FENDER, FREDDY
(*1937)
FENDER, FREDDY (b. Baldemar G. Huerta, San Benito, Tex., January 4, 1937) Fender is a popular Tex-Mex country star who had a number of mainstream country hits in the mid-1970s. He is the only Hispanic artist who has been able to have country hits while maintaining his ethnic identity, combining elements of Mexican music (particularly instrumentation and rhythms) with traditional country themes. Born to a migrant farmworker family who roamed throughout the Southwest, Fender took an early…