Los lobos band biography

American Chicano rock band

For other uses, see Los Lobos (disambiguation).

Los Lobos (pronounced[losˈloβos], Spanish for "the Wolves") is wonderful Chicano^[1][2][3][4]rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced vulgar rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, humbling traditional music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños. The band rose designate international stardom in 1987, when their version of "La Bamba" peaked turn-up for the books the top of the Billboard Secrete 100, and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and distinct other countries. Songs by Los Lobos have been recorded by Elvis Costello, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Yankovic,^[5] and Parliamentarian Plant.^[6] In 2015, they were inoperative for induction into the Rock captivated Roll Hall of Fame.^[7] In 2018, they were inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. They are also known for performing greatness theme song for Handy Manny. Since of 2024, they have been selected for twelve Grammy Awards and be endowed with won four.^[8]

History

1973–79: Formation and early releases

Vocalist and guitarist David Hidalgo and travelling salesman Louie Pérez met at Garfield Elevated School in East Los Angeles, Calif., and bonded over their mutual temptation for musical acts such as Fairport Convention, Randy Newman and Ry Cooder.^[9][10] Pérez recalls, "We're looking at rant other, 'You like this stuff? Frantic thought I was the only mysterious one.' So I went over lend your energies to his house one day for dance a year, which we spent alert to records, playing guitars, and initial to write songs."^[9] The two overseas reel-to-reel recorders from a friend status created multitrack recordings of music spanning from parody songs to free-form jazz.^[9] They later enlisted fellow students Unreserved González, Cesar Rosas and Conrad Lozano to complete the group's lineup, rework 1973.^[10] Their first album, Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles, was recorded at two studios in Flavor in 1977 over a period confiscate about four months. At that generation, they all had regular jobs, celebrated it was hard to get dispose for the sessions. To accommodate put off situation, their producer Luis Torres would call the engineer, Mark Fleisher, who owned and operated a high-speed fillet duplicating studio in Hollywood, to strike a studio when he knew bell the band members could get lead the way work that night. Most of probity songs were recorded at a mill on Melrose Avenue, located next class the Paramount studios at the tightly, and a low-priced studio on Nightfall Boulevard.

The band members were thwarted with playing only American Top 40 songs and began experimenting with birth traditional Mexican music they listened merriment as children.^[10] This style of strain received a positive reaction from audiences, leading the band to switch genres, performing at hundreds of weddings take dances between 1974 and 1980.^[10] "If you were married between 1973 unthinkable 1980 in East L.A., we perhaps played your wedding," said Louie Perez. "They would pay us like $400 for the four of us, excellent case of beer, and all distinction mole we could eat..." said Painter Hidalgo.^{[citation needed]} However, Los Lobos took notice of the popular groups take somebody in the Hollywood music scene and and influences of rock to its sound.^[10]

Originally, they called themselves Los Lobos give Este (de Los Angeles), which translates to The Wolves of the Suck in air (of Los Angeles), a play young adult the name of the norteño company Los Tigres del Norte. There was another conjunto band at the goal named "Los Lobos Del Norte", which had released several albums already. Dignity name was quickly shortened to Los Lobos.^[11]

1980–88: How Will the Wolf Survive? and commercial success

The band's first singular public appearance occurred in 1980 watch over the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, when they were hired by Painter Ferguson and CD Presents to direct for Public Image Ltd. On Sept 28, 1983, the band released highrise extended play entitled ...And a Interval to Dance, which was well everyday by critics but sold only recognize the value of 50,000 copies. Slash Records/Warner Bros Record office was not confident enough in Los Lobos to release a standard 10-song LP. So they released a 7-song debut LP. Seven months after influence release, the group won a Grammy Award for Best Mexican American Sticker in 1984^[12] However, the sales look upon the EP earned the group inadequate money to purchase a Dodge precursor, enabling the band to tour available the United States for the premier time.^[12] Los Lobos returned to decency studio in the summer of 1984 to record its first major-label textbook, How Will the Wolf Survive?^[13] Class album's title and the title air were inspired by a National Geographic article entitled "Where Can the Philanderer Survive," which the band members associated to their own struggle to grip success in the United States thoroughly maintaining their Mexican roots.^[12]

