Perhaps one of the most talented bajo sexto players in the music industry, Max Baca is best known for his participation with groups such as Flaco Jimenez y Su Conjunto, The Texas Tornados, Los Hermanos Baca, Aztex and Los Super Seven. He has toured nationally and internationally with mentor Flaco Jimenez and with the Texas Tornados. Baca has appeared on several national television programs (David Letterman, the Conan O'Brian Show, Jay Leno, and the Paul Rodriguez HBO Special entitled "Idiots and Armadillos". Max's career as a musician started in Albuquerque at the age of 5, when his father, Max Baca, Sr., a legendary accordionist in his own right, taught him how to play the button accordion. He would later learn to play the guitar, drums, bass guitar, and the bajo sexto. By the time he was 9, he was playing bass guitar in his father's band called "Max Baca y Su Conjunto". He recorded his first album with his brother Jimmy Baca, "Los Hermanos Baca". Max played the bajo sexto and sang voz segunda (second voice), and in 1986 he recorded with Augie Myers on the "Hey Baby Que Paso" CD, which sold over 10,000 copies in Albuquerque alone. During the 1990's Max stayed very busy. He recorded his 3rd CD "Quiero Que Sepas, We are Back", and that same year, his band was awarded "Conjunto of the Year" honors, by the New Mexico Hispanic Music association awards show, as well as taking "Best Vocal Duo" honors. Max and Flaco were invited to play on one track of the Rolling Stones "Voodoo Lounge" CD track titled, "Sweethearts Together" for which he received a "Double-Platinum" CD, for having sold over 2 million copies. The latter part of the nineties found Max recording with long time friends Sarah Fox and Joel Guzman on the Aztex/Short stories CD, and on Los Super Seven album, which won a Grammy in 1999. In all, Max has participated in 3 Grammy Award albums. Max now resides in San Antonio and is the frontman of the group "Texmaniacs".