The Ballad of Willie Crillo (Saddle Man) (1998)

 

An Ed Ruscha Gas Station

Inspired by Beck. The re-title was inspired by “spooning” the intersection of Crilly and Willow in the Old Town neighborhood in Chicago. “Crilly Willow”—I thought--that’s an interesting title for a piece of music--then I began to play around with the words, dropping the "W" for the Spanish spelling, and voila, the name of a character.

Cheesy MIDI Recording

 

Guitar instrumental:

 

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The renditioned AI Version: