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Collaboration: Flaco Jiménez
full article: frontera.library.ucla.edu/blog/2021/04/%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-lp-flaco-jimenez-audio-treasure-ages
The music business is bloated with award shows that serve as mass marketing events, meant to magnify artist exposure and, hopefully, boost record sales. But there are certain honors that have a timeless impact beyond immediate commercial gain. These are tributes that, rather than publicity, bestow prestige on artists and serve to enhance the legacy of their recordings.
Such is the case with the National Recording Registry (NRR), an exclusive roster curated by the Library of Congress for recordings deemed of special historical significance. Since 2002, the registry has annually added recordings considered to be “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage,” according to the program’s website.
Among the 25 works that made the prestigious list for the year 2020 is the album Partners by Flaco Jimenez, the San Antonio conjunto legend whose recordings represent a cornerstone of the Frontera Collection. The Tex-Mex accordion star’s 1992 recording features a variety of musical styles and a host of collaborations with acclaimed U.S. artists Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Emmylou Harris, and Los Lobos.
“People used to regard my music as cantina music, just no respect,” said Jimenez, 82, in a recent interview. “The accordion was considered something like a party joke … I really give respect to everyone who helped me out on this record, and I’m flattered by this recognition.”
Produced by Bill Halverson and originally released by Reprise Records, Partners features 11 tracks in styles as varied as its collaborators. The tunes range from contemporary country to traditional norteño, with Flaco playing accordion throughout and handling vocals on three numbers.
His incredibly flexible accordion adapts easily to disparate genres. He plays with the aggressive edge of an electric guitar, the bouncy delight of a Mexican polka, the heartbreak of a tear-jerk country tune, the boot-stomping rowdiness of a cantina song, the lilting loveliness of a Texas waltz, and the raucous abandon that turns his squeezebox into a bluesy organ.
One of those father-son sides is of special note. “Eres Un Encanto” is a flirtatious ditty written by the elder Jimenez and recorded in 1979 on Joey Records, featuring Flaco on bajo sexto guitar backing his father on accordion. The patriarch of the musical family passed away just five years later, at age 71. The song took on a special meaning for Flaco who, in an interview earlier this year with Hector Saldaña of the San Antonio News-Express, added that “it was my dream” to record his father’s song.
His dream was realized on Partners. “Eres Un Encanto” is one of three Spanish-language tracks on the album which feature Jimenez on lead vocals, including a duet with Linda Ronstadt on “El Puente Roto.” In 1991, a year before Partners was released, Ronstadt had invited Jimenez to join her on one track from her second album of mariachi classics, Mas Canciones, a follow-up to her 1987 smash, Canciones de Mi Padre. The acclaimed vocalist from Tucson, Arizona, went out of her way to make sure Flaco and his norteño/Tex-Mex accordion made it onto the album of mariachi music, a totally separate genre.
“Both being from near the border, (Flaco and I) had a lot in common,” Ronstadt told the San Antonio Current www.sacurrent.com/sa-sound/archives/2020/11/19/linda-ronstadt-reminisces-about-collaborating-with-flaco-jimenez-performing-in-san-antonio during an interview last year in connection with the release of her documentary Linda and the Mockingbirds. “I love that norteño kind of music. I didn’t have it on my record, but I pushed it in that direction just so I could get a chance to work with Flaco…. He’s just an amazing musician and a real character. I liked working with him.”
El Puente Roto (feat. Linda Ronstadt)
Flaco Jiménez - Topic
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El Puente Roto (feat. Linda Ronstadt) · Flaco Jimenez
Partners
℗ 1992 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
Engineer: Allen Sides
Engineer, Mixer, Producer: Bill Halverson
Executive Producer: Cameron Randle
Drums: David Jimenez
Masterer: Denny Purcell
Accordion: Flaco Jimenez
Lead Vocals: Flaco Jimenez
Engineer, Mixer: Gary LAney
Assistant Engineer: Gary S. Hickinbotham
Engineer: George Massenburg
Alto Saxophone: Joe Morales
Assistant Engineer: John Ferrell
Assistant Engineer: Ken Allardyce
Lead Vocals: Linda Ronstadt
Engineer: Mike Ross
Assistant Engineer: Nathaniel Kunkel
Guitar: Oscar Tellez
A&r Manager: Paige Levy
Assistant Engineer: Ray Blair
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Bennett
Assistant Engineer: Rick Norman
Engineer: Rik Pekkonen
Assistant Engineer: Roy Gamble
Bass Guitar: Ruben Valle
Executive Producer: Stuart H. Dill
Assistant Engineer: Thom Russo
Engineer, Mixer: Tim Farmer
Writer: Victor Cordero
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full article: frontera.library.ucla.edu/blog/2021/04/%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-lp-flaco-jimenez-audio-treasure-ages
The music business is bloated with award shows that serve as mass marketing events, meant to magnify artist exposure and, hopefully, boost record sales. But there are certain honors that have a timeless impact beyond immediate commercial gain. These are tributes that, rather than publicity, bestow prestige on artists and serve to enhance the legacy of their recordings.
