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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. His Grammy-winning group, Los
Texmaniacs, and his extensive work with the accordionist Flaco
Jimmenez established the Albuquerque-born and San Antonio-based
bajo sexto player/bandleader as a spokesperson for a
too-often-maligned culture. 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. By his eighth birthday, he was
already playing in his father's band. Polkas, redovas, corridos,
boleros, chotises, huapangos, and waltzes were in his blood. Baca's
music grew out of the harsh life of the borderland, and the duality
of borderland music--its keening beauty--remains a recurring theme
in everything he does.
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