Accordion master Flaco Jimenez has died at 86

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The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and Tejano music of South Texas over a career that spanned more than 70 years.

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define the Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjuto sound all over the world and across genres.

(Image credit: Rick Diamond)

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