Flaco Jiménez (born March 11, 1939) is a Tejano musician from San Antonio, New Mexico. Jimenez's father, Santiago Jimenez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. By the time he was seven years old, Flaco was performing with his father. He began recording at fifteen, as a member of Los Caporales. He played in the San Antonio area for several years, and then began working with Douglas Sahm in the 1960s. Sahm, better known as the founding member of the Sir Douglas Quintet, played with Jimenez for some time. Flaco then went on to New York City and worked with Dr. John, David Lindsey, Peter Rowan, Ry Cooder and Bob Dylan. He appeared on Cooder's innovative world music album Chicken Skin Music. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tex-Mex and Tejano is also a kind of music originating in Texas. ... The village of San Antonio is in Socorro County, New Mexico which is roughly in the center of the state. ... Tejano is also the name of Texans of Spanish origin. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city, by population, in the United States. ... Dr. John, born Malcolm Rebennack (born November 21, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a colorful pianist, singer, and songwriter, whose music spans, and often combines, blues, boogie woogie, and rock and roll. ... Ry Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is a guitarist especially well known for his slide guitar work. ... Portrait photograph of Bob Dylan taken by Daniel Kramer Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman May 24, 1941) is widely regarded as one of Americas greatest popular songwriters. ... World music is a term that covers all music that is not part of mainstream popular music or classical music and has some kind of ethnic component. ...

Jimenez won a Grammy Award in 1986 for "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio", a song of his father's. He was also a member of the supergroup The Texas Tornadoes, with Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender. The Texas Tornadoes earned a Grammy Award in 1990, and Jimenez earned one on his own in 1996, when his Flaco Jimenez won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance. In 1999, Flaco earned another Grammy Award for Best Tejano Performance (Said and Done, Barb Wire Records), and one for Best Mexican-American Performance as a part of supergroup Los Super Seven. Jimenez has also one a Best Video award at the Tejano Music Awards and earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from Billboard Latin Magazine for "Streets of Bakersfield" with Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens. The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups comprising members of great proficiency who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. ... Doug Sahm (born:November 6, 1941, San Antonio, Texas, died:November 18, 1999, Taos, New Mexico) was a musician from Texas. ... Freddy Fender, born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, Texas on June 4, 1937, is a Tejano, country, and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album has been awarded since 1984. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album has been presented since 1999. ... Los Super Seven Los Super Seven is a Latin-American supergroup which debuted in 1998. ... Dwight Yoakam at the unveiling of his Hollywood star. ... Buck Owens (born August 12, 1929) is an American country singer who defined the gritty Bakersfield sound. ...

Jimenez has appeared in the film Picking up the Pieces, with Woody Allen and Sharon Stone. He also appears on the soundtrack to that movie, and in many others, such as Borders, Tin Cup and Striptease. Woody Allen (born December 1, 1935), is one of the leading American filmmakers. ... Sharon Stone (born Sharon Vonne Stone on March 10, 1958), is an American actress, model, and producer. ... Generally speaking, the term soundtrack refers to the recorded sound in a motion picture. ... Tin Cup is a 1996 romantic comedy starring Kevin Costner and Rene Russo. ... A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ...

Jimenez's latest CD is Squeeze Box King (2003, Compadre Records). 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...