When any musician dies—especially one who was influential with a decade-spanning career—there is naturally a spike of interest in their recordings. And particularly among casual fans.

Well, streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music surely saw numbers jump all last month for streams of the music of Flaco Jiménez. The legendary Texan singer/songwriter/accordionist passed away on July 31 at the age of 86 after having been in declining health.

Ironically, it was also on that exact day that Hector Saldaña—one half of the brother duo that make up the San Antonio-based garage pop rockers The Krayolas—received the final audio mix of a song.

A song that he (vocals/guitar), Jiménez (button accordion), and Max Baca (bajo sexto) recorded together and the end of a Krayolas sessi

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