Flaco Jiménez
American singer-songwriter and accordionistWikipedia
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Sep 16, 2026
Felix ContrerasHOST
Okay, Josh, today when you came into the Tiny Desk to do the performance, you said one of your...
Felix ContrerasHOST
You brought two accordions, and one of them has a connection to Flaco Jimenez.
Felix ContrerasHOST
Can you talk to us about that?
Josh BacaGUEST
Growing up, uh, Flaco Jimenez did all the repair and, uh, tuning on all my accordions since I've started playing the accordion, and before me with my father's accordions and probably some of my grandfather's.
Josh BacaGUEST
Um, yeah, I brought an orange, a Creamsicle Corona II Classic that, uh, was one of Flaco Jimenez's favorite accordions.
Josh BacaGUEST
The color, uh, uh, that is, and it was a Corona II.
Josh BacaGUEST
He tuned that accordion as one of the, the last tunings that he ever did in his existence and, and he added the, the thumb strap for me, 'cause it was a newer model and they didn't come with thumb straps.
Josh BacaGUEST
So I told him, "Just do however you would do it, Flaco.
Max BacaGUEST
It has this attraction.
Max BacaGUEST
But what really sold me was when my dad took me to see Flaco Jimenez.
Max BacaGUEST
me and my brother, and I heard this bajo sexto player, his name was Oscar Tejas, and he was a, oh man, once I heard him play, I was like, oh my God, you know, and he would just turn your head, man, you know, these pisadas that he would do and stuff like that, and that's what I said, that's what I want to do, right there, I want to play bajo like that guy.
Felix ContrerasHOST
And Flaco Jimenez was probably the most famous and well-known accordion player out of Texas.
Felix ContrerasHOST
And so you saw that early on.
Felix ContrerasHOST
You saw them play together when you were a kid.
Felix ContrerasHOST
And then eventually you end up playing with them, man.
Max BacaGUEST
Yes, it was a dream come true, you know, to hear Flaco Jimenez playing.
Dylan StoneHOST
Woof! Woof! Yeah, and you can thank a little Buck Owens influence, too.
Dylan StoneHOST
Plus some accordion firepower from the late Flaco Jimenez.
Dylan StoneHOST
It's all right there.
Dylan StoneHOST
Here's the Mavericks.
Christian GalloHOST
He recorded that for the Herald label in 1955 down in Houston, Texas.
Christian GalloHOST
After Old Lightnin', we heard Flaco Jimenez and his Conjunto, Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio.
Christian GalloHOST
for Chris Strakowitz and the Arhuli label in 1985.
Christian GalloHOST
And then we heard some good old down-home bluegrass with Red Allen and the Kentuckians.
Matt HensleyGUEST
I, I love Mexican music.
Matt HensleyGUEST
Flaco Jiménez is a big...
Matt HensleyGUEST
So when I'm playing an ir- even if you were listening to my tracks, uh, uh, when we record in Plug of Mojo stuff, I'm doing all this sneaky Mexican stuff all the time, too.
Matt HensleyGUEST
So-
ShaxxHOST
I think it was called The Big Barbecue at Viejas Casino.
ShaxxHOST
And I got to actually meet Flaco Jimenez.
ShaxxHOST
And I think Doug's son, Sean, was like with them at that point.
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Yeah.
Kirsten WarnerHOST
Um, and [laughs] I had a, a, a reply to my question about Carmelita.
Kirsten WarnerHOST
Um, someone, who did, what did they reckon? Who did a b- uh, did a good version of it? Um, oh, Dwight Yoakam and Flaco Jimenez did a version of Carmelita.
Kirsten WarnerHOST
That would be good.
Kirsten WarnerHOST
That would be much better, I think.