Wild West story

The Desperado band that will launch their debut album tomorrow at the “La Motor” bar was born when six “hombres” met in the San Jose jail. They were there because they wanted to turn Thanksgiving into a mess (they nearly managed to).

The “gang” is made of Lucian “Don Fernando Hernandez”- a tequila smuggler from Mexico, who plays the bass in his spare time, Sergiu “Van Damme” – a tall man (former Ba’hai reconverted to alcoholism) who couldn’t harm a fly but who gets arrested a lot because he makes a mess of things wherever he goes, Calin “Stevie Ray Krebbs” – a tormented guitar player, Sandy “Doc” – an ex-physician who became a vet due to his unacceptably healthy patients, Laci “Indiana Jones” – an “American native” who was released from the reservation because of his talent and Ovidiu “Don Hovideo” – an old “client” of the Sheriff’s Office, manufacturer of clandestine booze.

The six bravos decided to show the music world “who’s the boss” and thus formed a band. They called themselves “Desperado” after the Eagles song that describes them so well: banditos, men without honour, always on the road, always looking for trouble.

No one knows how they came to be in Romania. They heard that Romanian “light” music was no match for theirs and they decided this is the place for them. Just how successful the country style will be we shall see, or hear tomorrow, starting 20.00 at the “La Motor” bar where the “six from the West” will perform. The event is organised by Zone Records and Radio Total.