When Tejano music legend Jimmy Gonzalez died last month, the sad news did not make headlines around the world. But in Texas, fans mourned the loss of the beloved co-founder of Grupo Mazz, a towering band in modern Tejano music. His death on June 6 and the subsequent memorials made news on mainstream Texas television and in major English-language newspapers of cities such as Houston and San Antonio.
A joint project of
the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center,
the Arhoolie Foundation,
and the UCLA Digital Library
the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center,
the Arhoolie Foundation,
and the UCLA Digital Library
Made possible by the UCLA Los Tigres del Norte Fund, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the GRAMMY Foundation, the Fund for Folk Culture, Arhoolie Records, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Littlefield Jr., the Edmund & Jeannik Littlefield Foundation, and others.