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Los Texmaniacs (The Kennedy Center)

Los Texmaniacs

Combine a hefty helping of Tex Mex conjunto, simmer with several parts Texas rock, add a daring dash of well-cured blues and R&B riffs, and you’ve cooked up the tasty TexManiacs  groove. Not to say that this group’s sound is for musical gourmets only…no way or, better yet, eso no! These guys – Max Baca on bajo sexto, Speedy Villanueva on bass and David Farias on accordion – feed the masses, but with only the best in musical fare.Founded by Max Baca, the TexManiacs are a product of his wide-ranging experience working and recording with everyone from his father’s family conjunto to Doug Sahm’s Texas Tornados to the Rolling Stones. Despite his youth, Max is a legend on the bajo sexto, a twelve string guitar-like instrument, which customarily provides rhythm accompaniment for the button accordion, thus creating the core of the conjunto sound.On the bajo, Max does all that and way, way more, using the instrument to push the TexManiacs sound to another level of vibrancy altogether.

Watch Past Performances

Los Texmaniacs 6/26/09: Los Texmaniacs

This dynamic trio combines a hefty helping of Tex Mex conjunto simmered with several parts Texas rock and a daring dash of well-cured blues and R&B riffs.

Los Texmaniacs

This dynamic trio combines a hefty helping of Tex Mex conjunto simmered with several parts Texas rock and a daring dash of well-cured blues and R&B riffs.
Los Texmaniacs 6/29/08: Los Texmaniacs

Combine a hefty helping of Tex Mex conjunto, simmer with several parts Texas rock, add a daring dash of well-cured blues and R&B riffs, and you’ve cooked up the tasty TexManiacs groove. Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, this year celebrating Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon; 50 years of NASA; and the music, food, and wine of Texas.

Los Texmaniacs

Combine a hefty helping of Tex Mex conjunto, simmer with several parts Texas rock, add a daring dash of well-cured blues and R&B riffs, and you’ve cooked up the tasty TexManiacs groove. Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, this year celebrating Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon; 50 years of NASA; and the music, food, and wine of Texas.

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