September 17, 2025 • 14 mins
Amber Banda interview with William Beckmann!
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When I first heard William's voice, my first thought was John Denver. Originally from Del Rio, TX, Willam Beckmann knows what it's like to come from a bordertown and has taken that influence to Nashville! It is very cool to talk to a country artist who grew up in a Bordertown very similiar and close to El Paso with Mexican-American heritage and who has taken that to the country music capital of the world. Country, mariachi and norteno music has not only influenced his music but his style as well. Example being the video of his cover of Vicente Fernandez's "Volver Volver" at the Grand Ol Opry going viral, and wearing bandolero jackets during performances where he includes a song or two in Spanish.
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I talk with William about his family in El Paso, opening up for Midland here Oct 2, we go over some Spanish words together, talk about his musical style and influences, and I do a round of rapid fire questions with him including questions like his favorite sports team and what country artist would he bring back from the dead to play 1 gig.
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His latest album "Whiskey, Lies and Alibis" is out now, with my two personal favorite songs from the album being "Borderline Crazy" and " Por Mujeres Como Tu."
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DO NOT miss him opening up for Midland here in the Sun City Thursday, October 2nd at the Cowtown Event Center! Tickets on sale now at splendidsunproductions.com, or sign up to win tickets at KHEY.com. I also have a Midland ticket giveaway on my personal social media.
https://www.williambeckmann.com/
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If you enjoyed this interview, please follow and share!
.
When I first heard William's voice, my first thought was John Denver. Originally from Del Rio, TX, Willam Beckmann knows what it's like to come from a bordertown and has taken that influence to Nashville! It is very cool to talk to a country artist who grew up in a Bordertown very similiar and close to El Paso with Mexican-American heritage and who has taken that to the country music capital of the world. Country, mariachi and norteno music has not only influenced his music but his style as well. Example being the video of his cover of Vicente Fernandez's "Volver Volver" at the Grand Ol Opry going viral, and wearing bandolero jackets during performances where he includes a song or two in Spanish.
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I talk with William about his family in El Paso, opening up for Midland here Oct 2, we go over some Spanish words together, talk about his musical style and influences, and I do a round of rapid fire questions with him including questions like his favorite sports team and what country artist would he bring back from the dead to play 1 gig.
.
His latest album "Whiskey, Lies and Alibis" is out now, with my two personal favorite songs from the album being "Borderline Crazy" and " Por Mujeres Como Tu."
.
DO NOT miss him opening up for Midland here in the Sun City Thursday, October 2nd at the Cowtown Event Center! Tickets on sale now at splendidsunproductions.com, or sign up to win tickets at KHEY.com. I also have a Midland ticket giveaway on my personal social media.
https://www.williambeckmann.com/
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I am talking here with William Beckman. He's going to
be before Midland at the Kawton Events Center October second. William,
thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Thank you so much for Adami. How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm doing good. Thank you for asking. There's a lot
of similarities with where you grew up and I'll pass.
So when I got the phone call from Del Rio, Texas,
I was like, there, he is right next to Acunya, Mexico.
So have you ever been to all Passo?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh my gosh, Yes, I've been to El Paso many times.
I have a lot of family actually in l Paso,
and so it's a it's a it's a beautiful city.
There's obviously so much culture there and I feel right
at home just being a border town Bordertown kid myself.
I feel at a lot of love there. And the
last couple of times that we performed there, me and
(00:46):
my band had we had an amazing turnout and the
fans are so the fans are so amazing. To be honest,
we're excited.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Oh we're excited to have you back your voice. Oh
my god. When I heard you know your songs recently
for the first time, I just fell in love with
your voice. Can you describe your sound to the people
that may have not heard you sing or may not
have heard your music yet.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Absolutely, I am a country artist and the kind of
music that I really like and try to, you know,
use his inspiration. It's definitely more of the classic old
school country. You know. I've always loved people like George
Jones and Johnny Cash and even people like George Strait.
