Conjunto, the accordion-driven music born near the Texas-Mexico border, was the Jimenez family business. Starting when he was a boy playing alongside his father, Santiago Jimenez Sr., Flaco Jimenez ...

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched ...

The originator of the Tejano Conjunto Festival, Juan Tejeda, noted that the list of those who have won Grammys includes Jiménez, and notes that the number of Grammys says a lot about his talent. “He's ...

SAN ANTONIO — Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto ... from Leonardo Jiménez y sus Caporales to Los Super Seven and played alongside others such as Los Texmaniacs. He had ...

“Borders y Bailes” is Los TexManiacs’ third CD, following 2004’s “A Tex-Mex Groove” with guest artists Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers, Los Lobos and Ruben Ramos, and 2007’s “About ...

Flaco Jimenez, conjunto music master and six-time Grammy winner, dies at 86 The San Antonio native took his three-row accordion and gave it modern twists, taking Tex-Mex conjunto music to the ...

SAN ANTONIO — Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion musicianship to the national and worldwide stages with countless superstar musicians and bands, has died ...

"Flaco Jimenez brought that Tex-Mex, Mexican-American feel to the blues, to rock, to country," said Josh Baca, another San Antonio accordionist and protégé of Flaco's, who plays with Los Texmaniacs.

"Flaco Jimenez brought that Tex-Mex, Mexican-American feel to the blues, to rock, to country," said Josh Baca, another San Antonio accordionist and protégé of Flaco's, who plays with Los Texmaniacs.

"Flaco Jimenez brought that Tex-Mex, Mexican-American feel to the blues, to rock, to country," said Josh Baca, another San Antonio accordionist and protégé of Flaco's, who plays with Los Texmaniacs.

SAN ANTONIO — Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion musicianship to the national and worldwide stages with countless superstar musicians and bands, has died ...

"Flaco Jimenez brought that Tex-Mex, Mexican-American feel to the blues, to rock, to country," said Josh Baca, another San Antonio accordionist and protégé of Flaco's, who plays with Los Texmaniacs.