Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music (Paperback)

Crossing Borders: My Journey in Music By Max Baca, Craig Harris (With), Daniel Sheehy (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Max Baca, Craig Harris (With), Daniel Sheehy (Foreword by)
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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 Jim nez 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 are 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.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780826362513
ISBN-10: 0826362516
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Date: May 15th, 2021
Pages: 184
Language: English