Eddie con los Shades. Drawing as much from R&B as the rockabilly sounds that were still making the rounds in Texas at the time, Eddie con los Shades: Rock 'n Roll sounds a bit prescient of the garage rock sounds that would be all the rage three or four years down the line, though with less grit and a decided Latin undertow. Fender doesn't get much of a chance to show off the luxuriously weepy vocal style that would make him a Nashville star in the mid-'70s, but as a rocker he sounds solid and light on his feet, and if his guitar work isn't always virtuoso stuff, there's a minimalist Carl Perkins-style attack in his sharp, meaty solos that sounds both tough and lithe. Not quite the great lost Fender album, Eddie con los Shades: Rock 'n Roll still proves he was serious about his rock & roll, and served it up with style and passion.