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The legendary accordion player died last week at 86. While his sound made waves in rock and pop culture with Bob Dylan and ...
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Flaco Jiménez, the famed Tejano accordionist who played with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, has died at 86.
Born into a well-known conjunto family in San Antonio on March 11, 1939, Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez began playing conjunto ...
Flaco Jimenez, Grammy-winning accordionist, brought global recognition to Tejano and conjunto music through his ...
Over the course of his seven-decade career, Jiménez received numerous awards and honors, including a Lifetime Achievement ...
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Texas conjunto music pioneer Flaco Jimenez, 86, died while surrounded by his family at one of his son's homes on Thursday night, his family announced.
Six-time Grammy Award winner Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez, a pioneering figure in Tejano music, has died at age 86.
Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjunto sound all over the world and across genres.
The Grammy-winning performer expanded his South Texas-born genre and collaborated with artists ranging from Doug Sahm to the Rolling Stones.
Born into a family of conjunto pioneers, Flaco Jimenez took his Hoehner three-row button accordion from San Antonio to the ...