Los Texmaniacs at Summer in the City...

 

The Summer in the City Event Series featured the Grammy Award winning San Antonio Band Los Texmaniacs. I've owned a couple of their CDs for some years now and was very happy to see them come to Lufkin especially for a free concert (I bought their newest CD) in Cotton Square. It was a very enjoyable evening with a food trucks and booths, lawn chairs and an ice cream store just steps away from my seat.  

Los Texmaniacs takes conjunto music and mashes it all up with polkas, cajun, R&B and rock to create a worthy party and dancing sound. They are on the Folkways Smithsonian Record label and that says that this music is judged to be something that should be preserved and not forgotten.    

Cotton Square Park, with the surrounding streets blocked off, a new mural of Angelina, the Indigenous person our county was named after and the astro turf like surface make a great place for the grandkids to run around.   

Summer in the City has been a host for concerts by the Spazmatics, Dale Watson, local music by Lufkin Limminers open mics and up coming is the blues rock group the Peterson Brothers which I have seen several times and am looking forward to on August 9th. 

There were all kinds of people out for the evening enjoying this show. Thanks again for bringing music with a wide audience appeal and national recognition to our city. It's what makes us great.