Los Texmaniacs
Cruzando Borders (CD)

SFW-CD-40576

Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs was born to cross borders of all kinds—between past and present, traditional and creative, Spanish and English, country and Tejano, Texas and Mexico. Cruzando Borders embraces all of these, with ballads of the border, instrumental pearls of the past, and signature songs popularized by the Texas Tornados when Texmaniacs leader Max Baca toured with them. Guest performances by Lyle Lovett on Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee” and country singer Rick Treviño on his own “I Am a Mexican” round out this tribute to the tragedies, triumphs, hopes, and humor of Mexican American life along the border. 47 minutes, 40-page booklet.

Track listing:

01.Mexico Americano (Mexican American) 3:16
02.La pajarera (The Bird Vendor) 3:16
03.El bracero fracasado (The Failed Bracero) 3:31
04.I Am a Mexican 3:20
05.El porrón (The Slow Mover) 2:54
06.En avión hasta Acapulco (To Acapulco by Plane) 3:41
07.Deportee 3:54
08.Soy de San Luis 3:08
09.La chicharronera (The Pork Cracklings Maker) 2:47
10.Across the Borderline 3:48
11.Valentín de la sierra 4:12
12.Don Luis el Tejano 3:49
13.Pablo del monte (Pablo from the Hills) 2:48
14.Labios de coral (Lips of Coral) 2:48

Published: 2018

Genre: Middle & North America & Tango
Label: Smithsonian Folkways