Del Cabo Daze

 Frank Stuart, left, with his lifelong pal Jack Devore, the two hippest characters I ever met, and  my pals as well. Frank learned color theory, classic oil painting and water color technique in the Art Alley at Folsom Prison. Jack Devore, a gifted artist, credited Frank with the  point of view that ultimately became Elastic Symbolism. Jack is , however, considered the founder of the small but influential west coast movement. His work may be seen at http://www.philo.com/

Jack and Frank, who went by the sobriquet Don Quiroga, loved to hang out in the shade and smoke reefer listening to bebop. In the late 50s, perhaps on his South American junket in the employ of  Safeway corporate headquarters supply division, Frank somehow acquired an old Spanish cape of a classical design. In the early 60s Jack and Frank traveled to Mexico, where Don Quiroga, a fluent speaker of barrio Mexican Spanish, introduced his pal Jack, who always wore the old cape, as Doctor Jose Del Cabo, his personal physician. In the early 90s Frank emigrated to Mexico, and Jack followed 10 years later. They had some very good years once again living in the same city on the west coast. Jack, who was in his early 80s at the time, died in 2010.
Frank Stuart, who is much older, possibly approaching his 90th year, is as far as I know still hanging out in the shade and smoking reefers and listening to bebop.