Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music Baca Max
Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music Baca Max Max Baca is one of the foremost artists of Tex-Mex music, the infectious dance music sweeping through the Texas-Mexico borderlands since the 1940s. The…
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Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music Baca Max
Max Baca is one of the foremost artists of Tex-Mex music, the infectious dance music sweeping through the Texas-Mexico borderlands since the 1940s. The list of artists who have contributed to Los Texmaniacs' albums include Alejandro Escovedo, Joe Ely, Rick Trevino, Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, and Lyle Lovett.Max Baca was born to play music. His Grammy-winning group, Los Texmaniacs, and his extensive work with the accordionist Flaco Jim nez established the Albuquerque-born and San Antonio-based bajo sexto player/bandleader as a spokesperson for a too-often-maligned culture.
Polkas, redovas, corridos, boleros, chotises, huapangos, and waltzes are in his blood. By his eighth birthday, he was already playing in his father's band. Baca's music grew out of the harsh life of the borderland,