Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne. The Longoria family dynasty in Tex-Mex music begins in the 1920s in a Mississippi cotton field, with no one in the large family of Valerio Longoria Sr. aware that a master musician was growing up in their midst.
Detroit is nicknamed motor city because it has been the center of the American automotive industry for more than a century. Henry Ford located his first assembly line in Detroit. Detroit was the key hub for auto manufacturing for much of the 20th Century.
AutoNation, the country's largest automobile retailer, announced Thursday that it will rebrand most of its franchises, including eight Champion dealerships in the Houston area, under a single name. The launch of the AutoNation brand unifies us under one flag, AutoNation, rather than as local market brands, CEO Mike Jackson said in a written announcement.