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For decades, Flaco Jiménez has been synonymous with Sunday evenings at the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio at Rosedale Park. Come rain or sweltering heat, even on Mother’s Day some ...
Flaco Jimenez is back in the studio consumed by a labor of love. Not to work on a new solo project (he's vowed those off) but rather to dig deep into his past with the long-extinct Los Caporales ...
Flaco called me yesterday and raved about Legends & Legacies. He said, “Mijo, this might be my last one”—he’s getting up in age, you know—“I want it to be right.” ...
Flaco Jimenez and Brother Santiago Reunited The two brothers, legendary conjunto players with completely different styles who had not shared a stage since 1982, played at San Antonio's Tejanjo ...
Flaco Jimenez (right) relaxes with his wife Adela Jimenez in a limousine before performing at the 34th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival Sunday May 17, 2015 at Rosedale Park.
Flaco Jimenez can hang with just about anyone — be it the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Dwight Yoakam, Ry Cooder or Willie Nelson. His famous pals have included Buck Owens and George ...
Their latest work proves it. Flaco & Max: Legends and Legacies, a 17-track celebration, comes out this Tuesday. It’s a reunion of sorts, though Baca and Jiménez never could quit one another.
Flaco Jimenez performs during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski) Author: Darcy Ramirez ...
MORE: Conjunto legend celebrates 80th birthday Flaco Jimenez, right, performs with his brother Santiago Jimenez Jr. at the Tejano Conjunto Festival in 2012.
San Anto native and accordionist Flaco Jiménez will receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award this Saturday in a ceremony the day before the 57th Grammy Awards. Alongside the Bee Gees, Wayne ...
Flaco Jiménez is in his seventh decade as a performer. He's played with Ry Cooder, Dwight Yoakam, and even The Rolling Stones. Jiménez's newest album, Legends & Legacies, is a collection of ...
What Elvis Presley was to rock, Muddy Waters to blues, Clifton Chenier to zydeco or Charlie Parker to jazz, Flaco Jimenez is to Tex-Mex (also known as conjunto or norteno) music. Perhaps the ...