This is FRESH AIR. Augie Meyers, who helped shape the sound of Tex-Mex music with the '60s band Sir Douglas Quintet and then with the Texas Tornados, died earlier this month. He played keyboards, ...
Flaco Jiménez, a master accordionist who won multiple Grammy Awards and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died July 31 in San Antonio, his hometown. He was 86. He ...