Freddie Gomez

Born in Rancho Los Carricitos, a small town near Los Indios, Texas on Aug. 6, 1932; Died September 7, 2005 at the age of 73. Freddie Gomez picked up a guitar at age 6 and, after many years playing and practicing in San Benito, he joined famed conjunto legend Ruben Velas band in 1958 and formed his own group, Freddie Gomez y Los Dinamicos, shortly after. Alfredo “Freddie” Gomez is credited with introducing the electric guitar to conjunto music. Gomez peaked as an artist in the late 1960s, alongside Vela and Gilberto Perez, and stopped performing professionally in 1971.