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Manuel Peña Tejano Music Interviews

Manuel Peña Tejano Music Interviews

To go directly to the  Dr. Manuel Peña Interviews click here. The late Dr. Manuel Peña (1942 – 2019), the compiler of this list of musician...

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Lydia Mendoza Photo Gallery

Lydia Mendoza Photo Gallery

Lydia Mendoza Image Gallery Lydia Mendoza was the first Queen of Tejano Music, with a recording career that began in 1928 and lasted more than 60...

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Armando Marroquín Interview – Tejano

Armando Marroquín Interview – Tejano

Armando Marroquín will always be known as the man who founded the tejano recording industry. A native of Alice, Texas, where he spent his entire life, Marroquín was born in 1912, and he died in 1990.

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Luis Acosta Interview – Tejano Music

Luis Acosta Interview – Tejano Music

Born on May 4th, 1906, Luis Acosta was one of three brothers who made the best bajo sextos in the world. Acosta bajo sextos were the preferred accompaniment to pioneering accordionists Don Santiago and Narciso Martinez and played by La Alondra De La Frontera herself Lydia Mendoza. Here is a rare interview of Luis Acosta conducted by Chris Strachwitz.

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