Max Baca, the bajo sexto player known for his work with Flaco Jimenez and his own band, Los Texmaniacs, once owned four of the 12-string guitars built by San Antonio’s legendary Macias family. But ...
Ninety-one years ago, guitar maker and musician Guadalupe Acosta established Acosta Music Co. downtown where Camaron crosses Houston Street. Its glory days — it was once the largest music store in ...
Like rent and wisdom, appreciation often increases with the passing of time. Many families have a few heirlooms with sentimental value—a beloved china doll or a lunch pail from days of yore—but rarely ...
Conjunto masters Flaco Jiménez and Max Baca team up for an album of duets, "Legends & Legacies," out this month from Smithsonian Folkways Image courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Max Baca, a ...
Max Baca grew up in New Mexico, playing in his dad’s band from age eight. After mastering bass and accordion, he picked up the bajo sexto, a Mexican twelve-string instrument featured in Tejano music.
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