Accordion Dreams (2001)

The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound called conjunto From the early pioneers to the new generation of accordionists experimenting with rock blues and metal ACCORDION DREAMS captures yesterdays and todays squeezebox trailblazers Produced and directed by criticallyacclaimed filmmaker Hector Galan and narrated by singersongwriter Tish Hinojosa ACCORDION DREAMS features performance footage of conjunto greats like Valerio Longoria Mingo Saldivar Ruben Vela Eva Ybarra and Flaco Jimenez and the newer generation of accordionists like Joel Guzman Jaime De Anda Albert Zamora and Jesse Turner