fuzzyfan said:
I was at that Pat Green show. Big time. My buddy was drinking Carta Blanca 12 oz and I was on the 7 oz Corona. We were drinking 1 to 1. He got drunk. Big time.
It was a damn good show. I can't remember who the opening act for him was, but that dude put on almost as good a show as Pat did.
Glad I went, though it was touch and go as to whether or not we were going to make it back. But we were young and dumb back then, and didn't think much of getting absolutely housed in another country (even if it was only Mexico) and taking our chances.
We got there Friday, checked in the hotel, then proceeded across the border. Not sure if anybody was playing in the Corona Club that night or not, but got absolutely hammered there. Stumbled around town a bit, hit some other bars, finally ended up being escorted to the border bridge by a couple of federales. We were hammered, but they weren't all that bad about it.
Woke up the next afternoon, went right across the border again. Hit up Maw Crosby's for a while, then whatever that bar across the street from the Corona Club was. I remember they had some damn good music going and the beer was cold, which was nice because it was hot AF out. Hit CC up for the show, and Pat nailed it. Ended up running into a guy I went to school with there so got a chance to hang out with another Ag and had a good time. Not surprisingly, we found our way out to Hunter's Ranch after the show.
My buddy was, shall we say, the type that would plant his meat in anything that was female at the time. I was nearly out of cash at this point and was happy enjoying the show - or so I thought. Group of the working girls came over to solicit their wares and despite me telling them in somewhat decent Mexican that I was broke, one of them proceeds to pretty much give me a handy right there. Not surprisingly, that changed my mood. Buddy has found him the love of his life in a (probably way too young) Mexican stripper/***** and loads her up - at the same time I tell him I'm heading back to Texas for money and will be back. $40 cab ride and an hour later and I'm back. I think he thought I was going to not return, because he was out of cash at this point and worried about his chances of making it back to Del Rio (neither of us actually knew where we really were - only that we were in Mexico at Boy's Town). Things were done, drinks were had. We load up finally at some point and head back to town. Cabbie drops us off far enough from the bridge we had to walk - same damn federales out from the previous night. They weren't as nice to us second go around and we were escorted quickly to the border. I was seriously concerned about getting tossed in a Mexican jail that night. Cash was exchanged before we left.
Woke up the next afternoon to the manager of the hotel beating on the door telling us we had 10 minutes to vacate or pay for another night. One of the single worst hangovers of my entire life. Drive back to Houston felt like it took at least 10 hours - pretty sure we stopped 3 times to puke on the side of the road heading back. I dont' think I drank for a solid 2 weeks after that weekend. Found out later that my buddy ended up doing the growl on his Mexican chica - to this day how he has made it sans any STD's is nothing short of amazing.