Santiago Jimenez

Don Santiago Jimenez, conjunto accordionist and songwriter, (April 25, 1913, in San Antonio, Texas - December 18, 1984, San Antonio, Texas). His father, Patricio Jiménez, was an accordionist and dance musician from Eagle Pass, Texas, and he encouraged his son to pursue his musical interests. By age eight Santiago had begun to play the accordion, and by the time he was twenty, he was playing music on live KEDA radio. In 1936 Jiménez released his first record, "Dices Pescao"/"Dispensa el Arrempujon," on Decca.