July 3, 2009



    Video
    The Hometown Boys - Joe's Special
    @ GCS - San Antonio, Tx    07.02.09
    best viewed @ 320x240 pixels

June 16, 2009

 The Tejano ROOTS Hall of Fame Board of Directors is proud to announce the Hall of Fame Class of 2009. The following inductees will be formally inducted and take their place amongst their peers in a ceremony entitled The 10^th Annual Noche de Fiesta Tejana on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at The VFW Hall in The Birthplace of Tejano, Alice, Texas.


1. FAVORITE SON OF ALICE:
A. Raymundo Treviño – Alice, Texas
B. Ricky Naranjo Jr - Alice, Texas

2. BROADCASTING
    Joe Cisneros – Alice , Texas

3. HONORARY INDUCTEES
    MASTER OF CEREMONIES
  A. Dan Peña – Corpus Christi, Texas
  B. Manny ‘Picante’ Garcia – Beeville, Texas
  C. Barbie Leo – Corpus Christi, Texas

4. CONJUNTO TRADITIONAL
A. Conjunto Madrigal – Taft Texas
B. Los Pavos Reales– San Antonio, Texas

5. CONJUNTO PROGRESSIVE
A. David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales –  Poteet, Texas

6. ENTERTAINERS
A. Alberto Lopez Y Los Bandidos – Ingleside Texas
B. Gary Hobbs – Eagle Pass, Texas

7. ORCHESTRA/BIG BAND:
A. Rudy Alvarado – Corpus Christi, Texas
B. Beto Cavazos – Kingsville, Texas

8. TEJANO PROGRESSIVE BAND
The Original Los Dinos – Corpus Christi, Texas

9. COMPOSER
A. Humberto  Ramon – Laredo, Texas

10. TEJANO INDUSTRY AWARD
A. PRODUCER : Chris Strachwitz
     El Cerrito, California
B. DISTRIBUTOR: Chano Elizondo
     San Antonio , Texas 

11. ACCORDION:
A. Francisco ’Frankie’ Caballero –Donna, Texas

12: MILLION DOLLAR BAND:
A. DRUMS: Joe Quintanilia – Kingsville, Texas

B. GUITAR: Rudy Palacios, San Antonio, Texas
C BAJO SEXTO: Roman Martinez – Pleasanton, Texas
D. BASS GUITAR: Joe Mascorro,  Kingsville, Texas
E. TRUMPET: Hector  ‘Spook’ Gutierrez  – , Texas
F. SAXOPHONE: Gilberto ‘Gibby’ Escobedo
    San Antonio Texas
G. ACCORDION: Joe Nuñez – Irving , Texas
H. VOCALIST:
   1. Manuel Vargas – Corpus Christi, Texas  
   2 Juan Perez - Corpus Christi, Texas
 I. KEYBOARD: Gerardo ‘Jerry’ De La Rosa
    San Antonio Texas

13. LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
      Manuel ‘ Manny’ Guerra - San Antonio, Texas

14. FEMALE ENTERTAINER:
A. Patsy Torres – San Antonio, Texas
B. Elida Reyna - Mercedes, Texas

15. PIONEER TEJANO AWARD:
A. Jimmy Guajardo - Accordion – Grand Prairie, Texas
B. Lee Martinez - Trumpet –, Corpus Christi, Texas
C. Abelardo “Ruco’ Villareal – Accordion/Vocal         San Antonio, Tx

16. HISTORICAL HALL
      VFW Hall – Alice Texas

The Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame is the official Hall of Fame for Tejano Music as designated by House Bill 1019 and signed into law by Governor Rick Perry of the Great State of Texas on May 3, 2001. The Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Museum is situated at 213 N. Wright Street in Alice, Texas, the Birthplace of Tejano.

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ALICE, TEXAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF TEJANO

Alice has long been recognized as “The Birthplace of Tejano” dating back to the mid 1940’s when Armando Marroquin, Sr. of Alice and partner Paco Bentacourt of San Benito, Texas launched what was to be the first home based recording company to record Tejano artists exclusively. Ideal Records, which was based in Alice, the heart of South Texas and under the direction of Marroquin became the perfect vehicle for Tejano groups and artists to get their music to the public. Marroquin, who also owned and operated a jukebox company, insured that Ideal recordings would be distributed throughout South Texas. The songs recorded, which were contributed by Tejano and Mexican composers became very popular through jukeboxes placed in restaurants, cantinas or any other establishment that would have them, and the then very scarce Spanish language radio programs.
 
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TEJANO R.O.O.T.S.  CONTINUES TO RECOGNIZE THE TEJANO STARS THAT HAVE  CONTRIBUTED TO THE TEJANO MUSIC INDUSTRY. 2009 IS THE YEAR THAT TEJANO ROOTS CELEBRATE ITS 10^TH ANNIVERSARY,
A SPECIAL NIGHT,  BECAUSE , LIKE MOST ORGANIZATION , TODAYS  ECONOMY HAS HURT  HOWEVER WITH THE  INVOLVEMENT  OF THE COMMUNITY,  THE MEMBERS  AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ,  THIS NOCHE DE FIESTA PROMISES TO BE AN EVENING THAT  ALL TEJANOS WILL  REMEMBER. THE BOARD ASKS THAT ALL TEJANOS  COME  TOGETHER
UNITE AND REINSTATE OUR MUSIC BECAUSE  TEJANO MUSIC WILL  NEVER DIE

COMO SIEMPRE

REY RAMOS
PRESIDENT OF TEJANO ROOTS