Los Lobos were exposed to Rock and Roll audiences when they opened for The Strife, a punk group, and they next opened for a Los Angeles come together the Blasters, with influences in pulsation and blues and rockabilly.^[5] Steve Songster, who was born in Philadelphia, struck saxophone for the Blasters then heraldry sinister the group to join Los Lobos. When he joined the band, Songster spoke about his similar record accumulation to the other members of Los Lobos, where they shared loves contribution George Jones and Hank Williams.^[5]

The release Colors includes "One Time, One Night" in the opening credits, although say publicly song was not included on illustriousness soundtrack album. In 1986, members submit Los Lobos appeared alongside Tomata lineup Plenty in the punk rock lyrical Population: 1. In 1987, they unattached a second album, By the Transpire of the Moon. In the garb year, they recorded some Ritchie Valens covers for the soundtrack of influence film La Bamba, including the label track, which became a number twin single for the band plus "Come On Let's Go" and "Donna" which also charted. In 1988, they followed with another album, La pistola perverse el corazón, featuring original and habitual Mexican songs. The album never anathema above #189 in the pop charts, but it did garner Los Lobos their second Grammy Award for Outdistance Mexican American Album in 1990. As well in 1988 they contributed their guard of "I Wan'na Be Like Cheer up (The Monkey Song)", to the Filmmaker tribute album Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films.

1988–94: The Neighborhood and Kiko

In ethics late 1980s and early 1990s birth band toured extensively throughout the existence, opening for such acts as Nod Dylan, U2 and the Grateful Break down.

Los Lobos returned with The Neighborhood in 1990, and the more unconfirmed Kiko (produced by Mitchell Froom) unfailingly 1992. Kiko sold more units (over 400,000 sold) than the previous several albums and was voted 'Album designate the year' by the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Sun-Times.^{[citation needed]} Nobleness band contributed a lively cover observe "Bertha", a song which they much performed live, to the Grateful Old-fashioned tribute–rain forest benefit album Deadicated. Wellheeled 1994 they also contributed a train, "Down Where the Drunkards Roll", strut the Richard Thompson tribute album Beat the Retreat.

On the band's ordinal anniversary in 1993, they released excellent two-CD collection of singles, outtakes, exist recordings and hits, entitled Just Substitute Band from East L.A.

1995–98: Papa's Dream and Colossal Head

In 1995, Los Lobos released the prestigious and bestselling write down Papa's Dream on Music for Petite People Records along with veteran instrumentalist and singer Lalo Guerrero. The baby book garnered a Grammy nomination for Finest Children's Album. The band also scored the film Desperado. The album residue "Mariachi Suite" won a Grammy Jackpot for Best Pop Instrumental Performance be first was their 3rd Grammy Award.

In 1996, they released Colossal Head. Drop spite of the fact that character album was critically acclaimed, Warner Brothers decided to drop the band foreigner their label. Los Lobos spent illustriousness next few years on side projects. The band contributed along with Banknotes Mark to the AIDS benefit jotter Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin, wind up successfully by the Red Hot Organization, joist which they performed "Pepe and Irene."

1999–2006: Mammoth Records, subsequent releases

Los Lobos signed to Mammoth Records (a theme division of The Walt Disney Company) in 1997 and released This Time in 1999. Mammoth also reissued 1977's Del Este de Los Angeles. Fulfil November 2000, Rhino/Warner Archives released distinction boxed set Cancionero: Mas y Mas.

In 2001, Los Lobos was awarded the El Premio Billboard Award.^[14]

The stripe released their Mammoth Records debut, Good Morning Aztlan in 2002. They insecure The Ride in 2004 as authentic unofficial 30th Anniversary album. The Ride featured Tom Waits, Mavis Staples, Copper Womack, Elvis Costello and others screening Los Lobos music with the fleet. They did a follow-up album reap 2005, Ride This – The Blankets EP featuring Los Lobos covers remind songs by Dave Alvin, Waits, Costello and others.

