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Augie Meyers' music will be in the zone at Muertos Fest in San Antonio
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Augie Meyers' music will be in the zone at Muertos Fest in San Antonio
Looking out at the standing-room-only crowd from the small stage at Lonesome Rose in April 2023, Max Baca wasn't thinking it could be his last time backing up the surviving front line of the Texas Tornados: Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers, who both were onstage that night. Baca, the Grammy-winning bajo sexto player, really didn't want to think about it.
Augie Meyers' music will be in the zone at Muertos Fest in San Antonio
Augie Meyers, pictured in 2009, will be the subject of a musical tribute on Sunday at Muertos Fest. John Anderson/Getty Images Looking out at the standing-room-only crowd from the small stage at Lonesome Rose in April 2023, Max Baca wasn’t thinking it could be his last time backing up the surviving front line of the Texas Tornados: Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers, who both were onstage that night. Baca, the Grammy-winning bajo sexto player, really didn’t want to think about it.
Ray Wylie Hubbard keeps the pedal to the metal as he's about to hit 80
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Ray Wylie Hubbard keeps the pedal to the metal as he's about to hit 80
Ray Wylie Hubbard's new album, "Reel 2 Reel 4 Real," includes songs that Hubbard will neither confirm nor deny are based on his life. Jason Koerner/Getty Images Ray Wylie Hubbard is about to turn 80, but he’s not slowing down. He’s not even paying attention to the speed limit.
San Antonio string band Righteous Intonation makes fresh new music from old-time sources
Rightous Intonation --Tal Spackman (from left), Nick Spyker, Connor Montoya and Patrick Hoppe — are celebrating the release of the band’s new album “Songs From Texas.” Courtesy Righteous Intonation Righteous Intonation sounds like the name of a gospel group. But when these musicians open their mouths to sing, they conjure memories of dusty cowboy poets, Jerry Jeff Walker campfire song-swaps, Marty Robbins storybook ballads and even Robbie Robertson’s Civil War-inspired songs with the Band.
Bob Dylan's ties to Texas are old and enduring
Bob Dylan will play his rough and ready tunes at Whitewater Amphitheater. Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Actor Timothée Chalamet’s Academy Award-nominated portrayal of the young Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” introduced the mythic singer-songwriter’s origin story to the Billie Eilish generation. But Dylan remains a mystery, a transfixing icon whose life story has always been somewhat malleable.
San Antonio accordion player squeezes conjunto, zydeco into something new
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San Antonio accordion player squeezes conjunto, zydeco into something new
Josh Baca calls the music he makes with his band the Hot Tamales a fusion of conjunto and zydeco. Mariaelena Villarreal Josh Baca is one of the most respected of a new generation of accordionists on the conjunto music scene. He earned that reputation as a member of Los TexManiacs, the Grammy-winning act led by his uncle, Max Baca. Lately, the younger Baca has been venturing from the nest with his own band, the Hot Tamales.
International Flaco Jimenez tribute to close out Tejano Conjunto Festival
Santiago Jimenez Jr. (left), seen performing with his brother Flaco Jimenez at the Tejano Conjunto Festival in 2012, returns to the festival this week to take part in a tribute to Flaco. (EDWARD A. ORNELAS/Express-News file photo) The spirit of conjunto legend Flaco Jimenez will be strong at Rosedale Park this weekend. Tributes big and small have abounded since Jimenez died at age 86 last July, but the one planned for this Sunday will be different.
Twenty years after her son died from injuries in Iraq, a grieving mother dreams
Marine Sgt. Alessandro “Alex” Carbonaro holding a puppy in Fallujah in 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received his first Purple Heart for injuries sustained there. Courtesy Hector Saldaña Alessandro “Alex” Carbonaro as a baby with his mother, Gilda Carbonaro. He lost his life serving our nation following injuries in the Iraq War. She speaks out against war. Courtesy Hector Saldaña Hector Saldaña is an award-winning journalist and musician.
The Dell-Kings' sax man Frank Rodarte looks back at 83 on his first solo album
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The Dell-Kings' sax man Frank Rodarte looks back at 83 on his first solo album
Dell-Kings co-founder Frank Rodarte, who serves as a cantor at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, has released his first solo album at age 83. Courtesy Jerry David DeCicca Frank Rodarte is a mythic figure in San Antonio music lore as co-founder of the Dell-Kings. Now, at age 83, the influential R&B saxophonist and bandleader has recorded his first solo album, “The Return of the Wild Jalapeño.” Article continues below this ad "The Return of the Wild Jalapeño" by Frank Rodarte.
