Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum

P.O. Box 1523
210 E. Heywood
San Benito, TX, 78586
Ray Avila, President

MISSION STATEMENT:
The Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to preserving, promoting, documenting, archiving, and permanently displaying the history of the South Texas conjunto regional music for the benefit of generations to come. We hope that the cultural contributions of our forefathers are not lost but enjoyed by all today, tomorrow and forever.

Inductees for 2007
Beatrice Llamas "La Paloma del Norte
Chano Cadena - Chano Cadena y su Conjunto
Armando Marroquin - Tejano Music Recording Pioneer
Gilberto Garcia - Los Dos Gilbertos
Ramiro Cavazos - Los Donneños

Inductees for 2006
Paulino Bernal - Kingsville, TX
Abelardo "Cha Cha" Jimenez - Kingsville, TX
Tony De La Rosa - Sarita, TX
Mario Montes - Donna, TX
Fernando Sanchez - San Benito, TX

Inductees for 2005
Enrique Vela - Kingsville, TX
Santiago Almeida - Skidmore, TX
Ricardo Guzman - Edinburg, TX
Santiago Jimenez Jr. - San Antonio, TX
Paco Betancourt - San Benito, TX

Inductees for 2004
Raul "Ruco" Martinez - La Paloma, TX
Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez - San Antonio, TX
Amadeo Flores - Alice, TX
Martin Rosales - Gonzalez, TX

Inductees for 2003
Gilberto Perez - Mercedes, TX
Ruben Vela - Santa Rosa, TX
Santiago Jimenez Sr. - San Antonio, TX
Pedro Ayala Sr. - Donna, TX
Alfredo "Freddie" Gomez - Brownsville, TX
Chris Strachwitz - El Cerrito, CA

Inductees for 2002
Narciso Martinez - San Benito, TX
Valerio Longoria - San Antonio, TX
Eligio Escobar - Ben Bolt, TX
Domingo Peña - Corpus Christi, TX

Inductees for 2001
Juan Lopez - Premont, TX
Esteban Jordan - Elsa, TX
Mingo Saldivar - San Antonio, TX
Cesario "Challo" Leal - Brownsville, TX

 

If you want to learn more about the museum or become a member, please write to: Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame & Museum, P.O. Box 1523, San Benito, TX, 78586 or call: 956-276-9588

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