But I've also very much been a big fan of
(01:28):
mariachi singers and also like old school what I call
like old school pop singers, So I think of the
crooners and people like that. So I would say my
music is kind of like a blend between a lot
of that stuff. There's there's a Sinatra element to what
I do. There's also a Johnny Cash thing Jenning's kind
(01:50):
of element to what I do. And I don't know.
I always just been a big fan of music, and
I like to I like to incorporate some of the
things that really inspired me when I was first getting
into music into the music that I make.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, you very much blend classic country. You have Mariacci influences, influences.
I was seeing that when you were at the Grand
Old Opry. There was a pretty viral video of you
covering of Vicente Fernande song. Which song was it?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Bulbert?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Oh my goodness. And you know what George Strait says
is the best cure for a hangover?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
What is that? You know what? I have had that
remedy and it works. It works pretty well.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
So yeah, not too often, right, And I your fashion
style is very much country mixed with mariacci. So are
you gonna bring some of that to this stage at
the Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
For sure? For sure. Yeah. There's like I have my clause.
It is filled with like a bunch of buleto jackets
and all kind of like real pretty designs. And you know,
I tell my mom. I tell my mother this all
the time. One of my biggest, I think one of
my biggest regrets is, uh, when I was in high
school not doing mariachi band. You know, you you know
(03:06):
you could have done Some people were in jazz band,
there were other people that were in marching band, and
then uh, some some people I knew were in madiaci
And looking back, I should have done that because it
would have been so so fun for me. I don't
know why why I didn't I didn't think of it
back then, or maybe you have an interest too. I
was in I was in a cover band, like I
(03:27):
was in a band with my friends, and I think
that took up a lot of my a lot of
my time or a lot of my musical interests. I
should say, yeah, but I've always I've always admired Madiachi's
and and the way they dress and the elegance of
of their of their whole style and everything. And so
when I was, yeah, when I was starting to work
with a stylist and stuff for this last album and
(03:49):
even even the album before, like I wanted there to
be some subtle references to that, you know. I told
a lot of my people on my team, have you
ever seen the movie with Antonios with Salmahayak Desperado which
they filmed They filmed in an I was like, look
at his outfit, Like he's got the little black pants
(04:10):
with the medallions down the side of it, and then
he's got like a white shirt and like almost like
a boleto jacket. And I was like, I love that style.
And so we based a lot of what I do
around Mariachi's.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
So are your boots more the pointy kind are the
more the traditional cowboy boots.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I have several different The ones I'm wearing right now
are definitely like the more pointy one, but they're they
don't come up all the way. Yeah, just kind of
depending on the depending on the style of pants that
I'm wearing, kind of depends on that kind of changes
what I wear. But yeah, I've got so many, so
many boots that I actually got Elpasso because I had
I had a lou Casey boot deal for about a
(04:48):
year and a half and so we would come to
l Passo all the time where they're where their headquarters
is at, and I'd get custom boots all the time.
It was really really cool.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Yeah, so i'll Passo. I think as of a couple
months ago, maybe a little bit more recently. You know,
we were the unofficial boot capital of Texas. We are
now the official boot capital of Texas because you have
lou Casey, you have Red Rocketbusters, you have Alex boots.
So yeah, that's that's awesome. You can't not come to
all pass So if you're a country artist and not
(05:19):
get some boots, and you can't ever have any boots either,
so you haven't you your most recent album, Whiskey Lies
and Alibis. My two favorite songs from there are and
Borderline Crazy, because that's the one song that does have
like you know, that pun that double n tundrum, the
pun ups And I did read that you usually perform
(05:41):
and I hope I don't give this as a spoiler.
I can edit it out later if you want me to.
You usually perform some songs in Spanish. Are you going
to be doing that at this performance? October second?
