Dick Damron is a name I had heard quite a few times in Mazatlan, a country music legend who’s been spending his winters here since the seventies. I was thrilled when Mike the editor gave me the assignment of interviewing him. Well, folks, he is the real thing, a very talented and dedicated musician who has recorded about thirty albums in Nashville, toured the world many times over, and still sounds great at the age of sixty seven (yes, girls, he’s currently single). His voice is still as smooth and powerful as anyone’s in show business. What separates him from most of the big time singers is how well he can play, and his prolific songwriting. His last release, Rockabilly Blues, is just that, a collection of hot fifties-style rock’n’roll with a country flavor. His next album, still in the mixing process, features some old time country western swing tunes with fiddle and pedal steel, and a few lighthearted songs about Mexico in general and Mazatlan in particular. All of his back up musicians are world class, the recording quality is top notch, and the songs are great. I can’t wait to get a hold of more of his catalogue. He’s written an