Flaco Jimenez, Texas accordionist who expanded popularity of conjunto and Tejano music, dies at 86

Houston – Flaco Jimnez, the legendary accordion scientist of San Antonio who won several Grammy and helped expand the popularity of Concunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex, on Thursday. It was 86.

Jiminiz’s death was announced on Thursday evening by his family on social media. He was surrounded by family members when he died at the house of San Antonio to his son Arturo Jiminies.

“My father was in peace when he left. He started saying goodbye to him several days ago. He said he was proud of himself for what he did and left memories for the audience to enjoy him. He said he was ready to go,” Arturo Jiminies told Associated Press in an interview on Friday.

Arturo Jiminies said the cause of death has not yet been determined. His father was transferred to the hospital in January after obtaining a blood clot in his leg. Then doctors discovered that he had some vascular problems.

Leonardo Jiminies was born in 1939, and he was known to his fans for his title in Falao, which means slim in Spanish.

The son of the pioneer was Confunto Santiago Jimenez. Confunto is a musical species that originated in South Texas and mixes different types and cultural influences.

According to the Bater School of Music at the University of Texas in Austin, the development of the Concunto “began more than a century ago when Tejanos was interested in Tejanos with German, Polish, and Czech Republic, which it represented in Tejano. Work in agricultural fields.

Jiminies improved his musical skills by playing in San Antonio salons and dance halls. The performance started in the 1960s with his colleague Daglas Siham, a founding member of Sir Douglas Quintet. Jiminies was later played with Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Rery Koder and Rolling Stones.

Throughout his career, Jimenez has added other effects on Concunto music, including Country, Rock and Jazz.

“He always wanted to try to integrate the accordion into all different types and how to make the accordion mixed. That was always a magic for him and he was able to do so,” said Arturo Jiminies.

In the nineties, Jimnez was part of the Tejano Supergroup the Texas Tornados collection, which included Sahm, Augie Meyers and Freddy Fender. The collection won my Grammy in 1991 for the song “Soy De San Luis”.

Jiminies also won another Grue in 1999 as part of another group of Supergroup, Los Super Seven.

Jimenez received five Grammys and won the Grammy Lifetime Award in 2015.

It was also recruited in the Spanish National Celebrity Hall and the Latin International Hall of Latin Music in New York City, and won a state music title in Texas in 2014.

Arturo Jiminies said that his father was a humble man who had never wanted to be a man in the show and was focusing on playing music for his fans.

“I saw where the fans come to him, let them literally cry, and thank my father for all good music and how my father’s music was present to them in multiple situations, either happiness or sadness,” said Arturo Gamenies.

When Jiminies received a 2022 national art medal award, the White House said he was honored for “Heritage Heritage to Enrich American Music” and that by “mixing Nortine, Mix Mix, Tijano Music with Blues, Rock and Roll, and pop music, he sits South American spirit.”

“We appreciate the gift of your musical talent, which brought joy to countless fans. Your passage leaves a vacuum in our hearts,” said the Texas Celebrity Hall for Music and Museum in a social media post.

Jeile Young, CEO of the Celebrities of Rural Music and the Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, said Gamenies “was a bari of Tijano Caronto”.

His son said that Gamenies lived throughout his life in San Antonio, a city “very close to his heart.”

“They call him” Elio de San Antonio “and my father was always proud of that,” said Arturo Gamenies, “I called it” Illio de San Antonio “, and my father was always proud of that,” quoting a Spanish phrase meaning Ibn Saint Antonio.

His family plans to obtain a special funeral ceremony, followed by a celebration of his life with the public.