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Absolutely? Absolutely, I always try. I always try to incorporate
a couple of songs in Spanish, just because obviously, like
we met, Like I said, I'm I'm a border I'm
a town kid. And when I was growing up and
I was playing in a cover band, you know, that
was just what we did. People ask me all the
time kind of what whatn't it like kind of inspired
me or compelled me to to to start doing cover
(06:12):
songs in Spanish, whether it's mariachi or whatever. And I
just said, when I was first starting out how to
play music, that's just what we did. You know, your
audience went crazy if you played up yes, not you
know a my nas song, yeah, or you know, like
we would do a song. You know, we would just
try to incorporate things that we thought were cool. Uh,
(06:34):
there was like I was always a very very big
lease from fan. I just loved like kind of like
the ballads and just his his vocals and the way
he was always dressed up. So we would do one
of his songs and stuff like that. And when I
got a little bit older and I started I started playing,
you know, pursuing my own career as a solo artist,
I just kind of continued that tradition. And it wasn't
(06:55):
until I moved to Nashville and I kind of got
away from from South Texas that people were this is crazy.
Do we never seen anybody just bust out into a
Spanish song? I was like, bro, where I'm from, that's
just kind of what you like, what you do. Was
it anything crazy to me? You know? And it took me.
It took me having to like get away from my
hometown a little bit to realize how unique that really
(07:18):
was to grow up that way and to I guess,
you know, be not so nonchalant about it, but right, Yeah,
but yeah, that's kind of that's kind of where the
inspiration come for putting the cover of will do on
the record.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Yeah, that's true. I mean, you go anywhere else and
you know it's like they don't have Mariacci's come and
sing for your birthday and right, yeah, it's it's two
step over there, it's goombie over here. And sure, you
know you kind of you don't realize how much it's
just a normal thing here. I love it. And so
you know, you've been on tour with Park McCollum, Hank
(07:53):
Williams Junior, Charlie Crockett, Randy Rogers Band. They were actually
here a few weeks ago. What is your relationship with
with with Midland how well? You know, have you performed
with them before? Is this going to be your first time?
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You know what, I'm really looking forward to it because
I've met them a couple of times. I've met a
couple members of the band in passing, but I've never
really had a chance to sit down and have a
you know, a formal conversation and introduction. So hopefully in
l Paso, when we play together, hopefully I can get
to know them a little bit better because I'm I'm
(08:25):
a very big fan of what they do and uh,
you know, talking about style, those those guys are always
dressed to the nines, you know, and I've always I've
always admired their their style and and everything everything about
the band. So it'll be fun. We're very much looking
forward to opening up the show and and and again.
You know, being back in El Paso is always it's
(08:46):
always so much fun. Obviously, as much as much as
we love El Paso, it's so far away that we
don't we don't get to come to El Paso very often,
so when we when we do, it's it's really a
treat for us. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
I just did an interview with Jess Carson from Midland
and he credits I'll pass so a lot for the band,
even forming and their their song drinking Problems. They actually
have a Spanish version of that, so maybe you can
help them sing that at the really neat Yes, So
I'm going to play a real quick game with you.
(09:19):
I'm going to test your Spanish, and honestly, your Spanish
is probably better than mine. So I'm going to test
that and I'm going to ask some rapid fire questions.
All right, I'm going to give you the word in
Spanish and then you tell me the word in English.
Song very good everyone. Everyone knows it's either Sedvesa or servesa,
(09:41):
but they know it or che get that cowboy now,
Dustin Lynch, I just talked to him recently. I didn't
agree with him because he's coming soon as well. And
he was like, so, what's the difference between Baccero and Cavallero?
And I was stumped and I looked at it. Baccerto
is cowboy. Cavialo is gentleman? Am I wrong?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
That's right? Is a like? It can mean like gentlemen.
But I also and I could be getting this wrong,
but because a cowboy, yeah, getto would be the cowboys or.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Like a rat hand like like Racquerto, you know, cow.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Yeah, But I think it's yeah, you could also mean
I think it can mean that too, like a horse
likes like kind of like a you know, it's got
a cowboy thing to it. I think it can mean
that as well.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Word for cowboys. All right, this one's easy, use it
and come on, come on.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
That would be like a like when I think of
coming on, I think of a bus, you know, or
you know. I mean, well, there's and being on the
border is its own thing too, because when I hear
people say truck they would either say or they would
you know, a car would be caro. Yes, but yeah,
(10:54):
you know some people say, yeah, there's that one's ttricky
because there's a there's a lot of different ways to
say it. But like I know, like to me, when
I think of coming on, I think of like a
big like a bus, like a big.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Cod be right, that makes sense? And here in a
pass so you're kind of close to a passo not
too far. Well, you know your your hometown, did you do?
