Nothing Not New: Texas Tornados

Artist: Texas TornadosAlbum: Está Bueno!Release Date: March 2, 2010Label: Bismeaux Records...

January 4, 2010

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Artist: Texas Tornados

Album: Está Bueno!

Release Date: March 2, 2010

Label: Bismeaux Records

Straight-up, no-frills, good-natured Tex-Mex songs by a band that used to feature Texas legends Doug Sahm and Freddy Fender. This is good-time music that is definitely begging to be witnessed live, with cold beer in hand. On disc, it loses some of its charm. And here's a warning: You'd better love accordion because it is the most prominent instrument on Está Bueno! On the surface, the Texas Tornados music sounds a lot like the norteño music you hear in just about any of the Valley's many taquerías (not that that's a bad thing), but there's a lot of American roots music here, too.

I do like the band's sense of humor and the way they seamlessly mixes English- and Spanish-language lyrics, though some of said lyrics are simply ridiculous. On the title track, a song about eating jalapeños, they sing: "The second time I ate 'em / I laid 'em /All in row, my jalapeño / One by one, they soon disappeared / They were so good, but they burned in the rear." On opening track "Velma from Selma": "Your father, he told me, he never wants to see me hanging around anymore / He said if he found me, he'd take me up and ground me / and make enchiladas out of me." And, in "In Heaven, There's No Beer": "In heaven, there is no beer / That's why we drink it here." Makes perfect sense to me.

Best song: "Who's to Blame, Señorita"

Rotation: Not really my cup of tea (so much accordion!), but a fairly effortless listen. Medium rotation.

I'd rather listen to: The Blasters

Grade: B