roots combine with her rockabilly soul –and its all done with a Shakira-saucy attitude and a Pat Benatar brassiness:





Despite my PETA tendencies....

I just can't help loving a lady Bullfighter.

You can see and hear more of Patricia Vonne here.



P.S.--Another side of Senorita Vonne is her tribute to the missing women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which is currently playing at Amnesty International:



~Becky