You all have the phrase I like a okay down,
okay that I just found out that not everyone says that.
So if you say it's kind of like the equivalent
to whatever, or you know, like that that's the closest
(11:27):
thing I can Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, I think so. I think a lot of it
too is if you see it or if you like,
if you are in the conversation and somebody does something
like there's these little nuances that the Mexican people do
when they speak that you that you know exactly what yes,
like the expressiveness of it, like yes in other words,
like if you told me do you know what I means?
(11:49):
I'd be like, well, no, not really. But if I
was in the middle of a conversation and somebody did that,
I'd know exactly what they the sentiment of what that means.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
You're right, yeah, exactly the way you say it. All right,
I got one more round of rapid fire questions. I'm
just going to ask you about seven questions, and all right,
your favorite sports.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Team, favorite sports team. We're talking professional, we're talking college or.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
What everyone asked me that I'll say professional because that's
what I'm more familiar with.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
As disheartening as it can be. Sometimes i'd have to
say the Dallas.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Cowboy, Yeah, buddy, all right. Favorite type of food I
would have to go with Mexican food. Let me ask
you what's your favorite?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Oh my gosh, that's actually a really good question. The
ones that I always remember that would be around my
house were like the peak ones.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
You know why it's called a concha, right because.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
It looks kind of like a shell. Now.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Yeah, my husband he's, you know, been, he's native all
pass on Hispanic as can be. And he just I
told him that like a few months ago, and he's like,
I'm like, all right. Favorite adult beverage.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Favorite adult beverage, probably a cold beer of some of
any sort really, of any sort?
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Yeah, on stage? Your favorite one of your favorite movies.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Oh, that's a good one. I've always loved with Kevin
Costner movie Dances with Wolves.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Oh, I haven't seen that one. I know it's a classic.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I know, Oh, it is a classic. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Favorite non country artist or band.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Okay, favorite non country artist or band I really like.
There's a pop band called the nineteen seventy five that
I think is really really cool, fun.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
I have to look them up. If you could bring
back one country artist from the dead for one gig,
who would it.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Be, Oh, my gosh, probably probably Johnny Cash.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Johnny Cash. And if you could do a duet with
a non country artist, who would it be?
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Blna del Rey.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Awesome, that's a cool Yeah. I love that. All right, William,
is there anything else that you would like to tell
the listening audience.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
That's it. We're looking forward to being back in Olpasso.
The show is going to be a lot of fun.
We're gonna be playing some of these new songs off
the new record which just came out, and if they
haven't heard it, I'd encourage them to go look it up.
And listening to some of the new songs and Yeah
we can't wait.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Definitely listen to Whiskey Lies and Alibi's William Beckman opening
for Midland October second at the Cowtown Events Center. William,
I've had a really wonderful time talking to you, and hey,
don't forget to say mucho to your Mexican friends. It
means a lot to them.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
I will thank you so much for taking the time.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
We'll see you soon.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Bye bye, Okay, bye bye.
I am talking here with William Beckman. He's going to
be before Midland at the Kawton Events Center October second. William,
thank you for talking with us today.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Thank you so much for Adami. How are you.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I'm doing good. Thank you for asking. There's a lot
of similarities with where you grew up and I'll pass.
So when I got the phone call from Del Rio, Texas,
I was like, there, he is right next to Acunya, Mexico.
So have you ever been to all Passo?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Oh my gosh, Yes, I've been to El Paso many times.
I have a lot of family actually in l Paso,
and so it's a it's a it's a beautiful city.
There's obviously so much culture there and I feel right
at home just being a border town Bordertown kid myself.
