Recorded from the radio, KBTS-FM Austin, TX, c.1987. Following the craze of the 1987 film, "La Bamba", morning show hosts Mike Butts and Karen Clauss invited listeners to submit their own version of the popular song -- serious or parody. I don't know how many initial submissions there were but Mike notes the four submissions listeners were voting on that morning. The lyrics were indeed printed in the Statesman around that time in a feature story about the history of the song and the story of its lyrics.

The first was a parody entitled "La Rambo" ("haunting lyrics," Mike notes), a polka version by Joe Klauss that would make Weird Al proud was second, a trombone instrumental by Clint Herzig was third, and the final entry by Ricky Trevino that was most certainly made at home on a synthesizer. Mike notes the eventual smash-up of the song with "Twist and Shout."

My money says the Rambo version won hands down.

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