walls2canvas: Hoochie Coochie Man

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Hoochie Coochie Man

The gypsy woman told my mother
Before I was born
I got a boy child's comin'
He's gonna be a son of a gun...

Hear My Train a Comin'

A whole lotta people put me down

My girl done called me a disgrace...

Tears burnin', tears burnin' me, tears burning me way down in my heart

well you know It's too bad little girl, it's too bad, too bad we have to part

Artist Manny Velazquez and fan at Dia de los Muertos art exhibit in Long Beach

1 comment:

UnknownFebruary 5, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Fantastic work! Love the Muddy one!!! Keep it up.
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Manny Velazquez is a Los Angeles Muralist

Most people know me from my vibrant Los Angeles murals. My passion is youth violence prevention and community outreach through art and music. By embracing art, music, and youth culture as powerful intervention tools I have involved thousands of marginalized youth and families in the creation of 30 murals, youth art exhibits, positive graffiti art projects, and live music concerts in schools and disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles.

I was born and raised in Pacoima (a barrio in Los Angeles) and I have painted dozens of murals in the Pacoima projects since high school. At the age of 13 my life intersected with a group of Chicano Studies college students who formed the art gallery and youth center “El Jardin de Flor Y Canto” in Pacoima; by age 14 I had painted my first mural and earned $500 as part of a summer project. My experiences at El Jardin provided me with an important alternative to the streets; the guys always emphasized that art was my strength and my reason not to get caught up in the neighborhood gang lifestyle. At the same time they understood how important it was for me not to forget the friends I had grown up with.