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Flaco Jim�nez (born March 11, 1939) is a Tejano music legend from San Antonio, Texas. Jim�nez's father, Santiago Jimenez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He plays the accordion. 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. Sahm, better known as the founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, played with Jimenez for some time. Flaco then went on to New York City and worked with Dr. John, David Lindley, Peter Rowan, Ry Cooder and Bob Dylan. He appeared on Cooder's innovative world music album Chicken Skin Music.
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.
Jimenez has appeared in the film Picking up the Pieces, with Woody Allen and Sharon Stone. He also appears on the soundtrack to that movie, and in many others, such as Y Tu Mam� Tambi�n, The Border , Tin Cup and Striptease.
Jimenez's latest CD is Squeeze Box King (2003, Compadre Records).
Re: You Don't Know This Guy Either...
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| Originally posted by davemolina Flaco Jim�nez (born March 11, 1939) is a Tejano music legend from San Antonio, Texas. Jim�nez's father, Santiago Jimenez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. He plays the accordion. 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. Sahm, better known as the founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, played with Jimenez for some time. Flaco then went on to New York City and worked with Dr. John, David Lindley, Peter Rowan, Ry Cooder and Bob Dylan. He appeared on Cooder's innovative world music album Chicken Skin Music. 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. Jimenez has appeared in the film Picking up the Pieces, with Woody Allen and Sharon Stone. He also appears on the soundtrack to that movie, and in many others, such as Y Tu Mam� Tambi�n, The Border , Tin Cup and Striptease. Jimenez's latest CD is Squeeze Box King (2003, Compadre Records). |
i think he did some background work for the Deliquent Habits....
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| Originally posted by Dirk W. i think he did some background work for the Deliquent Habits.... |
whatever happened to those "young blaxicans"
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| Originally posted by Dirk W. whatever happened to those "young blaxicans" |
la migra really is a party killer
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| Originally posted by Dirk W. la migra really is a party killer |
yea they took my babydaddy
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| Originally posted by seekrets yea they took my babydaddy |
I used to call la migra on my neighbors all the time. That was my ace in the hole as a child. If someone didn't want to cooperate I'd threated them with la migra and they'd STFU.
Dave you are so 1337. You know all the underground artists. SO COOOOOOOOOOOL MAN 
PS LMFAO @ The Thread Title
they deported lisandro ??!? (not me but another lisandro. imagine that... )
theyre getting rid of my kind... the reptiles dont take that lightly
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