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He won multiple Grammys and was inducted into the National Hispanic Hall of Fame and NYC International Latin Music Hall of ...
The San Antonio native took his three-row accordion and gave it modern twists, taking Tex-Mex conjunto music to the national ...
Fusing traditional Tejano sounds with blues, rock and country, he recorded with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder.
Flaco Jiménez, the legendary Tejano accordionist whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 86.
Texas Tejano music icon and San Antonio resident Flaco Jimenez has died at age 86. His family confirmed his passing in a ...
Born into a well-known conjunto family in San Antonio on March 11, 1939, Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez began playing conjunto ...
Legendary Tejano musician Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2025, his family announced on social ...
Texas conjunto music pioneer Flaco Jimenez, 86, died while surrounded by his family at one of his son's homes on Thursday ...
Hector Saldaña, the Texas music curator of the Witliff Collections at Texas State University, joined KSAT’s Q&A on Friday to ...
Jimenez’s family announced the death of the 86-year-old multiple Grammy-winning accordionist late Thursday night on social ...
SAN ANTONIO — Conjunto legend Flaco Jimenez has died at the age of 86, his family shared on social media.
Music has been my life ever since I grabbed the accordion,' he told Texas Monthly a couple of years back. 'I can talk to my ...