Los Nawdy Dawgs doing there version of Guantanamera as they add Aguanta la monja to the chord changes

Cecilia's musical fame rests on a passing notice in her legend that she praised God, singing to him, as she lay dying a martyr's death.

The connection between her and the art of which she has become the patron saint does not seem to date back much before the 15th century.^[6] She soon became popular, and by the second half of the 16th century substantial festivals and celebrations in her honor (and that of music in general) began to be recorded, the earliest of them in Normandy. It was just over 100 years before the fashion crossed the channel [to England] with the festivities of 1683 which attracted three celebratory Odes, all set to music by Purcell.

Innumerable paintings and stained glass windows depict her at the organ (inevitably one more advanced than any she could have known). She is represented in the The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia by Raphael at Bologna, Rubens in Berlin, the Domenichino in Paris and at San Luigi dei Francesi, and works by Artemisia Gentileschi.

In literature, she is commemorated especially by Chaucer's Seconde Nonnes Tale, and by John Dryden's famous ode, set to music by Handel in

A few weeks ago I get a call from Luis Castaneda  around 10pm, Luis is a very good friend and musician who grew up with me in Nogales Arizona, He tells me he has bad news, Joe Tamayo another musician who was part of the music scene in Arizona in the 80s and 90s had just hung himself, very shocking news, apparently Joe had been suffering from a depresion and chose to take his life, I am not qualified to comment on his medical or mental condition,or the reason he chose to take his life, but he leaves behind his wife and 2 kids, and that is very sad. Joe had a successful career as a musician, his bands were well known , he had a major record deal at one time, the Tigres and other bands recorded his songs.

Friday May 2nd was the wake, Ramon Torres from Telemundo, Eddie and Tony from my band ,we all went to Nogales Az  in Ramons new BMW.I never imagined  that I would hook up with so many musicians from Nogales and Tucson in one spot, I would have prefered a diffrent stage  but the cards were dealt for that moment, all the musicians  rehashed our adventures with Joe, some good ,some bad, some exagarrated some possibbly made up as musicians are known to improvise, I offered my condolences to Tamayos wife named Irene, she was in High school with me, she and her sister Gloria would take me to Skakeys for pizza my senior year, and I also met Tamayos  kids, I really felt bad for the family, they were showing Joe Tamayo pictures on a big screen and playing his music. I went outside and chatted with more musicians and then the musicians who played with Joe in his band Jassmin we all went over to Sonny Peters for Pizza and beverages and caught up with the news of our musical adventures.

 On the way back to Tucson it hit me as we were listening to some recordings of Tamayos songs that Ramon had recorded that I never said " Goodbye" to Joe, I've been thinking about it all week, and this morning Tamayo was in my dream, I introduced him to my ex girlfriend Christina who happens to be in Balad Iraq with the Navy, and I said " Christina, this is my friend Joe Tamayo, I emailed you about him hanging himself, then the dream hit me like a punch, I said Goodbye to Joe, and snapped out the Dream, it was as real as it gets. All day the dream has been on my mind, its been very hard to imagine why he chose to do what he did.

I truly believe that God had has given us the ultimate blessing, which I believe is Life itself, you can enjoy life and all its blessings, The Sun shines for all of us, how much sunlight you want depends on you,

I'll never know why Tamayo chose to leave the world, "Goodbye Joe Tamayo"

I'm at the Luxor in Las Vegas  with my manager Chuppers and its Valentines Day, I'm waiting to see Chriss Angel get an award from the Magicians Society. All of a sudden a real old fat Dude with real huge ears dressed in all leather comes walking by with this really fabulous,hot looking lady, he is too old for this hot lady but I know that at that age  and with those ears you have to have money to buy a lady like that, (real Fake blonde hair, black roots , cool implants, hot black leather etc) so this big ear dude has to have some serious $$$$.

Anyways Chriss hits the podium and he is given The Magician of the Decade Award, he is touched by the award and he gives off a real cool , motivating speech, It was about choices, you either make the right choice or the bad choice, but you must follow your vision to succeed.

 I agree completly with his speech, so after the award ceremony, there is some filming for the show going on and then Big Ears gets on stage and the cameras are rolling, Big Ears is Robin Leach of the sydnicated tv show " Lifestyles of the rich and famous"  Mr Leach is proof that if you have the vision , you can hit your goals! He did not let his ears or  waist get in his way of having a hot babe!

Robin Leach Rocks!

I had the priveledge of meeting Mr Albert Lee in a small club in Tucson Arizona, What a fantastic guitar player and whar a wonderful man, Michael Bruce( Alice Cooper Band) and Bob Russell were also in the club and everybody was in great spirits. Mr lee took the time to tell me about his experience on the new Crossroads Dvd with Eric Clapton.He also calls Eric Clapton " Chuck"
He put on a fantastic show. The backup band was a local band who did there best to keep up with Mr Lee, It was a wonderful experience to see Albert Lee who is used to playing huge arenas share his music in a small venue. It truly was a very good night for a very special guitar player.