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Flaco Jimenez

Born March 1939, son of squeezebox great Don Santiago Jimenez, and older brother of equally respected genre mainstay Santiago Jimenez, Jr., “King of the Accordion” Flaco Jimenez is the closest thing South Texas Conjunto music has to a goodwill ambassador. Since he began playing professionally at the tender age of 15, with the group Los Caporales, Jimenez has been all over the world, spreading the word about Conjunto and Tex-Mex music. During the 1960s, after establishing himself as a unique ...

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