Ben Bowen King with Frank Corrales 

Experience the unique history of “The Shrine of Texas Liberty” as reflected in the music played at the Alamo during the past 300 years.  Music includes examples of songs probably heard by the Alamo defenders, on instruments of the era.  There are also many examples of music from the Republic of Texas, Native Americans who lived at the Alamo, San Antonio’s early Spanish/Canary Island settlers, cowboys and Mexican settlers. 

Ben Bowen King has enthralled Alamo visitors for years with his performances of Alamo-related music on a variety of historically-accurate” instruments such as banjos made out of gourds, Irish tin whistles, Native American flutes and guitar.  For more information about Ben’s presentations, which have been featured everywhere from Swedish TV to PBS, contact him at talktaco@stic.net 
  
                        

Click here to listen:
♫  Old Dan Tucker (gourd banjo)
♫  Romance Espanol (vihuela-guitar)
♫  Dickinson’s Lament (Irish tin whistle)
♫  La Llorona (guitar)
♫  Banjo Battle of the Alamo (banjo)
♫  Tonkawa Melody (Native American flute)