Freddy fender biography book
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&#;Wasted Days and Wasted Nights: A Meteoric Rise to Stardom&#; written by Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender tells the true-life story of her famous father, the late Baldemar Huerta, also known as Freddy Fender – The King of Tex-Mex. As only seen through the eyes of Freddy’s daughter, her book expresses in intimate detail his rise to success, heartbreaking fall, and final redemption bringing to life the heartfelt memories of a man and family caught in the whirlwind of great fame and conveys in a compassionate yet forthright manner the shattering addictions that accompanied this fame.
&#;Wasted Days and Wasted Nights&#; takes the reader on a journey that covers Freddy’s early life of brutal poverty as a child migrant worker, his years as a U.S. Marine, the shocking arrest and imprisonment of his early 20s, his barrier-breaking singing career as he exploded into and crossed over different music genres, and the alcohol and drug addiction from which he suffered.
During his last 21
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Freddy Fender
American musician (–)
Musical artist
Freddy Fender (born Baldemar Garza Huerta; June 4, – October 14, )[1] was an American Tejano singer, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. His signature sound fused country, rock, träsk pop and Tex-Mex styles.
Active since the s, when he got his start playing Spanish-language rock and roll for Tejano audiences, Fender's mainstream breakthrough came in with the crossover hit "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," which topped Billboard's pop and country charts. He recorded further country hits such as "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights," "Secret Love," "You'll Lose a Good Thing," "Living It Down," and "The Rains Came."
Early years
[edit]Fender was born in San Benito, Texas, United States,[2] to Margarita Garza and her Mexican husband, Serapio Huerta. He made his debut radio performance at age 10 on Harlingen, Texas, radio station KGBT, singing a
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Freddy Fender’s Meteoric Rise to Stardom
The Museum of South Texas History will host a Sunday Speaker Series presentation, “Freddy Fender’s Meteoric Rise to Stardom,” featuring author Tammy Lorraine Huerta Fender at 2 p.m. on July
Huerta Fender authored the first volume of a three-part biography on the true-life story of her father, the late Baldemar Huerta known as Freddy Fender, the King of Tex-Mex. Volume I: “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights: A Meteoric Rise to Stardom” is published through Xlibris.
Huerta Fender will read the introduction from the biography and describe the depth of Fender’s mindset and childhood. Growing up fatherless, Fender and his younger siblings became migrant workers. They grew up in San Benito in an environment that amplified Fender’s musical talents and the colorful life he led in this South Texas town. The author will describe her father’s “raw reality of the oncoming obstacles and demons that would challenge him throughout his adult life.”
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