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Flaco Jiménez

Flaco Jiménez (born Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez, March 11, 1939 – died July 31, 2025) was a towering figure in Tex‑Mex and conjunto music whose influence spanned generations of American and Mexican-American listeners. Born in San Antonio into a musical dynasty—his grandfather Patricio and father Santiago Jiménez Sr. were pioneering conjunto musicians—Flaco Jiménez began performing alongside his father at age seven before cutting his first recordings at 15 with Los Caporales and later launching a solo career in the 1960s. He gained national visibility when Doug Sahm invited him to re...