Max Baca’s Los Texmaniacs are playing Gruene Hall this Friday. They rule the Conjunto music world, often headlining at the Tejano Conjunto Festival. The Grammy-winning group has toured the world for decades, and Max Baca is the front man.
Baca began his musical journey young. “I started when I was five. You know, my father taught me how to play two songs on the accordion, and that was ‘Monterey Polka,’ and Glenn Miller’s ‘In The Mood,'” Baca said.
Growing up, his house was full of music because his father and older brother were both musicians. Baca explained in his biography Crossing Borders that this was their pre-homework homework…