Flaco Jimenez

Flaco Jiménez was born on March 11, 1939 and is a Tejano music legend from San Antonio, Texas. Jiménez's father, Santiago Jimenez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. Flaco Jiménez is one of the best accordion players in the world. Jimenez was universally recognized as a leading exponent of the authentic South Texas Conjunto. By the time he was seven years old, Flaco was performing with his father. He began recording at fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales. He played in the San Antonio area for several years, and then began working with Douglas Sahm in the 1960s. Jimenez won a Grammy Award in 1986 for "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio", a song of his father's. He was also a member of the supergroup Texas Tornados, with Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender. The Texas Tornados earned a Grammy Award in 1990, and Jimenez earned one on his own in 1996, when his Flaco Jimenez won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance. In 1999, Flaco earned another Grammy Award for Best Tejano Performance (Said and Done, Barb Wire Records), and one for Best Mexican-American Performance as a part of supergroup Los Super Seven. Jimenez has also won a Best Video award at the Tejano Music Awards and earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from Billboard Latin Magazine for "Streets of Bakersfield" with Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens.

I listened to the song "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio" a song by Flaco Jiménez father. Even though I had no clue what he was talking about most of the time, it was still a very good song. It made me want to start dancing and even made me want to try to sing along, but lets not talk about that. Other than it being a very fast pace song, it was really relaxing. I also like that Flaco is still playing his father’s songs, to keep his father's spirit alive.