I feel at a lot of love there. And the
last couple of times that we performed there, me and
(00:46):
my band had we had an amazing turnout and the
fans are so the fans are so amazing. To be honest,
we're excited.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Oh we're excited to have you back your voice. Oh
my god. When I heard you know your songs recently
for the first time, I just fell in love with
your voice. Can you describe your sound to the people
that may have not heard you sing or may not
have heard your music yet.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Absolutely, I am a country artist and the kind of
music that I really like and try to, you know,
use his inspiration. It's definitely more of the classic old
school country. You know. I've always loved people like George
Jones and Johnny Cash and even people like George Strait.
But I've also very much been a big fan of
(01:28):
mariachi singers and also like old school what I call
like old school pop singers, So I think of the
crooners and people like that. So I would say my
music is kind of like a blend between a lot
of that stuff. There's there's a Sinatra element to what
I do. There's also a Johnny Cash thing Jenning's kind
(01:50):
of element to what I do. And I don't know.
I always just been a big fan of music, and
I like to I like to incorporate some of the
things that really inspired me when I was first getting
into music into the music that I make.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, you very much blend classic country. You have Mariacci influences, influences.
I was seeing that when you were at the Grand
Old Opry. There was a pretty viral video of you
covering of Vicente Fernande song. Which song was it?
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Bulbert?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Oh my goodness. And you know what George Strait says
is the best cure for a hangover?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
What is that? You know what? I have had that
remedy and it works. It works pretty well.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
So yeah, not too often, right, And I your fashion
style is very much country mixed with mariacci. So are
you gonna bring some of that to this stage at
the Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:43):
For sure? For sure. Yeah. There's like I have my clause.
It is filled with like a bunch of buleto jackets
and all kind of like real pretty designs. And you know,
I tell my mom. I tell my mother this all
the time. One of my biggest, I think one of
my biggest regrets is, uh, when I was in high
school not doing mariachi band. You know, you you know
(03:06):
you could have done Some people were in jazz band,
there were other people that were in marching band, and
then uh, some some people I knew were in madiaci
And looking back, I should have done that because it
would have been so so fun for me. I don't
know why why I didn't I didn't think of it
back then, or maybe you have an interest too. I
was in I was in a cover band, like I
(03:27):
was in a band with my friends, and I think
that took up a lot of my a lot of
my time or a lot of my musical interests. I
should say, yeah, but I've always I've always admired Madiachi's
and and the way they dress and the elegance of
of their of their whole style and everything. And so
when I was, yeah, when I was starting to work
with a stylist and stuff for this last album and
(03:49):
even even the album before, like I wanted there to
be some subtle references to that, you know. I told
a lot of my people on my team, have you
ever seen the movie with Antonios with Salmahayak Desperado which
they filmed They filmed in an I was like, look
at his outfit, Like he's got the little black pants
(04:10):
with the medallions down the side of it, and then
he's got like a white shirt and like almost like
a boleto jacket. And I was like, I love that style.
And so we based a lot of what I do
around Mariachi's.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
So are your boots more the pointy kind are the
more the traditional cowboy boots.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I have several different The ones I'm wearing right now
are definitely like the more pointy one, but they're they
don't come up all the way. Yeah, just kind of
depending on the depending on the style of pants that
I'm wearing, kind of depends on that kind of changes
what I wear. But yeah, I've got so many, so
many boots that I actually got Elpasso because I had
I had a lou Casey boot deal for about a
(04:48):
year and a half and so we would come to
l Passo all the time where they're where their headquarters
is at, and I'd get custom boots all the time.
It was really really cool.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Yeah, so i'll Passo. I think as of a couple
months ago, maybe a little bit more recently. You know,
we were the unofficial boot capital of Texas. We are
now the official boot capital of Texas because you have
lou Casey, you have Red Rocketbusters, you have Alex boots.
So yeah, that's that's awesome. You can't not come to
all pass So if you're a country artist and not
(05:19):
get some boots, and you can't ever have any boots either,
so you haven't you your most recent album, Whiskey Lies
and Alibis. My two favorite songs from there are and
Borderline Crazy, because that's the one song that does have
like you know, that pun that double n tundrum, the
pun ups And I did read that you usually perform
(05:41):
and I hope I don't give this as a spoiler.
