Los Texmaniacs were the featured performers for the CTAA monthly meeting at Casa Chapal, Austin, Texas. Excerpts from Texas Highways Magazine: Noone sits or stands still when Los Texmaniacs, the band led by Max Baca, 51, and his nephew Josh Baca, 27, are on stage.

“When we play outside the United States, we say we’re representing American music … that we’re from Texas, we’re Mexican Americans, and this is our music.”

Max started Los Texmaniacs in San Antonio 22 years ago to honor the roots of Tejano conjunto music while incorporating rock ’n’ roll, jazz, funk, and other contemporary sounds. He had been playing bajo sexto with the supergroup Texas Tornados and decided to launch his own band when the Tornados took an extended break. Los Texmaniacs quickly carved out a place in the Tex-Mex pantheon. When Josh, a budding prodigy on accordion, joined Los Texmaniacs in 2011, the music ascended to a whole other level.

The two New Mexico natives have become leading ambassadors of Texas-Mexican music. They’ve recorded seven albums, including 2009’s Grammy Award-winning Borders y Bailes, and taken their traditional sounds around the globe, touring Russia twice for the State Department; the war zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo for U.S. organizations; and China and Mongolia for the Smithsonian.
They’ve also updated Tex-Mex, most significantly on 2015’s Americano Groove, which features cameos from the likes of Joe Ely and David Hildalgo of Los Lobos.
Los Texmaniacs will be playing across Texas this summer, when they’re not venturing beyond state lines to spread their musica alegre to the world.

Joe Klaus said. “The Texmaniacs did an outstanding job of entertaining our members and friends tonight. It was a magical evening of accordion and more . If you were not there you missed one fine show. Thanks to the Texmaniacs for inviting us up to play along with them. It was so much fun. Wow!”

The Central Texas Accordion Association meets the last Monday of each month (except June and the month of December) at Casa Chapala 9041 Research Blvd, Austin, Tx at 7:30 PM.

CTAA was organized in January of 1992, by a number of local musicians, and has been in operation ever since. CTAA is devoted solely to the furtherance of accordion performance, instruction, understanding, and enjoyment. Visitors are welcome at the meetings. You do not have to own or play an accordion to become a member. Dues are $20.00/year for a single member. $30.00/year for a family membership .

Contact: AustinAccordion@gmail.com