Word: tequila
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TEQUILA (Verve) is the title song but not the flavor of the album. Though Wes Montgomery, the fine self-taught guitarist, can hold his own with the driving, jabbing jazzmen of today, for the moment he turns relaxed and romantic. In such songs as Little Child (Daddy Dear) and Midnight Mood his big warm tone holds a strong melodic line that is echoed by a dozen violins and cellos, almost like a Roger Williams showpiece...
...special drink called the Menlo, a mixture of lemon syrup, soda water, sugar and gin. In Southern California, the Golden Cadillac (Galliano liqueur, crème de cacao, orange juice, cream) is catching on. Chicagoans have taken up the Black Martini (dry vermouth and blackberry brandy), the Brave Bull (tequila and Kahlua) and the Blue Blazer (mulled brandy, Southern Comfort and water). Washingtonians are drinking a new depth charge called the Kraatz No. 1 Special, invented by Hawaiian Businessman Donald Kraatz. The recipe: pour an almost-full tumbler of Tanqueray's gin over ice, add minute but equal amounts...
...gently into the water again. And for all, from morning till night, there is the sun. When it sets, there are the parties, two and often three a night. They begin late (Acapulco dinners start at 9:30, often last until midnight), and host and guests wind up at Tequila à Go-Go, which stays open until 5 a.m. The Rothschilds dodge the crowds at the less fashionable Aku-Tiki on the beach...
...Miller. When captured by Mexican bandits who decided "to 'dobe-wall him," he shot the firing squad with a camera before it could shoot him with bullets. Flattered and fascinated, the bandits began posing for photographs and drinking straight shots of sotol, a distillation of yucca that makes tequila seem like celery tonic. When they were suitably swacked, Sergeant Miller took a flying leap to the nearest horse and "hit the Rio Grande so hard he knocked it dry for 50 feet." He left his camera behind. No matter. No film in it, anyway...
FOCOLARE. Midst elegant accouterments, including thick wine-colored carpets, long, flowing cerise draperies and pillowed armchairs, rather ordinary Mexican fare (chicken, tacos and enchiladas) gains a magical allure. The mariachi music from the Cafe Alameda below and a tequila-spiked margarita add to the enchantment...