Connections from Texas to Idaho through Tejano music: Damian … – Boise State Public Radio

Tejanos have been around Paul, Idaho for as long as Damian Rodriguez can remember. The agricultural community saw an influx of the population each summer as migrant workers arrived to tend the fields.

“My parents would say that ‘the Tejanos are here, the Tejanos got here …’ because they would all live in the labor camp,” recalled Rodriguez.

Rodriguez’s parents were seasonal farmworkers who moved to Paul from Texas.

“Many years ago, word got out that there’s a lot of work over here, so a…