"I was not very enthusiastic about being with any group at all," Fender admitted in the Austin American-Statesman, "but the only way I could get on a major label was with four people, so I said what the hell." Initially, not all were excited about giving up solo careers to join the group. "Cameron Randle, at Refugee Management, sort of put the whole thing together, and got together with Warner Brothers," Sahm told the Tulsa World. Though all had played together at various times, the band members did not actually perform as a group until Sahm brought them together for a gig in San Francisco. The Tornados made their first appearance in December of 1989. They've taken their sound straight from the sawdust-floored cantinas of South Texas and spiced it up a bit." As a Pollstar correspondent put it, "The Tornados are not country, they're not rock and roll. Each an accomplished solo artist in his own right, the four joined forces in 1989, creating a soulful mix of country, rhythm and blues, ballad singing, Texas rock and roll, and conjunto- a type of music that mixes Mexican Norteno with German and Czechoslovakian polkas and waltzes. Box 120897, Nashville, TN 37212.Ĭalled the "Tex-Mex equivalent of the Traveling Wilburys and Grateful Dead" by Gary Graff of the Detroit Free Press, the Texas Tornados are Flaco Jimenez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Record company- Reprise Records, 1815 Division Street, P.O. Addresses: Agent- c/o Monterey Artists, Inc., 33 Music Square West, Suite 106-B, Nashville, TN 37203. Members include Freddy Fender (born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, TX), vocals, guitar Flaco Jimenez (born Leonardo Jimenez in 1939 son of Santiago Jimenez, Jr.), vocals, button accordion Augie Meyers (born in San Antonio, TX), vocals, Vox organ, keyboards, accordion, and bajo sexto and Doug Sahm (born in San Antonio), vocals, guitar. If you would like to share Texas Tornados, The lyrics with other users of this site, please see the bottom of this page on how to submit Texas Tornados, The lyrics.
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