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Texas Tornados - "Soy De San Luis" [Live from Austin, TX] - Bing video

Nortena isn't just Mexico, the Texas Tornados were from, you guessed it, San Antonio TX. That's Flaco Jimenez on the accordion, none better. Freddie Fender on Spanish vocals and Doug Sahms (remember the Sir Douglas Quintet?) doing English vocals. In the background is Augie Meyers on drums, also from the Sir Douglas Quintet.

Soy De San Luis is one of my all-time favorites, can't help but sing along and dance in your seat. I have all the Tornado's albums, and I believe just about every album from both Flaco Jimenez and his brother Santiago, master of the old style button accordion.

"She belongs to El Diablo, he can have her I don't want her anymore", a warning to anyone heading to San Antonio for a good time.
 
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