Flaco Jiménez

Leonardo " Flaco " Jiménez ( born March 11, 1939 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American Tex-Mex musician and accordion player of Mexican descent. He is the most famous accordionist of Tex-Mex.

His father, Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. (1913-1984) was - also on the accordion - a pioneer of conjunto music. Jiménez appeared with his father at the age of seven years. At 15 he made ​​his first recordings.

From the 1970s Jiménez was known to a wider rock audience after he was engaged by Doug Sahm for his album Doug Sahm & Band (1973) and he worked on Ry Cooder's masterpiece Chicken Skin Music ( 1976) and upon its Chicken Skin Revue tour had accompanied. As a sought after studio accordionist he played since then to more than 100 plates, among other things, Peter Rowan, Santana, Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks, The Rolling Stones. In the 90s Jiménez was a member of the supergroups Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven.

In his later albums Jiménez mixed again traditional polkas, rancheras and boleros with country and rock ' n' roll influences to appeal to a wider audience under its own name. Above all, his album Partners ( 1992), recorded with the assistance, among others, by Cooder, Yoakam, Los Lobos and Emmylou Harris was known worldwide.

1986 Jiménez was awarded for the revision of the song Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio of his Father with the Grammy Award for Best Mexican - American Performance category. More Grammys followed for Flaco Jiménez albums (1995 ) and Said And Done (1999) and as a member of Tex-Mex supergroups Texas Tornados (1991 ) and Los Super Seven (1998).

Also Jiménez ' younger brother, Santiago Jiménez, Jr. ( born 1944 ) is a well known accordionist of the genre and has published numerous plates. Unlike Flaco to Santiago Jr. however maintains the traditional style of the Father.

Selected albums

  • Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio ( Arhoolie 1986)
  • Arriba El Norte ( Rounder 1988)
  • Flaco's Amigos ( Arhoolie 1988)
  • San Antonio Soul ( Rounder 1991)
  • Partners ( Warner Bros 1992)
  • Flaco Jimenez ( Arista 1994)
  • Said and Done (Virgin 1998)
  • Sleepy Town ( Back Porch 2000)
  • Squeeze Box King ( Compadre 2003)
  • Dos Amigos (along with Freddy Fender, Back Porch 2005)
  • Ya Volvi De La Guerra (Fiesta Records, 2007)
  • He'll Have To Go (CRS 2008)
  • Accordionist
  • American musician
  • Born in 1939
  • Man
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