Oldest Bar in El Paso - The One and Only Rosa's Cantina, El Paso Texas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2011
- Rosa's Cantina was the inspiration for one of the most famous Western songs ever, El Paso, by Marty Robbins. It's easy to see why when you pull up to the small, single roomed building. Across the road you see the badlands of New Mexico, and you can almost envision the tragic gunfight that Robbins sings about. When you get here though, you'll find this is a neighborhood watering hole, that's been an important part of its community for decades.
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When I joined the Army at the age of 19 I left Michigan it was 14 degrees and the snow was falling sideways. I got off the plane arriving at my first duty station of Ft Bliss located in El Paso.When I got off the plane it was 70 degrees and the sun was bright and shining.Jan 14 1982.I basically grew up there in my young adult years.I wasn’t going home because I found a new one. I found my Mexican queen and raised 7 children with her (we didn’t have cable).I had to come back to Michigan to help my elderly mom after my dad passed. I lived in the Chuco for 35 years and can’t wait to return to that beautiful culture and to be in the lives of my 6 grandchildren.!
I visited El Paso partly to honour my late father whose favourite song was "El Paso". Loved the place and, yes, saw Rosa's Cantina.
Proud to be born here
Marty Robbins probably didn't even know that he ended his song in Deming, New Mexico. The most famous resident of Deming is Joe Scarborough, the man who murdered, John Selman Sr., who himself murdered John Wesley Hardin, the most notorious outlaw in El Paso. So Deming has relevance to the written of song about El Paso, without him even knowing.
I left El Paso in 1997 due to some financial stuff. A friend of mine told me I should move to Springfield, Missouri for a new start. I've been here ever since. It must've been about 6 months since I had left, and I still wasn't used to my new surroundings. Another friend of mine and I went to Waffle House to eat lunch. He went to the juke box and told me "I selected a special song for you". It was "El Paso". I went to the men's room and cried for a little while. He "apologized" for selecting that song saying he didn't know it was going to upset me so badly. I heard it again at a barber shop about a year or so later, but had to compose myself a bit more. Some good and bad have happened here in the last 20 years, but I will always consider El Paso my "home town". That song has been going through my mind constantly for the past few months, but for some reason, I won't play it here on You Tube. Don't ask me why.
what a mess now
Born and raised in El Paso, on the weekends I spent my time with my nana in the Segundo barrio. She was born in 1914 and the stories she told me about Pancho Villa, how she was a farm picker. Now I live in So Cal, I miss the days of walking downtown and enjoying a red candy apple from the guy in front of JC Penny's. I remember to the song from Marty I was about 4 /5 when I herd it n was excited because it had El Paso in it. To me that was cool and still is, El Chuco has so much history.
No matter how it came to be its worth the trip. Im from south texas and we had to check it off our bucket list.
Hell yeah roses cantina
I hate to disappoint anyone but I was born and raised a few blocks away from Rosas Cantina and use to catch the bus across the highway from the bar and bought my gas next door... The original owners were the Escobedo's and the bar was called Tiger's bar. He sold it to Beto Zubia who was my neighbor down the street. After the song about Rosa's Cantina came out, Beto capitalized on the famous song and renamed the Bar :"Rosas Cantina." That was an advertising coup. The song came out before the bar was renamed and had nothing to do with the song. The highway that passes in front is highway 80 and that was the highway to California. IH-10 did not exist then and in fact our house was bought by the state and torn down to build IH-10. Tourists driving past the bar after it was renamed, would make a U-turn, park in front of the bar and have their wives take their picture. It was a big joke for myself and the rest of the locals because we knew the bar had a different name when the Marty song came out, but the tourist didn;t know that. Just setting the record straight.
El paso any one🤙🤙🤙
I was born in Juarez lower valley(el valle de juarez) n raised in El
I live in El Paso! This makes me happy!
I love my El Paso! ❤️❤️
Wow i could sit in this bar for hours drinking a beer listening to some old folks saying stories from back in the days that would be f ing awesome!
That's a nice story from El Paso Texas my wife and myself and kids are from El Paso Texas but right now we live in Midland Texas
I joined the Air Force in 1965 at the age of 19. After basic training, I went to tech school at Chanute AFB in Illinois. After a 10 day leave at home (Louisville, Kentucky) I took a train in January of 66 to my permanent duty station, Biggs AFB El Paso, Texas. I loved El Paso and of course going across the border to Juarez, Mexico. In March of 1966 Texas Western (in El Paso) played University of Kentucky in the NCAA final game for the championship. Yes, I was a UK fan and caught heck when they got beat. Will always remember Louie Dampier had the ball stolen 2 times in a row as he was coming up court. I was only stationed there until May as Ft. Bliss was taking over the Air Base. Damn I hated to leave. While at Biggs I met a young lady at an Airman's Club dance one night. We dated several times until it came time to ship out to my next duty station in Indiana. We stayed in touch for awhile but eventually the letters stopped coming as I figured they would. I have often wondered what ever happened to her. I pray she is alive and well. Thank you ma'am for the great memories. I haven't forgotten you.
MY HOMETOWN 😁
Realmente amo está ciudad El Paso!!!