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His Face Was On The Front Page!

from The Night Stalker! by Danny Ramirez

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'In August of 1985 the Los Angeles cops were able to link a stolen car to the probable serial killer that was active since March. The fingerprints on the car found corresponded with those of a guy called Richard Ramirez. To the police he was known to be a petty criminal who lived in L.A. and whose picture they had from a December 1984 car theft arrest. This energetic song tells about the arrest of Ramirez after he had tried to get away on foot, followed by a couple of people who had recognized his face in the morning newspapers. He had been out of the state, when his photograph and search warrant were send to the press by the police. When he arrived back in L.A. in the morning hours of Saturday 31 August 1985, he saw his face staring back at him from the front page of the newspapers after he’d got into a liquor store. Being recognized by some people, Richard ran out of the store trying to escape and attempted carjacking, but eventually got hunted down in an exhausting foot chase. After being knocked to the street he’d almost got lynched. The cops had to rescue him from the angry crowd.'

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When The Night Stalker's fingerprints were found
The cops were able to link them
To a car thief they knew hung around
In L. A. by the name of Ramirez

In their records they did find his face
A mugshot from a car theft arrest
And while Richard was out of the state
Through the media his picture got spread

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On a Saturday morning
Richard got back in L.A.
There was no one to warn him
That his face was on the front page
He went inside a store
After getting off of the Greyhound
Then saw the newspapers and ran out the door
But got recognized and caught by the crowd

Richard tried to get away
Into the neighbourhood nearby
But it was already too late
To escape from justice this time

Some men were hunting him down
Through the L.A. streets
And he had been knocked to the ground
When he got rescued by the police

Chorus


'In August of 1985 the Los Angeles cops were able to link a stolen car to the probable serial killer that was active since March. The fingerprints on the car found corresponded with those of a guy called Richard Ramirez. To the police he was known to be a petty criminal who lived in L.A. and whose picture they had from a December 1984 car theft arrest. This energetic song tells about the arrest of Ramirez after he had tried to get away on foot, followed by a couple of people who had recognized his face in the morning newspapers. He had been out of the state, when his photograph and search warrant were send to the press by the police. When he arrived back in L.A. in the morning hours of Saturday 31 August 1985, he saw his face staring back at him from the front page of the newspapers after he’d got into a liquor store. Being recognized by some people, Richard ran out of the store trying to escape and attempted carjacking, but eventually got hunted down in an exhausting foot chase. After being knocked to the street he’d almost got lynched. The cops had to rescue him from the angry crowd.'

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from The Night Stalker!, released May 13, 2004
Danny Ramirez - acoustic rhythm guitar, acoustic lead guitar, percussion, vocals

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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands

Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more

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