Gruene Hall concert will pay tribute to titans of Tex-Mex music
Country singer Rick Trevino will join Max Baca of Los TexManiacs to pay tribute to Tex-Mex music greats at Gruene Hall. (Courtesy Rick Trevino) The last nine months have staggered fans of conjunto, Tex-Mex and Americana music. Since the death of conjunto music icon Flaco Jimenez on July 31, 2025, the Texas music world has been rocked with one major passing after another, including Joe Ely, Raul Malo and Augie Meyers, like Jimenez a member of Texas Tornados.
Fusarium mexicanum Agente Causal de la Malformación del Mango en Jalisco, México
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Fusarium mexicanum Agente Causal de la Malformación del Mango en Jalisco, México Isaí Betancourt Resendes [1] ; José Joaquín Velázquez Monreal [2] ; Juan Carlos Montero Castro [3] ; Sylvia Patricia Fernández Pavía [4] ; Héctor Lozoya Saldaña [4] ; Gerardo Rodríguez Alvarado* [4] [1] Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Laboratorio de Patología Vegetal [2] Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias Campo...
Texas rockabilly singer Rosie Flores is having a milestone year at 75 Original
Rosie Flores, who was born in San Antonio, will open for rock icon Robert Plant at the Majestic Theatre. Mickey Bernal/WireImage When rockabilly queen and guitar slinger Rosie Flores stepped onstage at Eastside Bowl in Nashville last September for an afternoon show during Americanafest, the room was abuzz. It was Flores' 75th birthday, and incredible news was in the air. Singer Delbert McClinton and his wife, Wendy Goldstein, were seated in a cozy booth in the back.
San Antonio music great Augie Meyers dies at 85 Original
Texas music legend Augie Meyers was a driving force in Texas Tornados and the Sir Douglas Quintet. Object_Name_ID: TxTornado Orig_Trans_Ref: AAS0701220907216485 Site: Austin Site Code: S Status: Archived Austin American-Statesman file photo Augie Meyers, the lanky, ponytailed San Antonio musician whose signature Vox Continental combo organ sound propelled hits by the Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados and Bob Dylan, has died following a lengthy illness. He was 85.
Augie Meyers, the 'secret sauce' in Tex-Mex rock 'n' roll, dies at 85
1 hour ago “The way her face changes when Ryan says ‘God, he’s my age.’” Last week, Demi Lovato appeared to call out her controversial past relationship with That ‘70s Show star Wilmer Valderrama, whom she started dating at age 18. Demi and Wilmer met in 2010, when she was 17, and he was 29. They became …
The Mavericks' Raul Malo found the sound he wanted in San Antonio
Raul Malo and the Mavericks perform in concert at ACL Live in 2022 in Austin. The band had to delay touring with its all-Spanish album because of the pandemic. Rick Kern/Getty Images Raul Malo and the Mavericks left Florida in the early 1990s and made their country music dreams come true in Nashville. But their biggest hit and its enduring, instantly recognizable sound is San Antonio through and through.
The Mavericks' Raul Malo found fertile musical ground in South Texas
Raul Malo and the Mavericks perform in concert at ACL Live in 2022 in Austin. The band had to delay touring with its all-Spanish album because of the pandemic. (Rick Kern/Getty Images) Raul Malo and the Mavericks left Florida in the early 1990s and made their country music dreams come true in Nashville. But their biggest hit and its enduring, instantly recognizable sound is San Antonio through and through.
Bob Livingston, the original Cosmic Cowboy, tells his wild tale
Gary P. Nunn, left, and Bob Livingston sing in the Lost Gonzo Band in the mid-1970s. Scott Newton The bloody fight scene that opens musician Bob Livingston’s new memoir, “Gypsy Alibi: A Gonzo Memoir,” is as wild and memorable as the Texas music he helped create with Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Gary P. Nunn in the early 1970s.