I can edit it out later if you want me to.
You usually perform some songs in Spanish. Are you going
to be doing that at this performance? October second?
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Absolutely? Absolutely, I always try. I always try to incorporate
a couple of songs in Spanish, just because obviously, like
we met, Like I said, I'm I'm a border I'm
a town kid. And when I was growing up and
I was playing in a cover band, you know, that
was just what we did. People ask me all the
time kind of what whatn't it like kind of inspired
me or compelled me to to to start doing cover
(06:12):
songs in Spanish, whether it's mariachi or whatever. And I
just said, when I was first starting out how to
play music, that's just what we did. You know, your
audience went crazy if you played up yes, not you
know a my nas song, yeah, or you know, like
we would do a song. You know, we would just
try to incorporate things that we thought were cool. Uh,
(06:34):
there was like I was always a very very big
lease from fan. I just loved like kind of like
the ballads and just his his vocals and the way
he was always dressed up. So we would do one
of his songs and stuff like that. And when I
got a little bit older and I started I started playing,
you know, pursuing my own career as a solo artist,
I just kind of continued that tradition. And it wasn't
(06:55):
until I moved to Nashville and I kind of got
away from from South Texas that people were this is crazy.
Do we never seen anybody just bust out into a
Spanish song? I was like, bro, where I'm from, that's
just kind of what you like, what you do. Was
it anything crazy to me? You know? And it took me.
It took me having to like get away from my
hometown a little bit to realize how unique that really
(07:18):
was to grow up that way and to I guess,
you know, be not so nonchalant about it, but right, Yeah,
but yeah, that's kind of that's kind of where the
inspiration come for putting the cover of will do on
the record.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Yeah, that's true. I mean, you go anywhere else and
you know it's like they don't have Mariacci's come and
sing for your birthday and right, yeah, it's it's two
step over there, it's goombie over here. And sure, you
know you kind of you don't realize how much it's
just a normal thing here. I love it. And so
you know, you've been on tour with Park McCollum, Hank
(07:53):
Williams Junior, Charlie Crockett, Randy Rogers Band. They were actually
here a few weeks ago. What is your relationship with
with with Midland how well? You know, have you performed
with them before? Is this going to be your first time?
Speaker 2 (08:05):
You know what, I'm really looking forward to it because
I've met them a couple of times. I've met a
couple members of the band in passing, but I've never
really had a chance to sit down and have a
you know, a formal conversation and introduction. So hopefully in
l Paso, when we play together, hopefully I can get
to know them a little bit better because I'm I'm
(08:25):
a very big fan of what they do and uh,
you know, talking about style, those those guys are always
dressed to the nines, you know, and I've always I've
always admired their their style and and everything everything about
the band. So it'll be fun. We're very much looking
forward to opening up the show and and and again.
You know, being back in El Paso is always it's
(08:46):
always so much fun. Obviously, as much as much as
we love El Paso, it's so far away that we
don't we don't get to come to El Paso very often,
so when we when we do, it's it's really a
treat for us. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
I just did an interview with Jess Carson from Midland
and he credits I'll pass so a lot for the band,
even forming and their their song drinking Problems. They actually
have a Spanish version of that, so maybe you can
help them sing that at the really neat Yes, So
I'm going to play a real quick game with you.
(09:19):
I'm going to test your Spanish, and honestly, your Spanish
is probably better than mine. So I'm going to test
that and I'm going to ask some rapid fire questions.
All right, I'm going to give you the word in
Spanish and then you tell me the word in English.
Song very good everyone. Everyone knows it's either Sedvesa or servesa,
(09:41):
but they know it or che get that cowboy now,
Dustin Lynch, I just talked to him recently. I didn't
agree with him because he's coming soon as well. And
he was like, so, what's the difference between Baccero and Cavallero?
And I was stumped and I looked at it. Baccerto
is cowboy. Cavialo is gentleman? Am I wrong?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
That's right? Is a like? It can mean like gentlemen.
