isidro lopez was one of them, and i grew up listing to beto villa, banda gonzalez, isidro lopez, juanlorado. they all had bands similar to what you just saw right there. and i just never thought that i would ever, one, live this long. had i known, i'd have taken better care of my pickup. rancho. but you know, i was really--i was influenced by their music, their performances. they were all great artists. damian: and all these new, up and coming, young tejano performers, the navairas and--they're not young anymore, but they all credit you. you're the godfather. joe: that can be good, that can be bad. i'm honored for that, you know. but i was born at a time, and place, and an era when music was so different, you know? i grew up listening to the big band, you know, the crooners, the singers from the '40s and even the '30s, you know? i was born in 1940, but through the '50s and '60s, all these great talents, you know, great artists. so, all of that, you know? people see the show and they'll hear me do a sinatra song or a tony bennett song, and i've written a couple things that sound simila