Wow! Looks like he already has 2 divorces, a mortgage, and several career changes under his belt.
revenge_burner on
Jokes about him looking 50 aside, dude had some perfect teeth.
n_mcrae_1982 on
Never realized how much of a toll “La Bamba” actually took.
Virama on
God damn, Lou Diamond Phillips was doing some hellacious catfishing in La Bamba. 😳
goodeyemighty on
Looks like a boxer.
My1point5cents on
Such a sad story. Left us some good music but died tragically too young, just when his career was about to take off.
Artful_Dodger76 on
Two weeks before the music….died.
greatgildersleeve on
He’d be dead in two weeks. Tragic.
Seldinger_Technique on
“Mother f*cker. You look 40.”
ThatBlueFoxyote on
dionpadilla1 on
Looks like an Old School Pro Wrestler. Lou played him a lot less stocky.
gaychitect on
That’s the oldest looking teenager I’ve ever seen. Did he start a pack a day habit when he was 7?
nyrf12 on
A man was once born a baby, spent 16-ish years as a boy then spent roughly 30 years in their 40s.
PapaYoppa on
Im almost shit bricks when i found out he was only 17, bro looks like a grown ass man 🤣
Anyway rip to the legend
frankSadist on
SubjectNegotiation30 on
BigBadBootyDaddy10 on
It’s like that Bad Boys scene 🎬
“How old are you?”
“I’m 14”
“Boy, you look 40”.
Numerous-Stop46 on
This is who played him in La bamba
thegiantslose on
mr_ji on
A friend’s mother went to school with him. She said he took his guitar with him everywhere. Dude was definitely passionate.
Inevitable-Arm-7431 on
Suddenly the cast of Grease looks age accurate.
lazydracula on
Wasn’t he on that plane crash with The Big Booper and the other guy?
hikemalls on
I see why casting directors could get away with casting 30 year olds to play high schoolers for so many decades
BurglecuttIsMyDad on
Random story about the writer of LaBamba… We lived next to them when I was in High School and someone was putting threatening and racist notes and things at their door, we were worried slightly just because of the proximity and maybe they would use our yard etc. Turns out they never caught the person and 20 years later while visiting my parents house I heard from a neighbor they thought it was me being a little shit racist! WTF! Not one word or anything, just weird looks I couldn’t understand and silence. I’m still butt hurt about it, I told the friend to tell them it wasn’t me but whatevs, maybe one day I can clear it up.
this is one of those photos that makes me feel like I missed a whole era I somehow still feel connected to… I remember going through an old box of my parents’ stuff and finding records and pictures from around this time, and it weirdly felt more alive than anything digital now 😭 something about people back then just feels more real, like they didn’t know they were going to be remembered the way we do now. it always makes me wonder how different I’d be if I grew up in that kind of world
rodyFL on
Rough 17’s. He looks 50
nnp1989 on
Yikes, maybe Grease was actually on to something with the actors they had playing those “teenagers.”
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17 going on 50
17??
He reminds me of my grandfather at 55
Can’t image the music he would had shared with us
Wow! Looks like he already has 2 divorces, a mortgage, and several career changes under his belt.
Jokes about him looking 50 aside, dude had some perfect teeth.
Never realized how much of a toll “La Bamba” actually took.
God damn, Lou Diamond Phillips was doing some hellacious catfishing in La Bamba. 😳
Looks like a boxer.
Such a sad story. Left us some good music but died tragically too young, just when his career was about to take off.
Two weeks before the music….died.
He’d be dead in two weeks. Tragic.
“Mother f*cker. You look 40.”
Looks like an Old School Pro Wrestler. Lou played him a lot less stocky.
That’s the oldest looking teenager I’ve ever seen. Did he start a pack a day habit when he was 7?
A man was once born a baby, spent 16-ish years as a boy then spent roughly 30 years in their 40s.
Im almost shit bricks when i found out he was only 17, bro looks like a grown ass man 🤣
Anyway rip to the legend
It’s like that Bad Boys scene 🎬
“How old are you?”
“I’m 14”
“Boy, you look 40”.
This is who played him in La bamba
A friend’s mother went to school with him. She said he took his guitar with him everywhere. Dude was definitely passionate.
Suddenly the cast of Grease looks age accurate.
Wasn’t he on that plane crash with The Big Booper and the other guy?
I see why casting directors could get away with casting 30 year olds to play high schoolers for so many decades
Random story about the writer of LaBamba… We lived next to them when I was in High School and someone was putting threatening and racist notes and things at their door, we were worried slightly just because of the proximity and maybe they would use our yard etc. Turns out they never caught the person and 20 years later while visiting my parents house I heard from a neighbor they thought it was me being a little shit racist! WTF! Not one word or anything, just weird looks I couldn’t understand and silence. I’m still butt hurt about it, I told the friend to tell them it wasn’t me but whatevs, maybe one day I can clear it up.
https://preview.redd.it/izave1grb8vg1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=32e0961e95cd62d1fa28e3496bebf93d491def83
this is one of those photos that makes me feel like I missed a whole era I somehow still feel connected to… I remember going through an old box of my parents’ stuff and finding records and pictures from around this time, and it weirdly felt more alive than anything digital now 😭 something about people back then just feels more real, like they didn’t know they were going to be remembered the way we do now. it always makes me wonder how different I’d be if I grew up in that kind of world
Rough 17’s. He looks 50
Yikes, maybe Grease was actually on to something with the actors they had playing those “teenagers.”