Sad to see that Flaco Jimenez the accordion maestro has died. Saw him touring with Ry Cooder and playing tracks from the Chicken Skin Music album back in the day.
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Yes, I saw him with Ry’s band many years back.
Superb instrumentalist, and he could also sing a bit too.
R.I.P.
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Was amazed to read several obituaries which made no mention of his work with Ry at all.
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I saw Flaco with his band as part of the WOMAD Festival in Toronto in the '80s. Following the performance we chatted briefly because I was with a university radio station and we played his music. He was very gracious and quite excited when I was able to tell him where the performers could score some complementary beer. My condolences to his family and his many, many fans. R.I.P.
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Very sad news. Partners is one of my most played CDs.
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Very sad news, let’s celebrate his artistry.
I saw Flaco with Ry Cooder at Birmingham NEC many years ago, just after Ry released Get Rhythm. Flaco then did his own tour with a band and I caught them at the Fleece and Firkin in Bristol, that was a superb gig, he had everyone dancing (unlike at the NEC which was seated). I enjoyed a beer at the bar with Flaco and some of the band in the interval, he wanted to know where I’d got my Ry Cooder T-shirt (it was a bootleg 
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The ‘Tex-Mex’ accordion accompaniment on Get Rhythm, Chicken Skin Music and later Ry Cooder albums still transport me to that area today.
He did a lot of work with Dwight Yoakam and the The Mavericks as well, all worth looking up.
“Un tequila y una cerveza para ti Flaco, descansa en paz”
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