the Escovedos

So about 12 years ago I was shooting a video for REMO (they make drum and percussion heads and other things) at a percussion convention in Phoenix, and suddenly an attractive Hispanic woman slugged me in the shoulder (pretty hard). I stared at her in shock (women don’t usually just come up and slug me) and she said “I did not give you permission to videotape me”.

Then I figured out she must have been in the booth when I was getting footage of their booth. I apologized, and she walked off, then a REMO employee came up to me and said “that was Sheila E.”.

When I got back to Portland, Mim asked “what happened to your arm (because of the bruise). I explained that, of course, I had walked into a door- I mean, got slugged by Sheila E.

So last night at La Vee Lee, Mim, Roy, Louise and I went to see the whole Escovedo gang - the dad Pete (71 years old and plays his ass off), two brothers, the mom came out for a few songs (it was her 69th birthday… and she plays percussion… I imagine even their dog plays some kind of percussion instrument) with Sheila E. as special guest (her dad made fun of her new project the whole night).

(this pic is not from last night)

It was an awesome show!!! Salsa music, when played by the best salsa players in the world, is absolutely muy calienté! Sheila is off the hook great.

Anyway, after the show, I told Sheila I have been waiting 12 years to get a slug on the other shoulder to even me out, so she slugged me on the right shoulder (not as hard).