The Story of the Talamantez Family

     The Talamantez-Mendoza Family derives from five generations of musicians and songwriters dating back to early 1800's. Both of their grandfathers were musicians and songrwriters. Their Father Ray Sr. is an accomplished musician who has "jammed" with many great Tejano bands to include, Tortilla Factory, Brown Brandy, Little Joe, and many others. However he has remained faithful to a local group for the past 30 years and to date still performs with the popular West Texas group, "The Realistic" from Sierra Blanca, Texas.