Flaco Jimenez being honored in Nashville
Flaco Jiménez
The Americana Music Association is honoring Flaco Jiménez with the Lifetime Achievement Award as an Instrumentalist.
The most accomplished and in-demand conjunto tejano accordion player of all time, San Antonio born musician Flaco Jiménez has collaborated with dozens of legends, spreading one of the world’s great musical genres into unexpected places. His father, Santiago Jiménez, was a major conjunto pioneer, and his brother, Santiago Jiménez Jr., is also an accomplished, traditional accordionist who has recorded extensively. But Flaco quickly found a crossover path, mixing his music with many styles outside the Tejano mainstream and worked with country rocker Doug Sahm and then Ry Cooder, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones. It’s his joyful accordion lines you hear lending vigor to “Streets of Bakersfield” by Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens. He’s won several Grammy
Courtesy photo
Awards, including one with super-group Los Super Seven.
Jiménez helped foster a more inclusive and diverse path for Americana music.
The awards ceremony will take place on Sept. 17, the first day of this year’s Americana Music Festival & Conference. The full event runs from Sept.17-21. Others being recognized are Jackson Brown, Loretta Lynn, and Taj Mahal.
For more information, go to the Website AmericanaMusic.org
Category: *- Features
About the Author (Author Profile)
In the music production business, including event production, booking, photography, reporting, and other such essentials, since 1980.Subscribe
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.
