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It is time to celebrate its legacy, to experience its rich tradition.”– Kevin Hill, President (MMHoF)
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The Michigan Music Hall of Fame, Inc. has been established to store, create, gather, procure, exhibit, perform, demonstrate, record, celebrate, research, study, publicize, and preserve Michigan Music and its influences on local, regional, national and international music, art and culture.
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TEJANO MUSICIn the late 1910s and early 1920s
Detroit became a hub for Mexican andTejano immigration. Many came towork in the factories of SoutheastMichigan. Those born in Texas thatwere of Mexican descent identified asTejano. New immigration restrictions
adopted in 1929 greatly reduced immi-gration from Mexico, and during theGreat Depression thousands of citizensand immigrants were repatriated orforcefully deported. It was not until thelate 1930s and 1940s that Mexicanimmigrants and Tejanos began to returnto Detroit. They brought with themtheir culture and new musical styles thatoriginated in Northern Mexico andTexas in the 1920s and 1930s. The mostpopular style, the conjunto, pairs theaccordion and the bajo sexto, a twelve-string bass guitar, with such Europeanmusical styles as the waltz, mazurka,and primarily the polka.
TEJANO MUSICWorking class Tejano groups calledconjuntos frequently played at bars andevents across Detroit and other cities,including Adrian, Pontiac, Saginaw,and Lansing. Local radio stations, such as WMZK, WQRS-FM, WSAM, andWDET, aired both recorded and liveTejano music. Throughout the 1970s,WMZK broadcast live from the LasVegas Bar six days a week. Recordstores, such as Roy’s Records onVernor Highway and the Texas MusicCompany in Delray, stocked theirshelves with Tejano music. In 1964 Martin Solis Jr., one of the area’sTejano music pioneers, permanentlysettled in Michigan and establishedhimself with his conjunto, Los Primos.In 2017 he was inducted into the TejanoR.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame. Solis and themany other Tejano musicians were asymbol of ethnic and cultural identityfor those of Mexican descent in Detroit.
TEJANO MUSICWorking class Tejano groups calledconjuntos frequently played at bars andevents across Detroit and other cities,including Adrian, Pontiac, Saginaw,and Lansing. Local radio stations, such as WMZK, WQRS-FM, WSAM, andWDET, aired both recorded and liveTejano music. Throughout the 1970s,WMZK broadcast live from the LasVegas Bar six days a week. Recordstores, such as Roy’s Records onVernor Highway and the Texas MusicCompany in Delray, stocked theirshelves with Tejano music. In 1964 Martin Solis Jr., one of the area’sTejano music pioneers, permanentlysettled in Michigan and establishedhimself with his conjunto, Los Primos.In 2017 he was inducted into the TejanoR.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame. Solis and themany other Tejano musicians were asymbol of ethnic and cultural identityfor those of Mexican descent in Detroit.