The accordionist commands the stage, his eyes staring off as if in a trance, his fingers trilling out the opening notes of a tune. It’s a long, sinuous riff, one so intoxicating that the audience in ...

This is FRESH AIR. Augie Meyers, who helped shape the sound of Tex-Mex music with the '60s band Sir Douglas Quintet and then with the Texas Tornados, died earlier this month. He played keyboards, ...

Augie Meyers, whose Tilt-a-Whirl stylings on his trebly Vox organ shaped the sound of Tex-Mex music with the celebrated Sir Douglas Quintet and the Grammy-winning Texas Tornados, and lent flavor to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flaco Jiménez accepts the Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist Award in 2014 during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show ...