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Special | 1m 1s
Historian Bill C. Malone discusses the life and music of Cris Plata, a South Texas native who moved to Wisconsin in the 1960s and forged a music career filled with the sounds of Tex-Mex, rock ‘n’ roll and country.
Aired: 09/10/19
Video has closed captioning.
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