The original Cosmic Cowboy tells his wild tale in "Gypsy Alibi'
Gary P. Nunn, left, and Bob Livingston sing in the Lost Gonzo Band in the mid-1970s. (Scott Newton) The bloody fight scene that opens musician Bob Livingston's new memoir, "Gypsy Alibi: A Gonzo Memoir," is as wild and memorable as the Texas music he helped create with Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Gary P. Nunn in the early 1970s.
All of Willie Nelson's albums graded -- from A+ to F
Willie Nelson was in his 40s when he achieved mainstream recognition as part of the Outlaw Country movement. (LGI Stock/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images) Music critic and author Geoffrey Himes took a daunting approach to writing his new Willie Nelson biography: Tell the story through decades of albums - and grade them.
All of Willie Nelson's albums graded -- from A+ to F
Willie Nelson was in his 40s when he achieved mainstream recognition as part of the Outlaw Country movement. LGI Stock/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Music critic and author Geoffrey Himes took a daunting approach to writing his new Willie Nelson biography: Tell the story through decades of albums — and grade them. That meant going back and re-listening to more than 150 albums for his new, 150,000-word book, “Willie Nelson: All the Albums.” "Willie Nelson: All the Albums" by Geoffrey Himes.
Review: Paul McCartney takes Texas fans on a magical musical tour
Paul McCartney opened his concert Saturday at the Alamodome with the Beatles song "Help!" (Marvin Pfeiffer/San Antonio Express-News) When it comes to Sir Paul McCartney, who packed in just shy of 45,000 fans of all ages to his Alamodome concert on Saturday, the numbers and Father Time don't lie. It's been nearly 70 years since he befriended John Lennon. It's been 60 years since the Beatles released the albums "Help!" and "Rubber Soul." The following year, the Fab Four stop touring.
Review: Paul McCartney takes Texas fans on a magical musical tour
Paul McCartney opened his concert Saturday at the Alamodome with the Beatles song "Help!" Marvin Pfeiffer/San Antonio Express-News When it comes to Sir Paul McCartney, who packed in just shy of 45,000 fans of all ages to his Alamodome concert on Saturday, the numbers and Father Time don’t lie. It’s been nearly 70 years since he befriended John Lennon. Big screens give fans throughout the 'dome a close-up look at what was happening onstage.
Review: Paul McCartney takes Texas fans on a magical musical tour
27 Celebrity Encounters That People Will Never, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever, Ever Forget "Needless to say, it was a very pleasant exchange between me and one of the most well-known women on the planet." Reddit user EternalDerby recently asked, "Who is the most famous person you've ever met?" People quickly filled the thread with their most memorable celebrity encounter stories. Here's …
Hospedantes alternos de Iris yellow spot virus y trips en cultivos de cebolla de Morelos y Michoacán, México
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Hospedantes alternos de Iris yellow spot virus y trips en cultivos de cebolla de Morelos y Michoacán, México Autores: Norma Ávila Alistac, Sergio Ramírez Rojas, Héctor Lozoya Saldaña, Ángel Rebollar Alviter, Remigio A. Guzmán Plazola Localización: Revista mexicana de fitopatología, ISSN-e 2007-8080, ISSN 0185-3309, Vol. 35, Nº.
Evaluación in vitro de extractos del genero Lilium para el control de Fusarium oxysporum
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Evaluación in vitro de extractos del genero Lilium para el control de Fusarium oxysporum Autores: Anygim Senyase Iturbide-Zuñiga, María Teresa Beryl Colinas León, Héctor Lozoya Saldaña, Sergio Alejandro Medina-Moreno, Juan Ayala Arreola Localización: Revista mexicana de fitopatología, ISSN-e 2007-8080, ISSN 0185-3309, Vol. 35, Nº.
Bacterias simbióticas asociadas a Prosthechea citrina, una orquídea endémica de México
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Bacterias simbióticas asociadas a Prosthechea citrina, una orquídea endémica de México Autores: Tomasita Santiago-Gerónimo, Héctor Lozoya Saldaña, María de Lourdes Rodríguez Mejía Localización: Revista mexicana de fitopatología, ISSN-e 2007-8080, ISSN 0185-3309, Vol. 38, Nº. 3, 2020 Idioma: español Títulos paralelos: Symbiotic bacteria associated to Prosthechea citrina, a Mexican endemic orchid Enlaces Texto completo Resumen español Resumen.