But I also and I could be getting this wrong,
but because a cowboy, yeah, getto would be the cowboys or.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Like a rat hand like like Racquerto, you know, cow.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
Yeah, But I think it's yeah, you could also mean
I think it can mean that too, like a horse
likes like kind of like a you know, it's got
a cowboy thing to it. I think it can mean
that as well.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Word for cowboys. All right, this one's easy, use it
and come on, come on.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
That would be like a like when I think of
coming on, I think of a bus, you know, or
you know. I mean, well, there's and being on the
border is its own thing too, because when I hear
people say truck they would either say or they would
you know, a car would be caro. Yes, but yeah,
(10:54):
you know some people say, yeah, there's that one's ttricky
because there's a there's a lot of different ways to
say it. But like I know, like to me, when
I think of coming on, I think of like a
big like a bus, like a big.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Cod be right, that makes sense? And here in a
pass so you're kind of close to a passo not
too far. Well, you know your your hometown, did you do?
You all have the phrase I like a okay down,
okay that I just found out that not everyone says that.
So if you say it's kind of like the equivalent
to whatever, or you know, like that that's the closest
(11:27):
thing I can Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Yeah, I think so. I think a lot of it
too is if you see it or if you like,
if you are in the conversation and somebody does something
like there's these little nuances that the Mexican people do
when they speak that you that you know exactly what yes,
like the expressiveness of it, like yes in other words,
like if you told me do you know what I means?
(11:49):
I'd be like, well, no, not really. But if I
was in the middle of a conversation and somebody did that,
I'd know exactly what they the sentiment of what that means.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
You're right, yeah, exactly the way you say it. All right,
I got one more round of rapid fire questions. I'm
just going to ask you about seven questions, and all right,
your favorite sports.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Team, favorite sports team. We're talking professional, we're talking college or.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
What everyone asked me that I'll say professional because that's
what I'm more familiar with.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
As disheartening as it can be. Sometimes i'd have to
say the Dallas.
Speaker 1 (12:21):
Cowboy, Yeah, buddy, all right. Favorite type of food I
would have to go with Mexican food. Let me ask
you what's your favorite?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Oh my gosh, that's actually a really good question. The
ones that I always remember that would be around my
house were like the peak ones.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
You know why it's called a concha, right because.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
It looks kind of like a shell. Now.
Speaker 1 (12:45):
Yeah, my husband he's, you know, been, he's native all
pass on Hispanic as can be. And he just I
told him that like a few months ago, and he's like,
I'm like, all right. Favorite adult beverage.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Favorite adult beverage, probably a cold beer of some of
any sort really, of any sort?
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Yeah, on stage? Your favorite one of your favorite movies.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Oh, that's a good one. I've always loved with Kevin
Costner movie Dances with Wolves.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Oh, I haven't seen that one. I know it's a classic.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I know, Oh, it is a classic. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Favorite non country artist or band.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Okay, favorite non country artist or band I really like.
There's a pop band called the nineteen seventy five that
I think is really really cool, fun.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
I have to look them up. If you could bring
back one country artist from the dead for one gig,
who would it.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Be, Oh, my gosh, probably probably Johnny Cash.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Johnny Cash. And if you could do a duet with
a non country artist, who would it be?
Speaker 2 (13:46):
Blna del Rey.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Awesome, that's a cool Yeah. I love that. All right, William,
is there anything else that you would like to tell
the listening audience.
Speaker 2 (13:56):
That's it. We're looking forward to being back in Olpasso.
The show is going to be a lot of fun.
We're gonna be playing some of these new songs off
the new record which just came out, and if they
haven't heard it, I'd encourage them to go look it up.
And listening to some of the new songs and Yeah
we can't wait.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
Definitely listen to Whiskey Lies and Alibi's William Beckman opening
for Midland October second at the Cowtown Events Center. William,
I've had a really wonderful time talking to you, and hey,
don't forget to say mucho to your Mexican friends. It
means a lot to them.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
I will thank you so much for taking the time.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
We'll see you soon.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
Bye bye, Okay, bye bye.
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