https://conradaskland.com/blog/1158/ Music Director and Music Technology Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:33:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://conradaskland.com/blog/1158/#comment-1325313 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:33:07 +0000 http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/01/1158/#comment-1325313 Freddy Fender became an unlucky victim of the War on Drugs. After serving nearly three years in Angola, he received an early release through the intervention of then-governor Jimmie Davis, also a songwriter (“You Are My Sunshine”) and fan of Fender’s music. He was paroled on the condition that upon his release, he stay away from the corruptive influences of the music scene.

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