Texan accordionist Flaco Jiménez to receive Lifetime Achievement Grammy
*This is awesome, well deserved and about time! Other honorees: George Harrison, the Bee Gees, Buddy Guy … VL
The Texan music legend, accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez, will be one of seven receiving a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, the Recording Academy announced on Thursday.
The other recipients are George Harrison, the Bee Gees, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, the Louvin Brothers and Wayne Shorter. They will be honored in a separate ceremony the night before the main Grammys show, which will take place on Feb. 8.
The 75-year-old San Antonio-born Jiménez has won five Grammy awards in the past. He is known as the “father of conjunto music,” but has played in a variety of styles throughout his long career, including ranchera and rock and country fusion.
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