Based in Austin, Texas, Conjunto Los Pinkys have been performing Texas-style conjunto music together for over 30 years.

The group features 

 

Ysidro Samilpa (accordion, vocals)

Javier Cruz (electric bass, bajo quinto, drums, MC)

Henry Tello (drums, vocals)

 Bradley Jaye Williams (bajo quinto, vocals,  accordion)

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Conjunto Los Pinkys have been making conjunto music in Austin,Texas since 1993. For over three decades, the group has performed at festivals, restaurants, cantinas, honky-tonks, corporate events, senior activity centers, weddings, anniversaries, backyard BBQ parties and church festivals throughout Central and South Texas.

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Conjunto Los Pinkys features a long-time, veteran accordion player and singer- Ysidro Samilpa, who started performing as a teenager at outdoor dances in Kyle,Texas and on Austin's famed Sixth Street in the mid-1950's. He is joined by Bradley Jaye Williams on bajo quinto and harmony voice and backed by bassist Javier Cruz and singer/drummer Henry Tello- who together bring decades of conjunto music experience to the group. The group was inducted into the Austin Chronicles' Austin Music Hall of Fame in 2015. Mr. Samilpa was inducted into the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Tejano-Conjunto Hall of Fame in San Antonio in May 2022. 

 

Conjunto Los Pinkys have been featured at...

 

The Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival (Austin, Texas) 

The Tejano-Conjunto Festival en San Antonio, Texas

Accordion Kings in Houston, Texas

The Narciso Martinez Conjunto Festival in San Benito, Texas

Dia de Los Muertos in Birmingham, Alabama w/ Flaco Jimenez & Susan Torres

†Aqua Fest (Austin, Texas)

 The Johnstown Folk Festival in Johnstown, Pennsylvania​

The Berryessa Flea Market in San Jose, California

Watermelon Thump (Luling, Texas)

Rattlesnake Round-Up (Taylor, Texas)

Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival (Austin, Texas)

Hot Luck "Live Fire" BBQ Festival (Austin, Texas)

La Villita Oktoberfest 2024 (San Antonio, Texas)

US Formula One Grand Prix 2024 in Austin, Texas.

 

The group was featured in the 2013 PBS documentary "Tardeadas"-a film

about their Sunday afternoon residency at The White Horse on Austin's East Side.

​https://www.pbs.org/video/arts-context-tardeadas/

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​​​​​​YouTube videos

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Mira Luisa @ HEB Central Market North

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDc2SwvZRA

 

Quiero un Hogar/Rosa Ana @ Devil's Backbone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvjuoe1yxL4

 

Enseñate a Perder-Dancing at the Tejano-Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-dra3AtMII

 

Enseñate a Perder-Dancing at the Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival 2024

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4DFPP8YJ6U

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CLP w/Ramon"Rabbit" Sanchez on bajo sexto (Continental Club ATX)

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIAPMY6nt1w&list=RDhIAPMY6nt1w&start_radio=1

 

You can hear the vintage music of Isidro Samilpa, Conjunto Los Pinkys and other Texas artists at

The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican & Mexican-American Music 

at the University of California, Los Angeles. 

https://frontera.library.ucla.edu/

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ACCORDION REPAIR!!!!

Expert accordion tuning and repairs by

Bradley Jaye Williams, certified HOHNER technician

https://lospinkys.wixsite.com/pinkysaccordions

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bradleyjayewilliams@gmail.com 512-391-0730 landline

 

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