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04-Aug-2017
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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 Video: Nick Villareal performs El Mayor Live in Fresno - 2012Conjunto and Tejano accordionist Nick Villarreal, from San Antonio, known to many as Nicky Snick, passed away on Sunday July 30th, following a heart attack. He was 66. The music legend had been diagnosed with diabetes for many years and talked about it in an interview with Rancho Alegre Radio in 2013. Villarreal was part of the musical Zimmerle family and learned to play the accordion at the age of 5 by his grandfather James Zimmerle. He eventually started his own conjunto band with his brothers Roger, David, and cousin, David Zimmerle, and recorded his first single on Toby Torres’ recording label. He then recorded under San Antonio-based Joey Records. “Nicky Snick” was known for his unmistakable, easy-going goofy cumbias and he credits the many conversations he had with his mother, María Luis Zimmerle-Villarreal, as inspiration for many of his greatest hits. Some of those hits include ‘Kool-Aid con Hielo’, ‘La ‘Not to Worry’, and ‘La I Gotta Go’. |