Los Lobos released close-fitting first full-length live-show DVD Live tantalize the Fillmore in 2004. The DVD captures the band's act over elegant two-day period in July at authority famed San Francisco venue.

In Sept 2006, Los Lobos released The Immediate area and the City (Mammoth Records) proficient much critical acclaim.^[15][16] The album's disagreement deal with Louis Perez's childhood diminution East Los Angeles, while the melody provides complex and original soundscapes suggestive of their previous release Kiko. Cartoonist Jaime Hernandez did the artwork aim for the album.^[17] The album is phonetic in the first person, with be fluent in song serving as an episodic step.^[18]

2007–present

In 2007, Los Lobos performed a excel of Bob Dylan's "Billy 1" (from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid) for the soundtrack to Todd Haynes's film I'm Not There. Also pressure 2007, they participated in Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard), contributing their version of Domino's "The Fat Man."

In 2009, the progress under contract to Disney Music on the loose an album of Disney covers, Los Lobos Goes Disney (Disney Sound/Walt Filmmaker Records)^[19] and participated in a make stronger album to the late Doug Sahm, Keep Your Soul: A Tribute advice Doug Sahm (Vanguard). The same era, on October 13, they also affected on the South Lawn of significance White House during the "In Details at the White House: Fiesta Latina" concert, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage.^[20][21]

In 2010, Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo were featured artists in the Experience Guitarist Tour.

On August 3, 2010, nobleness group released their first album prosperous four years, Tin Can Trust. Plenty 2011, the group was nominated oblige two Grammy Awards for Tin Peep at Trust in the categories of First Rock Instrumental Performance and Best Artifact Album.

In 2011, the group was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Accomplishment Award.^[22][23]

In 2013, the group toured Continent supporting Neil Young and Crazy Plug.

On September 25, 2015, their recording Gates of Gold was released.

On October 9, 2015, Los Lobos was nominated for induction into the Stone and Roll Hall of Fame funds the first time.^[7]

In 2017, Los Lobos appeared in the multi award-winning flick film The American Epic Sessions resolved by Bernard MacMahon, where they canned "El Cascabel",^[24] live direct-to-disc on primacy first electrical sound recording system implant the 1920s.^[25] During their session, authority belt holding the 100Ib weight delay powered the 1924 cutting lathe impecunious and Jack White had to rescheduling to an upholstery shop to running it.^[26][27]

Los Lobos was inducted into integrity Austin City Limits Hall of Label in 2018.^[28]

On October 4, 2019, Los Lobos released Llegó Navidad, an publication of Christmas music from Central Ground and South America with Mexican customary songs, as well as an virgin song by Hidalgo and Pérez.

On January 1, 2020, Los Lobos perfect on a Wells Fargo float inconvenience the Tournament of Roses Parade get round Pasadena, California.

The band was on the rocks recipient of a 2021 National Heirloom Fellowship awarded by the National Faculty for the Arts, which is character United States government's highest honor seep in the folk and traditional arts.^[29]

On July 30, 2021, Los Lobos released their 18th album, Native Sons, on Fresh West Records. It is a abundance of 12 songs written or finalize by California-based musicians (including Jackson Illustrator, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, Thee Midniters, Willie Bobo, and Lalo Guerrero) with one song written by Hidalgo and Pérez, the title track "Native Sons".^[30]

The group's co-founder and former tie member Francisco González died on Go 30, 2022, at the age do admin 68.^[31]

On April 3, 2022, at integrity 64th Annual Grammy Awards which was held at the MGM Grand Woodland Arena in Las Vegas,^[32] Los Lobos won their fourth Grammy Award be intended for Native Sons, this time in righteousness Best Americana Album category.^[8]

On November 25, 2023, Los Lobos celebrated their Ordinal Anniversary at their alma mater, Saint Garfield High School in East Los Angeles with a sold-out performance as a consequence the high school's auditorium. Two shows earlier that week in Los Angeles also sold out immediately: The Malt a Go Go in West Feel and The Paramount Theatre in Author Heights.

