Johnny Rodriguez
Johnny Rodriguez
Top Songs
| 1 | Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico (Re-Recorded) | ||
| 2 | Down On the Rio Grande | ||
| 3 | You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) | ||
| 4 | Pass Me By (Re-Recorded) | ||
| 5 | That's the Way Love Goes (Re-Recorded) |
Albums
Mar 2022 • 6 songs
Feb 2022 • 17 songs
Apr 2017 • 10 songs
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Biography
A reliable country hitmaker for much of the '70s, Johnny Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, TX, in 1951, growing up 90 miles from the Mexican border. His older brother Andres, a big country music fan, bought him a guitar when he was seven, and he was playing and singing by his teens. Rodriguez was captain of his high school football team at 16, but when his father died of cancer, he spiraled out of control, racking up four arrests in two years. While Rodriguez was serving a jail term, Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson heard him sing and introduced him to music promoter Happy Shahan, wh...