Identificación del Poinsettia mosaic virus (Tymovirus) en variedades comerciales de Euphorbia pulcherrima
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Identificación del Poinsettia mosaic virus (Tymovirus) en variedades comerciales de Euphorbia pulcherrima Autores: Omar Jacobo-Villegas, María Teresa Beryl Colinas León, Héctor Lozoya Saldaña, Iran Alia Tejacal, Moisés Camacho-Tapia, S. G. Leyva Mir, Juan Manuel Tovar Pedraza, Mónica Pérez Nicolás Localización: Revista mexicana de fitopatología, ISSN-e 2007-8080, ISSN 0185-3309, Vol. 38, Nº.
Sauce Gonzalez tribute Sunday will reunite West Side musicians
Jackie Huddle and Mike Ellis of the Fabulous Funtones will take part in a tribute to Sauce Gonzalez on Sunday. Courtesy Mike Ellis Jackie Huddle and Mike Ellis can jam. Their decades-long Sunday night residency at the old Make My Day Lounge on Nacodoches Road was a down-home and sometimes epic affair. Sauce Gonzalez, who played organ with Sunny and the Sunliners and the Sunglows, had a unique sound, according to his sister.
Biotic Elicitor-Driven Enhancement of in Vitro Micropropagation and Organogenesis in Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Fianna
This study evaluates the impact of biotic elicitors and hormone regimes on the in vitro establishment, shoot multiplication, and organogenesis of Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Fianna under controlled laboratory conditions. Explants derived from pre-treated tubers were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with vitamins and varying concentrations of growth regulators or elicitors.
Why Flaco Jimenez never played a song the same way twice
I don't remember a time before Flaco. It seems like he was always there, the humble hero who took San Antonio conjunto music and its West Side heart and soul around the world. When I got word that he had died, I started thinking of all the different ways that I knew him. Article continues below this ad Flaco Jimenez. He was like Jesse James or something, a legendary figure of la frontera, a real-life gunslinger on the three-row button accordion.
Conjunto legend Flaco Jimenez dies at 86
Flaco Jimenez, conjunto music's ambassador to the world, has died at age 86. Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News Born into a family of conjunto pioneers, Flaco Jimenez took his Hohner three-row button accordion from San Antonio to the stages of the world, becoming the music’s greatest ambassador. Jimenez died Thursday evening at one of his son’s homes following a long illness. He was 86.
Steve Earle talks about his career in advance of shows in San Antonio, Houston
Steve Earle performs during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 05, 2024.
This weekend's Tejano Conjunto Festival will be missing a big star
For decades, Flaco Jiménez has been synonymous with Sunday evenings at the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio at Rosedale Park. Come rain or sweltering heat, even on Mother's Day some years, conjunto music's most acclaimed ambassador could be counted on to help close out the multi-day party, now in its 43rd year.
San Antonio concert unites A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Primus
Maynard James Keenan keeps his inventively costumed 60th birthday party concert rolling one more year with the revamped Sessanta V 2.0. Keenan, who turned 61 on April 17, will be the thought-provoking ringleader at the center of it all when A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Primus arrive April 29 at Freeman Coliseum.
Prog rock supergroup Beat coming to San Antonio
They just may be the humblest, most virtuosic supergroup ever assembled. Beat - featuring guitarist and lead singer Adrian Belew, bassist Tony Levin, guitarist Steve Vai and drummer Danny Carey of Tool - is a tribute to, and partial reanimation of, the penultimate British prog-rock act King Crimson. Belew and Levin are former members of the legendary band led by influential guitarist Robert Fripp. They were critical creative partners in King Crimson's transition (and survival) into the 1980s.
Review: 10cc plays its hits and much more in rare concert
10cc's current lineup includes Rick Fenn (left), Graham Gouldman and Andy Park. Nick Oliver I was 17 the first time I heard “I’m Not in Love” by 10cc. It came over my car radio in late spring 1975, and I literally had to pull over to listen. I thought it was the greatest love song I’d ever heard. The lyrics were incredible. The ethereal sound was stunning. Seeing 10cc for the first time in concert at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre on Thursday left me with that same blown-away feeling.
Review: Cheap Trick's first San Antonio rodeo is a winning ride
Cheap Trick's front line — lead guitarist Rick Nielsen (left), lead singer and guitarist Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson — remains intact from its earliest days. On drums these days is Nielsen’s son, Daxx. Cheap Trick There’s always been a wonderfully defiant quality to Cheap Trick beneath the lovable, albeit kooky-weird, wired personas. It was on full display at Cheap Trick’s first ever appearance at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo at the Frost Bank Center on Friday night.
