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For a city that proudly calls itself the capital of Tejano music, San Antonio has long been missing a permanent place to honor the genre\u2019s pioneers and preserve its history. That gap officially closed In December with the opening of the Totally Tejano Hall of Fame and Museum<\/a> at 1414 Fredericksburg Rd.<\/p>\n The music couldn\u2019t have found a better steward than its founder and board president. Roger Hernandez has had his finger on the pulse of Tejano music for decades. His company, En Caliente Productions, has provided a platform for countless performing artists and songwriters in Tejano, conjunto, and regional Mexican music since 1982.<\/p>\n Hernandez says his wife, who ran a shop at Market Square years ago, would often get questions from visitors about the location of a physical Tejano music museum, a thing that simply did not exist. In 2022, he banded together with friends, family, and other local Tejano music supporters to make the nonprofit Hall of Fame a reality.<\/p>\n \u201cI decided I’ve been in the music scene for over 40 years, it’s time to do a museum,\u201d Hernandez recalls.<\/p>\n Hernandez says a brick-and-mortar Tejano music museum has long been needed to remember musical acts and other individuals who grew the genre across Texas and northern Mexico, especially those who are aging. Recently, the community lost famed Tejano music producer Manny Guerra<\/a> and Abraham Quintanilla,<\/a> the renowned Tejano singer\/songwriter and father of the late superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez. Both deaths occurred roughly one week after the Totally Tejano museum opened to the public.<\/p>\n \u201cThey’re all dying. They’re all getting older, and we need to acknowledge all these people,\u201d Hernandez says.<\/p>\n