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By Jason Mellard from the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University .

On August 28, 1974, conjunto bandleader Jimmy Garcia was born in Eagle Pass. Conjuntos are often a family affair , and that was the case with Jimmy, who in 1990 at sixteen formed Los Clavelitos de Jimmy Garcia with his brother Joey and father Joe, Sr. The group evolved into Los Hermanos Garcia and finally Los Garcia Brothers.

Rising with the Nineties Tejano wave , Los Garcia Brothers incorporated modern cumbia with traditional polka, as Jimmy Garcia switched between accordion and smooth saxophone as the driving force of the band’s repertoire. Los Garcia Brothers stood out on stage by appearing in zoot suits, a nod to the

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