Crossover question?!


Question: Everyone has heard of rock/pop crossing over to country and vice versa, but how many Tejano artists can you think of that have crossed over to country and why do you think there aren't more of them. Do you think it's a language barrier that has kept them from coming over to country? If you have ever heard Tejano music it's basically country with an accordion twist. If country music can let rock and pop come across, why the hell not let all of them. I could stand to hear a little accordion in the back ground of some of these so called country songs..lol.. it might even make the song better.


Answers: Everyone has heard of rock/pop crossing over to country and vice versa, but how many Tejano artists can you think of that have crossed over to country and why do you think there aren't more of them. Do you think it's a language barrier that has kept them from coming over to country? If you have ever heard Tejano music it's basically country with an accordion twist. If country music can let rock and pop come across, why the hell not let all of them. I could stand to hear a little accordion in the back ground of some of these so called country songs..lol.. it might even make the song better.

I agree with you on this one Tex, I've seen Flaco Jiminez on a couple of videos & it is a nice touch. Cajun & zydeco also have accordians, but they don't cross-over much either. They're sorta rock, but I really like Los Lonely Boys. We're all American mutts, we all share food, why draw lines on music?

Only one comes to mind... Emilio Navaira...


Oh yeah! and that one group that made Achy Breaky Heart in Spanish (No Rompas mas Mi Pobre Corazon)... also they have on thats called "Payaso de Rodeo" which is also a translation of an English song, only I dont know which...

Would mister Freddie Fender and the Texas Tornados count as Tejano? If so, they put out some good country stuff in the '70s. There are also some Texas/Red Dirt artists doing some country with a latin beat and accordian.

The late Freddie Fender was great at this type of music,with the accordian playing of Flaco Jiminez.And I really liked it.

Don't laugh... I am serious! I've often thought the music played on the Spanish language radio stations sounded a whole lot like polka tunes. That's what our country needs, a Tejano Polka Band.

What about Los Lonely boys, and Freddie Fender?? That's all I can think of.

The only one I can think of the in last 20 years is Tish Hinojosa, and I don't know if she's considered "country" now. I know her first album, from back in 1989, was pretty country-sounding....certainly wouldn't get any airplay today because it was TC (too country).

I always thought Freddie Fender was a "crossover" Tejano singer. And, maybe, Los Lonely Boys, but those are the only ones I know of.
All I know is that my Mama LOVES Freddie Fender, so that makes him cool in MY book (even if he has passed on to that Great Stage In The Great Beyond).



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