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David Lee Garza (born February 15, 1957) is an American Tejano musician and bandleader. [1] Garza was born and raised in Poteet, Texas.. Garza and his band have been responsible for jumpstarting the careers of numerous Tejano vocalists by way of collaboration, including Ramiro “Ram” Herrera, Emilio Navaira, Oscar G., Jay Perez, Marcos Orozco, Mark Ledesma and Ben Ozuna.
Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto: Music, Tradition and Culture at the U.S.–Mexico Border. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-79363-898-4. OCLC 1240575442. Villarreal, Mary Ann (2015). Listening to Rosita: The Business of Tejana Music and Culture, 1930–1955. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806148526. OCLC 908192594.
He released "Tex-Mex Rock & Roll", his first LP in 1979. [ 3 ] In late 1979, he joined up with Kris Cummings (née Kristine Anne Cummings; born 1951), Brad Kizer and Mike Navarro to form Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns and soon after releasing their first single, "Party Weekend", "the band was playing chic New York venues and generating lines ...
According to Apple Music, Grupo Frontera streams have grown over 3,000% in the past year as their songs have reached Apple Music’s Daily Top 100 in 39 countries worldwide.
Texas Tornados is an American Tejano supergroup, composed of some of country music's biggest artists who modernized the Tex-Mex style including Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Its music is a fusion of conjunto (German and Norteño Mexican fusion music of Texas) with rock, country, and various Mexican styles.
Ideal was founded by Paco Betancourt and Armando Marroquín in 1946, making it the first of southern Texas record labels owned by Mexican-Americans. [1] [2] Following the Second World War the major record labels such as RCA Victor ceased recording regional Chicano music, concentrating instead on larger "authentic" Hispanic markets in major metropolitan areas such as Mexico City.
In 2021, Jiménez's album Partners was selected as one of 25 works to be inducted into the National Recording Registry's class of 2020, with the registry calling Jiménez "a champion of traditional conjunto music and Tex-Mex culture who also is known for innovation and collaboration with a variety of artists." [43]
Mazz was a Tejano band originally from Brownsville, Texas. [1] The band was known for their idiosyncratic and innovative form of Tejano cumbia which made them distinguishable among their counterparts.