Comments on: Tacoland Owner - Ram Ayala - R.I.P.

By: Scott B.

Scott B. — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:24:04 +0000

Ram was great guy. I played Taco Land many times with the bands - Hondo Radar, Freudian Slip, Raging Bill. And saw many other great bands there. He always gave us (the bands) free beer, but I paid anyway. He was just too cool of guy to take from. One of the last times I saw him was just before ‘S A News’ did a story on him and Taco Land. He was talking about the bands and the music and he actually told me and a fellow musician that he loved us. We told him right back that we loved him. How many other club owners EVER said that to any of the bands they had play? He was truly one of a kind and a great friend to everybody and anybody. RIP Ram.

By: "Grannie"

"Grannie" — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:35:35 +0000

Man — cannot tell you how sorry I am. RIP is a sure thing!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:36:50 +0000

I’m adding this so everyone should know my cousin has lost her life(murdered)on 7/08. She lost her life for being the witness to thier murders. It would be nice to say a prayer for Michelle Lague my truly beloved friend and cousin!!
MAY THEY ALL REST IN PEACE!

By: Jefferson erck

Jefferson erck — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:10:42 +0000

RAM…….. was THE man.
he is a saint now( as Vespasian said on his deathbed ” oh dear… I can feel myself becoming a god now.” ) he has been diefied in SA. but who was the man ?? well…. if you proved yourself to him. he was your friend. crusty. vulgar ( in speech) and LOYAL.
He gave my band our first show. our second…….. third…
he gave you space to NOT SUCK.every band sucks. thier first show….. from the stones on. he gave you space to get your shit together.

and when he said he liked you he meant it.
PUSSY was a term of endearment.

he always had sketchy people around picking up bottles…….later you realized they were homeless and he was trying to help.

miss him lots.
miss the awful sound ( you could work with it, but it was worK)

miss the MAN. there will not be another
” jefferson
/ ” el jefe’

By: bobbi

bobbi — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:55:50 +0000

Hey somebody did they ever hang the bastards that did this to my friend or did they make it to trial.

By: Rob Felder

Rob Felder — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:28:16 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear this. It was a favorite place for me, and growing up in San Antonio Taco Land has been my way to feel at home again when I visit. I was never called a pussy by Ram so we weren’t very close, but I shared in the laughs with everyone. He surely left a memory for me and I’ll raise my glass to his life anytime.

By: bobbi

bobbi — Mon, 29 May 2006 13:05:54 +0000

you may be gone but not from my heart, love ya , you will never be forgotten.
i will be back someday and sit in the tree with ya. bye somebody

By: robertussen in sc

robertussen in sc — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:24:09 +0000

ram was an interesting fellow. i lived in sa for about a year and didnt know very many people. i met this chick kim who worked at a liqure store and also worked the door at taco land. i always felt welcome there. it was the best spot in sa as far as im concerend. i alway stopped by to visit everytime i go back to sa to pick up or drop off my daughter and ram would always be there waiting with cheap 16 once lone star beers for me to enjoy. i will never forget the experiences i had at the little dive on grayson. i wear both my taco land tee-shirts often. every now and then someone here in charleston sc will recognize ram on the shirt and that in a great thing in it self. i remember one time at heavy metal kareoke at cumberlands down town i just got off stage and a group of people in the crowd pulled me aside because of my shirt. they were a rockabilly band from tx whos name i forget and we talked about taco land for about an hour. ram will be missed by more people than anyone can possibly immagine. ill never forget him.

By: max

max — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:07:33 +0000

Ram was a pillar of the community. I got word of this tragedy from halfway across the country. I played many shows at T.L. in the late eighties and saw some legendary ones. I think we all had the feeling we were fortunate to have the place, whether or not we had to set our gear up around a post that supported the ceiling. I like how Jeff Smith (from the Hickoids) shows up in the news story about catching the perpetrators.

By: Somebody

Somebody — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:15:54 +0000

Still not over it. Still go by there every once in a while and drink a beer or so and burn a few outside. The other night was checking out the city with another Tacoland friend. Noticed there wasn’t anyplace to go. Said it would of been a great night for partying with the Ram. No more. Sad. So very sad.

Still see a bunch of my Tacoland friends. Even ran into Worm the other day. Keep in touch Tacoland folks. Ram and Tacoland still lives inside us. Don’t fuck up.

And Ram is still there. He’s in the tree now.