miguel esparza

You live long enough meet good folks, lots of spots have some kind of story.
How about this one.
The first guy I met when I went to trend and asked where’s the jumps was a guy named JT. We cruised to 9th & he chilled for a minute then bounced. He was recovering from a busted leg, taking it easy. I would randomly run into him around town & he’d show me the lay of the land. One day I was riding by the record store & I hear
“Dude! C’mere!” He has this low gravel scraping voice.
Standing in a crew of cups of Shiner, “My Dad’s got a CD release party going on inside & we’re drinking beer with this homeless guy! Go get you one.”
I do & then he’s, “these are the guys you need to meet.” It was part of the OG Austin crew. Pierce, etc.
That was Rad.
Took a while before I realized his Dad was Townes VanZandt, if you don’t know him, well he’s a friend of Willie Nelson. He sang Pancho & Lefty with him. Amazing songwriter.
So one time, riding right by this here concrete blessing, JT says “let’s see what’s up with my Pops.” Right up the street there on Collier we roll up & his Dads outside in the porch, “You still riding that damn bike?!?”
“Yeah Pop.” Low voice chuckling.
Namaste this way…
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