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the Arhoolie Foundation,
and the UCLA Digital Library
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Notes & History
Vals Dixie and Del Rio border radio
by Wade Falcon (not verified), 12/30/2021 - 07:39Del Rio had a border radio (outlaw) station located across the river in Mexico that had an unusual amount of broadcasting power. When the band members of the Dixie Ramblers were working Texas, they recalled hearing their music broadcast over this station all the way into Houston/Beaumont area. The Duhon family recalled them being thrilled to have heard their own music on the radio and realized it was coming from Del Rio, Texas. My hunch is that the Mexican station was playing this recording, cross-marketed as Tex-Mex music, with no clue that it was a Cajun led band. Just a story to share.