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Johnny Hernandez: Tejano Legend on Music, Picking Cotton, and the Pachuco Within

September 6, 2020 By Eric Caine 7 Comments

Johnny Hernandez, September 5, 2020

October 10 will mark the 25th year since Johnny Hernandez crawled out of a sweat lodge near Organ, New Mexico, free of the drugs and alcohol that had tormented him almost as long as he could remember. “Drinking was part of the ‘machismo’ idea I grew up of with, along with fighting,” said Hernandez recently. “And drugs were part of being a musician. They were always free, and still are, […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Congressman Josh Harder, Johnny Hernandez, Tejano music

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