Tejano

Tejano on vinyl: music from Texas with Mexican roots

In short: Tejano is the music of the Mexican American community in Texas. It combines the conjunto with accordion and bajo sexto with the horns of the orquesta tejana and influences from rock, pop, soul and cumbia; the late sixties and seventies are also known as “La Onda Chicana”. The Vinyl Room currently has 16 Tejano records.

What is Tejano?

La Onda Chicana: Freddie Martinez is represented with “Es La Onda Chicana” and with a Spanish version of “Hooked On A Feeling”; alongside him Ramiro Leija with “Todo Es Maravilloso” and Rene & Rene with “Dices Que Me Dejas”.

Horns and rhythm: Latin Breed, Los Fabulosos Cuatro and The Ray Camacho Group with “Salsa Chicana” show the orquesta tejana side.

What to look for

Our Tejano records are US editions, mainly from the seventies; label, catalogue number and year of release help you tell which edition you have – it’s noted with each copy.

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FAQ

What is Tejano? Mexican American music from Texas.

What does “La Onda Chicana” mean? A term for the Tejano of the late sixties and seventies with horns and influences from rock and soul.

Which instruments are typical? Accordion and bajo sexto in the conjunto, horns in the orquesta tejana.

Which Tejano records do you have? Here, for example, Freddie Martinez’s “Es La Onda Chicana” and Ramiro Leija’s “Todo Es Maravilloso”.