The passing of Conjunto great Don Amadeo Flores makes it essential that I post to mourn his passing.

One of the Conjunto greats, Don Amadeo was famous not just for his playing and songs but for his especially fine tuning of the accordion.

Here is a really interesting interview where he talks about tuning accordions.

One polka he was famous for was named after his adopted hometown of Skokie, Illinois, of personal interest to Undismayed:


a nice bunch of his old Ideal Records recordings: