Add to ORKGSan Antonio, Texas Juan Valdez grew up in Southwest Texas listening to musicians in his family. He learned to play Spanish music first, then a combination of cumbias, polkas, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, country and western. At first Mexican-American music was called conjunto, created by Mexican songwriters, with four people playing an accordion, drums, an electric bass, and an electric guitar or bajo sexton. In the 1980s, groups began adding electronic keyboards and sound mixing which was called "Musico en Vallejo", then "Musico de Tejano", or tejano music. Valdez describes the evolution of Mexican-American music, his musical experience, various musical groups, continuing changes, and its popularity in schools, business, and the en...