Texas Week – New Texas Tornados!

This week I am highlighting some new and upcoming releases that are exclusively out of my home-state. I know I mention bands that call the Lone Star State home relatively often, but this week I am making it a point to really be obnoxious about it…

This week I have been highlighting all kinds of good stuff from Texas. I can’t think of a better way to end this week than to spread the news on a new release from none other than the Texas Tornados. You will be hard pressed to come up with a band that is more representative of what many consider to be true “Texas Music”.

Esta Bueno (Bismeaux Records), the superb new album from the ultimate Tex-Mex super group, will thankfully come out in March. While Sir Doug has gone on to the great honky-tonk in the sky, he left us with his son Shawn, who ably fills in and carries the torch well. There is even a song that the father-son combo co-wrote (“Who’s To Blame Senorita”) that features the classic sound that is synonymous with the Tornados. Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez are back to recreate their legendary fusion of rock, tejano and country, and so is the dearly departed Freddy Fender, by way of 5 unreleased tracks that see the light of day here, finally. Amen.

LISTEN: The Texas Tornados – “Who’s To Blame Senorita”

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Tags: Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, Freddie Fender, Shawn Sahm, Texas Tornados