Don santiago jimenez sr songs about friendship

Looking sharp in a cobalt blue Western shirt, creased black pants and mirror-shiny Stacy Adams oxfords, Santiago Jiménez Jr. stares into the middle distance, smoke from his Marlboro curling around his head, and recalls his first encounter with the musical instrument that has been his most enduring love.

“When I was about 6 years old, I would hear my dad practice at home, hear him composing his melodies and songs, to release his recordings,” he said during an interview just before Christmas in his small recording studio at his West Side home.

“I would be next to him, just listening to him, and sometimes I would fall asleep with his music. When you are a kid, you don’t know too much about your dad’s business. All I could think about was having a dad who was an accordion player and musician. I always had in my mind that I wanted to be a musician myself, you know. Pero, I never thought at that age I was going to learn to play accordion. inom just liked the sound of it.”

Santiago Jr.