Steve Rogers 1938-1999
Happy Birthday to our lost compadre, Steve Rogers. Steve would have been 74 today. Steve was a serious student of Mexican cooking and culture, and his knowledge of Mexico’s highway system rivaled that of the toughest pro trucker. I remember him best in the driver’s seat, tapping his meaty fingers on the steering wheel in tune to a classic country tune as we blazed across the high deserts of Mexico in a rattletrap van. He could fix your camper (temporarily) with a coat hanger and create a six course meal out of the dregs of your cooler. He was irascibly funny, pleasantly depraved, and deeply kind. We miss him.
Happy Birthday compadre Steve, we miss you. Steve & Jo at the Okefenokee
Of course I remember Steve. He was one of my best friends. I learned so much from him Love to all of you.
Love to you too.
Thank you Churpa. What a wonderful description: “He was irascibly funny, pleasantly depraved, and deeply kind”. And a true friend.
Raising a glass to the “irascibly funny, pleasantly depraved, and deeply kind” Steve! He was all that and more. Happy birthday, Mr. Rogers!
Eternally plying byways and highways in the sky. Searching for the ultimate mercado de abastos. Fingers drumming on the steering wheel to an accordion rich ranchera tune. I am convinced of it.
In honor of Steve’s birthday I strive for the banda to play…
si quieres ir a lazar
a las mulas de moreno
si no quieres ir a pie
ensilla la huajolota
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
me le subi por el sincho
me le fui por el tambojo
al llegar al cojinsillo
me encontre con el tubero
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
yo tengo mi carabina
cargada de chicharrones
con que le tiro a los patos
corazon por que estas triste
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
en una tinaja de agua
al mojero me encontre
dandole agua a su machete
y afilando su caballo
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
al pasar por tu ventana
me tirates con un limon
si yo te tiro con otro
que necesidad ay de eso
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
en la punta de aquel cerro
tengo una chiva amarrada
si la chiva se soltara
que chingazo se daria
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
si tu quieres disfrutar
de las mulas de moreno
llevatelas pal arroyo
pa que no te mire naiden
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
ya con esta me despido
del rancho de San Francisco
hasta el año en ivero
nadando por el desierto
que te parece fine fine fine
very good very good very good,
very very very very goooood
Yes!