# Roberto Rodriguez interview conducted by Angel Quesada

Accordion player Roberto Rodriguez III recounts the beginnings of his career, and how he came to play the instrument. He speaks about the beginning of his collaboration with musician Nick Gaitan (a bassist) dating to their meeting while attending the University of Houston. He discusses his father and the relationship his father had with Tejano music. He delves further into the beginning of his career and how he came to be a teen musician playing with his favorite Tejano band, Los Hometown Boys, and his mentor, Leonell Pulido. Pulido was an accordion player related to famed Tejano musician Roberto Pulido. He discusses how his mentor taught him how to transcend genres, leading Roberto to begin playing with Latin punk-ska band, Los Skarnales.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2022
- Runtime: 1 h 19 min
- By: Rodriguez, Roberto, Iii
- Genres: Music
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022009_024/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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