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Saturday, April 24. 2010

Tex-Mex

A reader minded us that the Polka and the button box came to North America via eastern European immigrants, and became Tex-Mex in a happy if unlikely union with the Mexican sound. Always was fond of the Texas Tornados, with the late greats Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender, plus Flaco Jiminez, Augie Meyers, et al. A motley crew, and good fun.


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Posted by Bird Dog in Music at 16:32 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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A guitar army! Flaco's cool, and then there's the other use for button boxes: Irish trad. My neighbor, John Whelan, is a purveyor of such, and he lives to play for dancers, which a lot of musicians find boring.

http://johnwhelanmusic.com/

At the Comhaltus convention in 2003:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Va0ojp-Dk

Now for something completely different, Billy McComiskey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T443X7tN7ks

Between Boston and Washington, D.C., you can go listen and dance to trad every night of the week.
#1 Steve in CT on 2010-04-24 20:59 (Reply)
Do a search on "Mingo Saldivar" on youtube and you'll see Flaco's equal or maybe even better than. Regardless, Mingo can squeeze a box with the best of 'em.
#2 Dangerous Dan (Link) on 2010-04-24 23:31 (Reply)
When my kids were very young... 5 and 2... one of their favorite songs was by the Texas Tornados. "Guacamole" would play and they would dance and sing at the top of their lungs during the chorus. That was cute and funny, but not quite as funny as my daughter's discovery, almost 15 years later, of the meaning behind the song.
Back to this one, how can you not love Freddy Fender?
#3 oceanguy (Link) on 2010-04-25 08:18 (Reply)
Appreciate the additions from Dangerous Dan and Steve in CT.
#4 Gringo on 2010-04-25 11:22 (Reply)

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