artists to receive the inaugural Distinction in Arts honor from the City of San Antonio in 2015. Also in 2015, his collaborative album with Max Baca titled Flaco & Max: Legends & Legacies won an award in the Latin Album category at the 14th Annual Independent Music Awards. In 2017, a photograph of Jiménez taken by Al Rendon in 1987 was added to the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Images in the Gallery "represent the numerous individuals who have made a significant impact on the history and culture of the United States". In 2018, the Houston Chronicle listed him as number 19 of the Greatest 50 Texas Musicians of all time. Jiménez received the Top of Texas Award from the Country Music Association of Texas in 2019. Earlier in the same year, he also received the History-Making Texas Award from the Texas State History Museum Foundation. In 2020, Jiménez received the Chris Strachwitz Legacy Award from the Arhoolie Foundation. In 2021, Jiménez's album Partners was selected as one of 25 works to be inducted into the National Recording Registry's class of 2020, with the registry calling Jiménez "a champion of traditional conjunto music and Tex-Mex culture who also is known for innovation and collaboration with a variety of artists." Grammy awards |- ! scope="row" | 1987 | Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio | Best Mexican-American Performance | | solo album |- ! scope="row" | 1989 | Flaco's Amigos | Best Mexican-American Performance | | solo album |- ! scope="row" | 1991 | "Soy de San Luis" | Best Mexican-American Performance | | song by the Texas Tornados |- ! scope="row" | 1992 | Zone of our Own | Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | | album by the Texas Tornados |- ! rowspan="2" | 1996 | Flaco Jiménez | Best Mexican-American/Tejano Music Performance | | solo album |- | "Cat Walk" | Best Country Instrumental Performance | | Lee Roy Parnell song, featuring Jiménez |- ! rowspan="2" | 1999 | Los Super Seven | Best Mexican-American Music Performance | | album by Los Super Seven |- | Said and Done | Best Tejano Music Performance | | solo album |- ! scope="row" | 2015 | himself | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | | |- References External links Audio interview with Flaco Jiménez, May 28, 1986, University of Texas at