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_ Boyd Mattson has come to us by [B] way of Fort Worth and he joins us again this
morning.
Talk to us about music, something called Tex-Mex music, right?
What's it about?
Well, as we have pointed out in the course of this show, several
strong cultures come together in the San Antonio area and when you take the
strongest of those, cowboys, German, [G] and Mexican, put them all together in a song,
you get Tex-Mex music.
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[D#m] _ _ [Bm] Because it represents a blending of several
cultures, Tex-Mex music comes in a variety of [F#] sounds.
Sometimes it is more
Tex, [Em] other times it is more [F#m] Mex. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [E] Orchestral Monte Carlo is a group whose music is closer to [F#] the mariachi feeling.
[G#] Hearing it inspires visions of dancing and fiestas and [F#] the Spanish heritage.
[D] _ [G] _ _ _
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It
was the German influence in South [G] Texas that inspired Santiago Jimenez in 1935.
He took their polkas, added a dash of his own hot sauce, and created the [D] first
Tex-Mex music.
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_ [N] _ Sounds _ like the same German polkas and Spanish polkas, it just sounds the same
thing.
Only thing is that the Germans, _ when they play, they play this slow.
_ We
play a little faster.
Can you give me a sample [Bm] of how you would play a German
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ polka?
Now how [F] would that sound if you added the Tex-Mex [G] flavoring to it? _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [G#]
[G] Flaco Jimenez took his dance
playing one step further. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] He added some [G#] country, a bit of the blues, and then
mixed in [G] English lyrics with the Spanish to produce the most amalgamated version
[D] of Tex-Mex. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ It's got that [C] _ [A#] _
beat, you know, that _ [G] when you hear it you just want to
go to the dance floor and start dancing. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ One of the most appealing elements of
ethnic music is the [G] emotion it can reflect, the glimpse it provides into the
soul of a people.
Tex-Mex has retained that strength. _
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_ [B] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [C#] [F] And now, the newest influence on [C] Tex-Mex, _ Nuevo [Gm] [F] Huevo. _
_ _ _ [A#] What _ _ [G] I do is I take polkas and I rock them out.
Instead of like, here's _ [Fm] _ a_
While we do it, [G] we do a dance, _ and _ make it more
rock where kids can understand it more.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
A [A#] ding-dong daddy from Dumas, Texas, Joe King [F] Carrasco is merging [C] a new way [F] beat with some punk rock choreography [C] _ _ _ and [F] _
the traditional Latin [G] melodies.
[A#] _
Chicano music, nobody knows it outside [F] of Texas unless it's [F#] in California.
To me, I like the [C] music.
I think it's [A#] the future.
I think [G] everybody should get into it and go, ow!
And go, ay-ay-ay! _
He _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ is [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ wild.
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