One of the best free music performances of the year is almost always the Accordion Kings and Queens show at the Miller Outdoor Theatre in Houston.  This year the featured performers were Los Texmaniacs from San Antonio.  These guys are incredible performers and tremendous musicians and go see them if you get the chance.  The show would have been great with just them, but they brought in David Hidalgo and Steve Berlin from Los Lobos to really get things rocking.  If that wasn’t enough, Flaco Jimenez and Augie Meyers of Texas Tornados fame pumped it up another notch.  There is nothing like going from Volver Volver Volver to Hey Baby, Que Paso.   Red has seen some incredible acts at the annual festival, but this year’s lineup was the best yet.

The undercard featured Jerome Baptiste and the ZydeKo Players from Crosby.  Red liked them good enough to buy a CD.