Santiago Jimenez Senior
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was a leading light in Tex-Mex Music from his first record in 1936 until his last recordings in 1980. Two of his six sons (he also had two daughters), Santiago junior and Flaco, born in 1944 and 1939 respectively, have carried on the family tradition. Earlier in the week I posted a track by Santiago, so now it's time for one by his big brother
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Thanks. I thoroughly enjoyed that, and would otherwise never have encountered it. Why I love MOG.
I recall seeing Flaco perform at Berkeley's Provo Park sometime in the 80's. Gotta put in another plug for a new and highly recommended release by Los Centzontles with David Hidalgo, "Songs of Wood and Steel". Check it out.
Virtuousic without being obnoxiously so, and brimming with charm. Thank you again....
That's a charming piece. This genre must have come partly from German-American communities in Texas, but I never hear of that music being sought after or thriving like this border music, which one hears in San Franciso at many a construction site or roof repair. What with cajun, zydeco, South African pop and 1930s French recordings, the accordion's hip quotient has grown considerably in the last sixty years.