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December 2, 2006
El Vez plays at The Black Cat
The music scene of Washington, DC is one in which the hipper-than-thou band The Decemberists gets sold-out one weekend and then The Black Cat hosts a packed house to see the novelty act of El Vez, The Mexican Elvis (I swear I am not making this up), who gave a special Christmas edition of his show Friday night.
It took a while for him to come on, and I almost got tempted to go home early, but the wait was worth it. He didn't do the entire show in his Santa-suit... he eventually stripped-down to more rock-appropriate clothing:
He even explained the miracle of the Virgin of Guadelupe, whose feast day is celebrated this coming December 12th:
More photos in my photo archive.
Posted by Dean at December 2, 2006 7:24 PM
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