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2012-12-11T18:50:25.000Z
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Video Title:
Los Texmaniacs - "Ay te dejo en San Antonio" [Behind The Scenes Documentary]
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Los Texmaniacs perform "Ay te dejo en San Antonio (I Leave You in San Antonio)" a canción polca from their Smithsonian Folkway album 'Texas Towns and Tex-Mex Sounds.' Interviews were conducted at Ruben's Place, an iconic roadhouse just outside of San Antonio, Texas. The owner, Ruben Castro, tells us the history of the place. 'Texas Towns and Tex-Mex Sounds' available on CD and Digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/los-texmaniacs/texas-towns-tex-mex-sounds/latin/music/album/smithsonian Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1EibyBS9YoO65OubjjupNl?si=QJfO_yK_TH2ip3FiBQpsXw On July 31, 2012, Smithsonian Folkways released GRAMMY-Award winning conjunto group Los Texmaniacs' 'Texas Towns & Tex-Mex Sounds.' The 18-song album features a blend of polka, boleros, ballads, and Western swing, drawing from the rich tradition of Tex-Mex culture. This is their second album with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings following the GRAMMY-winning 'Borders y Bailes' in 2009, and features renowned Western swing singer Ray Benson and fiddle player Jason Roberts from the group Asleep at the Wheel, as well as GRAMMY-winning fiddler Bobby Flores. Max Baca, a virtuoso of the bajo sexto (a type of 12-string guitar), formed Los Texmaniacs in 1997 after his decade-long career with popular and innovative group the Texas Tornados. The San Antonio-based quartet Los Texmaniacs have performed for US troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia/Kosovo, and have also played in China, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Austria, acting as ambassadors of conjunto music and Texas culture worldwide. They also performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on three occasions. Los Texmaniacs: http://lostexmaniacs.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/texmaniacs74 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/texmaniacs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/texmaniacs Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
Video Duration:
5 min 31 sec
YouTube Keywords:
music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit
