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San Antonio’s 83-year-old Flaco Jiménez—son, grandson, and brother of celebrated accordionists—has won six Grammys, including, most recently, a lifetime achievement award. In the late ...
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FJ: It’s slang, for like a conjunction of three instruments: the accordion, the bajo sexto 12-string guitar, and a slap bass. It was like a trio, you know. Conjunto is Spanish for group, or a collection. They are conjunct. That’s where conjunto comes from.
FJ: We call it musica alegre—happy music. It’s happy, danceable music. Who doesn’t love happy music?
FJ: I’ve been enjoying my time at home with my wife and family. When COVID hit, all the bookings dried up. Most everything has been canceled. I’ve done some Zoom performances and recorded a music video at my home with Michael Quintanilla [a San Antonio media personality], for his Gridiron show, but that’s been it. I’ve also been helping promote the...
FJ: Before the coronavirus, I was still playing with Max and Josh [Baca, the leaders of the band Los Texmaniacs]. We’ve done some gigs with Johnny Nicholas at Hill Top Cafe, his restaurant outside Fredericksburg. And we’re finishing recording an album with Augie Meyers, Nunie Rubio, Speedy Sparks, and Ernie Durawa [the core surviving members of the...
FJ: The way to play the instrument is as simple as possible, so people can understand. A lot of accordionists are showing off too much. It’s like putting too much sugar in your coffee. I tell the kids that you can’t win a Grammy just because you think you deserve it. A lot of the young accordionists think Grammys are a prize in a cereal box. They’r...
FJ: Josh Baca and Dwayne Verheyden—they’re examples of good players. [Verheyden is a 29-year-old from The Netherlands.] Dwayne’s dad and mom took him to see me when I was touring in Holland with Ry Cooder. He was a young kid. A few years later, I hear this kid playing and said, “Oh man, it’s me playing the accordion. He plays my same phrasing.” He ...
FJ: The same instrument I’ve always played—a Hohner Corona II Classic. It’s a solid three-row model. My father and grandfather played a simpler one-row button accordion. [In 2009, Hohner began producing a Corona II Flaco Jiménez Signature model.] There are lots of good accordions being made these days. Gabbanelli in Houston makes very good accordio...
Mar 15, 2019 · - PressReader. San Antonio Express-News. Conjunto legend Flaco Jimenez still playing at 80. Accordion king still rules city’s music scene. 2019-03-15 - By Hector Saldaña CONTRIBUTOR. Conjunto accordionist Flaco Jimenez, San Antonio’s foremost living musician, celebrated his 80th birthday Monday.
May 13, 2015 · “I agree with Little Joe 100 percent,” Flaco Jiménez told NBC News, speaking in both English and Spanish from his home in San Antonio. “The accordion is the heart of our music. Some...
Sep 16, 2022 · Flaco had gone with his dad to watch him perform at “El Gaucho,” a nightclub on El Paso Street on the Westside of San Antonio. Cruz Saenz, owner of the nightclub contracted Don Santiago in the mid-1940s, and the accordion maestro played there every weekend over the next ten years.
Mar 22, 2014 · Flaco Jimenez has been playing the accordion for most of his 75 years. He makes conjunto music with guitar player Max Baca. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the pair about their album, Flaco & Max.
Nov 19, 2020 · She collaborated with iconic San Antonio musician Flaco Jiménez for a cover of the ranchera song “El Puente Roto” (“The Broken Bridge”) on his eighth studio album, 1992’s Partners. Jiménez...