Such is the case with the National Recording Registry (NRR), an exclusive roster curated by the Library of Congress for recordings deemed of special historical significance. Since 2002, the registry has annually added recordings considered to be “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage,” according to the program’s website.
Among the 25 works that made the prestigious list for the year 2020 is the album Partners by Flaco Jimenez, the San Antonio conjunto legend whose recordings represent a cornerstone of the Frontera Collection. The Tex-Mex accordion star’s 1992 recording features a variety of musical styles and a host of collaborations with acclaimed U.S. artists Stephen Stills, Linda Ronstadt, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, Emmylou Harris, and Los Lobos.
“People used to regard my music as cantina music, just no respect,” said Jimenez, 82, in a recent interview. “The accordion was considered something like a party joke … I really give respect to everyone who helped me out on this record, and I’m flattered by this recognition.”
Produced by Bill Halverson and originally released by Reprise Records, Partners features 11 tracks in styles as varied as its collaborators. The tunes range from contemporary country to traditional norteño, with Flaco playing accordion throughout and handling vocals on three numbers.
His incredibly flexible accordion adapts easily to disparate genres. He plays with the aggressive edge of an electric guitar, the bouncy delight of a Mexican polka, the heartbreak of a tear-jerk country tune, the boot-stomping rowdiness of a cantina song, the lilting loveliness of a Texas waltz, and the raucous abandon that turns his squeezebox into a bluesy organ.
One of those father-son sides is of special note. “Eres Un Encanto” is a flirtatious ditty written by the elder Jimenez and recorded in 1979 on Joey Records, featuring Flaco on bajo sexto guitar backing his father on accordion. The patriarch of the musical family passed away just five years later, at age 71. The song took on a special meaning for Flaco who, in an interview earlier this year with Hector Saldaña of the San Antonio News-Express, added that “it was my dream” to record his father’s song.
His dream was realized on Partners. “Eres Un Encanto” is one of three Spanish-language tracks on the album which feature Jimenez on lead vocals, including a duet with Linda Ronstadt on “El Puente Roto.” In 1991, a year before Partners was released, Ronstadt had invited Jimenez to join her on one track from her second album of mariachi classics, Mas Canciones, a follow-up to her 1987 smash, Canciones de Mi Padre. The acclaimed vocalist from Tucson, Arizona, went out of her way to make sure Flaco and his norteño/Tex-Mex accordion made it onto the album of mariachi music, a totally separate genre.
“Both being from near the border, (Flaco and I) had a lot in common,” Ronstadt told the San Antonio Current www.sacurrent.com/sa-sound/archives/2020/11/19/linda-ronstadt-reminisces-about-collaborating-with-flaco-jimenez-performing-in-san-antonio during an interview last year in connection with the release of her documentary Linda and the Mockingbirds. “I love that norteño kind of music. I didn’t have it on my record, but I pushed it in that direction just so I could get a chance to work with Flaco…. He’s just an amazing musician and a real character. I liked working with him.”
El Puente Roto (feat. Linda Ronstadt)
Flaco Jiménez - Topic
4.2K subscribers
Provided to YouTube by Warner Records/Nashville
El Puente Roto (feat. Linda Ronstadt) · Flaco Jimenez
Partners
℗ 1992 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
Engineer: Allen Sides
Engineer, Mixer, Producer: Bill Halverson
Executive Producer: Cameron Randle
Drums: David Jimenez
Masterer: Denny Purcell
Accordion: Flaco Jimenez
Lead Vocals: Flaco Jimenez
Engineer, Mixer: Gary LAney
Assistant Engineer: Gary S. Hickinbotham
Engineer: George Massenburg
Alto Saxophone: Joe Morales
Assistant Engineer: John Ferrell
Assistant Engineer: Ken Allardyce
Lead Vocals: Linda Ronstadt
Engineer: Mike Ross
Assistant Engineer: Nathaniel Kunkel
Guitar: Oscar Tellez
A&r Manager: Paige Levy
Assistant Engineer: Ray Blair
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Bennett
Assistant Engineer: Rick Norman
Engineer: Rik Pekkonen
Assistant Engineer: Roy Gamble
Bass Guitar: Ruben Valle
Executive Producer: Stuart H. Dill
Assistant Engineer: Thom Russo
Engineer, Mixer: Tim Farmer
Writer: Victor Cordero
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