Joe Jama, Chicano soul singer from San Antonio, dies at 74
Singer and bass player Joe Jama, pictured performing with his band 100 Proof, has died. Admirers called him an icon of Chicano soul. Kin Man Hui/Staff photographer Joe Jama, a Chicano soul singer with tremendous range, was among the most recognizable of San Antonio’s West Side musicians. Jama, who also played bass, ushered in a new Brown Sound in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his funkier, grittier approach to R&B with the later-era Royal Jesters and his own bands.
The Box Tops are bringing '60s hits to the Brauntex Theatre
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane. Ain’t got time to take a fast train. The opening lines of “The Letter” by the Box Tops are among the most urgent to have ever blasted out of an AM radio. The year was 1967. Unbelievably, they were delivered by a 16-year-old singer with amazing vocal phrasing and a growl — Alex Chilton. Chilton died in March 2010.
Artturo 'Sauce' Gonzalez, a San Antonio R&B legend, dies at 80
Hector Saldana, Correspondent June 29, 2023Updated: June 29, 2023 10:15 a.m. Arturo “Sauce” Gonzalez, a pioneering keyboardist whose organ playing helped define the West Side sound of the 1960s with the Sunglows and Sunny & the Sunliners, died on Wednesday afternoon. He was 80. A close family friend said Gonzalez, who’d been hospitalized recently, died after suffering a heart attack. Gonzalez was famous for a jazzy, R&B playing style.
Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in San Antonio a big hit -- review
More than 40 years in the biz — and big rock hits — will do that for you. The Chili Peppers are as much a rite of passage as a rock show. One 12-year-old girl attending her first concert with her mom described the Chili Peppers as “old-ish.” But like almost everyone else, she was on her feet for the rock stars from the first note.
Willie Nelson, ZZ Top sell out Whitewater Amphitheater concerts
Texas Monthly calls Nelson the unofficial patron saint of Texas music. ZZ Top is the sharp-dressed version. What that makes Trigger, Nelson’s battered Martin guitar, or Gibbons’ trademark beard is anyone’s call. SAN ANTONIO CONCERTS 2023: Get details on SZA, Pink, Chili Peppers and more The magic of the current moment is not lost on guitarist Billy Gibbons, founder of ZZ Top.
British Invasion band the Zombies previewing new album in San Antonio
Hector Saldana, Correspondent March 15, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The Zombies always stood apart from their British Invasion contemporaries of the 1960s. They still do. There were element of jazz and darker overtones in the early smash hits “She’s Not There” and “Tell Her No,” as well as in “Time of the Season.” All three were penned by founder and keyboardist Rod Argent. And a couple of members wore glasses. Were they intellectuals? Nerds?
The Sex Pistols 1978 S.A. concerts is getting a punk rock tribute
The mythology surrounding their band and their infamously confrontational concert at Randy’s Rodeo on Jan. 8, 1978, never ages or dies. The legend only grows, and an all-ages event at Paper Tiger on Saturday will celebrate it with a punk rock show, photo exhibit, film screening and panel discussion. “The Filth and the Flautas” will most certainly rock rudely and loudly with Sons of Hercules, Hickoids, Jefferson Trout, Ty Gavin and more.
Freddy Fender’s Remarkable Run From Bebop Kid to Texas Tornado
As a teen, Fender was a street fighter. He dropped out of school and enlisted in the U.S. Marines at 16. After a tumultuous three years, he returned to San Benito, started his music career, and in 1957 married his lifelong partner, Evangelina Muñiz. Fender wrote “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” in 1959, but his career was upended within months when he was convicted for marijuana possession in Louisiana and spent nearly three years in jail starting in 1960.
Maren Morris is done talking about Brittany Aldean
"It's so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human? Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie," she wrote in reply to a Tweet country singer Cassadee Pope posted in response to Brittany Aldean's original comment. The feud spilled over into Fox News fodder, with Tucker Carlson weighing in. “I’ve said everything I want to say on that topic,” Morris said with a sigh and quiet chuckle in an interview ahead of her concert Sunday at Whitewater Amphitheater in New Braunfels.
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