OLLIN

**Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:13 am**

Spider, how did you become acquainted with this band? I watched them for about a half hour in the front poster room Tuesday night, and they really blew me away. Very talented performers.
I actually went back and bought a cd. Also had a talk with the Rodarte brothers. Friendly, gracious guys. They told me they opened two shows at The Fillmore for their East L.A. pals Los Lobos.
Cool band!

**Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:21 am**

Jem, James, Darryl and myself met them on Tuesday. Apparently they play the whole of Rum, Sodomy and the Lash at a festival in east LA every St Patricks day. We loved them.

You should check out the story of the San Patricio Brigade who fought in the Mexican - American war. They were Irishmen who deserted from the forces to fight for the Mexicans. I think there is a very strong sense of gratitude towards the men who gave their lives down there. Anyway, this goes someway to explaining where Ollin are coming from. Definately check 'em out if you misssed them on tuesday.

**Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:18 am**

pogues whistle Player wrote:Jem, James, Darryl and myself met them on Tuesday. Apparently they play the whole of Rum, Sodomy and the Lash at a festival in east LA every St Patricks day. We loved them.

You should check out the story of the San Patricio Brigade who fought in the Mexican - American war. They were Irishmen who deserted from the forces to fight for the Mexicans. I think there is a very strong sense of gratitude towards the men who gave their lives down there. Anyway, this goes someway to explaining where Ollin are coming from. Definately check 'em out if you misssed them on tuesday.

I first heard of the San Patricio Brigade from El Vez, the Mexican Elvis.

**Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:00 am**

Lyrics:
My name is John Riley
I'll have your ear only a while
I left my dear home in Ireland
It was death, starvation or exile
And when I got to America
It was my duty to go
Enter the Army and slog across Texas
To join in the war against Mexico

It was there in the pueblos and hillsides
That I saw the mistake I had made
Part of a conquering army
With the morals of a bayonet blade
So in the midst of these poor, dying Catholics
Screaming children, the burning stench of it all
Myself and two hundred Irishmen
Decided to rise to the call

(Chorus)
From Dublin City to San Diego
We witnessed freedom denied
So we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion
And we fought on the Mexican side

We marched 'neath the green flag of Saint Patrick
Emblazoned with "Erin Go Bragh"
Bright with the harp and the shamrock
And "Libertad para Mexicana"
Just fifty years after Wolftone
Five thousand miles away
The Yanks called us a Legion of Strangers
And they can talk as they may

(Chorus)

We fought them in Matamoros
While their volunteers were raping the nuns
In Monterey and Cerro Gordo
We fought on as Ireland's sons
We were the red-headed fighters for freedom
Amidst these brown-skinned women and men
Side by side we fought against tyranny
And I daresay we'd do it again

(Chorus)

We fought them in five major battles
Churobusco was the last
Overwhelmed by the cannons from Boston
We fell after each mortar blast
Most of us died on that hillside
In the service of the Mexican state
So far from our occupied homeland
We were heroes and victims of fate

(Chorus)

Created March 2001
Copyright David Rovics 2001, all rights reserved

About this song:
Originally appeared on Living In These Times. It's a true story about an international brigade that pre-dated the Spanish Civil War, the San Patricios.

David Rovics sings the above song at his live shows

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/d ... ntent=song

**Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:29 am**

Thanks, RoddyRuddy, very interesting!

**Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:43 pm**

Yes, THANKS Roddy Ruddy and all of you. Great story, and some great lyrics there. Must try and hunt down a copy of that...

**Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:45 pm**

Fintan wrote:Yes, THANKS Roddy Ruddy and all of you. Great story, and some great lyrics there. Must try and hunt down a copy of that...

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/d ... ntent=song

check out the above link for a free mp3 of the track Saint Patrick Battalion (F.T.M.)

**Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:50 pm**

(Don't know if posting in best place, but...)
OLLIN has informed me that they are currently recording their next album.

**Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:31 pm**

Ioana wrote:(Don't know if posting in best place, but...)
OLLIN has informed me that they are currently recording their next album.

http://www.mariachirelampago.com/cd.html

**Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:12 am**

isthisit wrote:
Ioana wrote:(Don't know if posting in best place, but...)
OLLIN has informed me that they are currently recording their next album.

http://www.mariachirelampago.com/cd.html

Ha Ha. You are so very funny, whoever you are (SARCASTIC)... What have you got? Do you even know how to play any music or just find it fun to insult with cultural stereotypes.

This is their website:
http://www.myspace.com/eastlosollin

**Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:52 am**

RoddyRuddy wrote: http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/01/d ... ntent=song

check out the above link for a free mp3 of the track Saint Patrick Battalion (F.T.M.)

Well, I enjoyed that a lot.

Great song.

**Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:11 pm**

Ollin means movement in the language of the Nahua, an ancient people of Mexico. Ollin Tonatiuh (one who makes the day) is the name of the central figure (sun) on the famous Aztec calendar stone.

**Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:39 pm**

guest wrote:Ollin means movement in the language of the Nahua, an ancient people of Mexico. Ollin Tonatiuh (one who makes the day) is the name of the central figure (sun) on the famous Aztec calendar stone.

Hm. Very interesting. All I can offer is gibberish: I confused it for a while with a library at Cornell, Olin (restricted to graduate students for a while), but that's with only on "l". It's one of the biggest libraries on campus. Just looking it up now, though, got a little disappointed to see where it's name came from (neoconservative right-wing foundation):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Olin_Foundation
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/

Also found out that the father of this person, FW Olin, used his money to set up a new college in the outskirts of Boston. One "l" difference!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_W ... ngineering
http://www.olin.edu/on.asp

This "olin" is from Old English for "holly".

**Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:42 pm**

http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb3h4nb47j/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_sun_stone

**Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:31 pm**

Poor sound, and shaky video, but fun nonetheless. Even a collapse on stage at the end. Can't tell if it's the accordian player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aseet2Zjsfw

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