I have worn them every so often. They are my favorite thing to burnish in my highbrow, blue-label black-listed sense of rock 'n roll transcendence.
Part of my New Years resolution is to take action on my desires, in short. One of those is getting a pair of boots made just like my dads, that I can actually wear.
So tonight I've written Lucchese Boots in San Antonio Texas.
Hello there! I recently saw a man with a great pair of boots on and when I asked him where he got them, he told me about Lucchese! Well I am on the hunt, constantly, for the most authentic, genuine, and quality of things I want in my life, such as a pair of boots, let alone cowboy boots.
When I was young, 13 or so, my dad passed away. He was born in the '30's down in the Florida Keys. He grew up on the run of his deranged father, fleeing from state to state with his sister and mother. His life was pretty much on the edge and steeped in was is now today for me a mystery that he made it out alive, and with such character and color. He eventually left to run around the south on his own, quite young. He lived a thousand lifetimes by the time he was hired as a bass player in my moms band when she was only 19. Long story short, they fell in love and lived the next 27 years in bliss. His life was a reflection of his style and his passion for this magical kind of nature and zest for life. He never abided by fashion, but he listened to his own sense of design and draw...
Amongst the suits and jewelry, boots and guitars and desert road trips and casino performances they lived through the 70's into the 80's, he bought along the way a pair of black cowboy boots with silver tips and heel caps. They are one of my most beloved and precious items in my life. Unfortunately they don't fit me.
Now almost 26 years old myself, I am a musician living in Los Angeles. Dawning a bottle of whisky and a memory of part of what's in my blood, I slip into these boots every so often to play a gig or clothe myself in a sense of proud love for him and the life he passed onto me.
I really cannot wear them anymore. I don't want to ruin them. I have no idea who made them. I don't think that they are a very high end pair, but let me say, they are the COOLEST pair of boots I have ever seen... well at least for me? They are a pair I could wear every day for the rest of my life... it they only actually fit!
What can I do? Can I send you pictures, can I send them to you? I want a custom pair made for me exactly like them, but good lord they must fit me enough to walk through the ferocious life that I have chosen to walk through and I would be so happy to know that Lucchese's incredible craftsmanship could burnish me a tailored pair that would last me for the rest of my life as his did him.
Enough of this long tirade.
Happy Holidays, and thank you for reading this. Much love.
Dillon Padgette