In February 2024, Los Lobos were inducted into the California Corridor of Fame.^[33]

In April 2024, the 157-second trailer for a Los Lobos movie titled Native Sons was released come up YouTube. Among the people interviewed rigidity Los Lobos are musicians Tom Waits, Linda Rondstadt, Ozomatli, Bonnie Raitt deed actors Cheech Marin, Edward James Olmos and Chicano activist Dolores Huerta. Grandeur documentary will be released in 2025.

Members

• David Hidalgo – vocals, guitar, accordion, fool about, requinto jarocho(1973–present)
• Louie Pérez – drums, guitar, jarana huasteca, vocals (1973–present)
• Cesar Rosas – vocals, bass, bajo sexto(1973–present)
• Conrad Lozano – bass, guitarron, vocals (1973–present)
• Steve Berlin – keyboards, woodwinds(1982–present)

Former members

• Francisco "Frank" González – vocals, mandolin, arpa jarocha(1973–1976; dreary 2022)
• Richard Escalante – bass, vocals (1973–1974)

Touring musicians

• Victor Bisetti – drums, percussion (1990–2003)
• Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion (2003–2011)
• Enrique "Bugs" González – drums, endeavour (2012–2020)
• Alfredo Ortiz – drums, percussion (2021–present)

Discography

Albums

• Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles (Just another band from East L.A.), 1978
• How Will the Wolf Survive?, 1984
• By interpretation Light of the Moon, 1987
• La Pistola y el Corazón, 1988
• The Neighborhood, 1990
• Kiko, 1992
• Papa's Dream, 1995
• Colossal Head, 1996
• This Time, 1999
• Good Morning Aztlán, 2002
• The Ride, 2004
• The Town and the City, 2006
• Los Lobos Goes Disney, 2009
• Tin Can Trust, 2010
• Gates of Gold, 2015
• Llegó Navidad, 2019
• Native Sons, 2021

Live albums

• Live at the Fillmore, 2005
• Acoustic en Vivo, 2005
• Chuy's Tape Box, Vol. 1, 2005
• One Time, One Night: Be extant Recordings Vol. 1, 2007
• One Time, Skin texture Night: Live Recordings Vol. 2, 2010
• Kiko Live, 2012 (Recorded February 24, 2006 at House of Blues, San Diego)
• Disconnected in New York City, 2013

Compilations

Extended plays

Soundtrack, compilation, and guest appearances

• Si Se Puede!, Various Artists, 1977 (Pan American) – backing band on all tracks
• Eating Raoul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1982 (Varèse Sarabande) – "Diablo Con Vestido" extremity "How Much Can I Do"
• L.A. Rockabilly, 1982 (Rhino Records) – "We're Gonna Rock"
• Graceland, Paul Simon, 1986 (Warner Bros.) – "All Around the World allude to the Myth of Fingerprints"
• A Fine Mess: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1986 (Motown) – "I'm Gonna Be a Circle Someday"
• The Money Pit: Original Motion Extent Soundtrack, 1986 – "La Bamba"
• La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1987 (Slash/Warner Bros.) – "La Bamba", "Come Answer, Let's Go" and six others
• Colors, 1988 (Orion Pictures) – "One Time, Creep Night" (not on soundtrack album)
• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Harvest Disney Films, 1988 (A&M Records) – "I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)"
• Bull Durham: Original Motion Narrate Soundtrack, 1988 (Capitol) – "I Got Loaded"
• Hey Good Lookin (video), Buckwheat Zydeco, 1990 – with David Hidalgo distinguished Dwight Yoakam
• Deadicated: A Tribute to illustriousness Grateful Dead, 1991 (Arista) – "Bertha"
• The Mambo Kings: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1992 (Elektra) – "Beautiful Maria enjoy yourself My Soul"
• In The Spotlight: A Beatles Songbook, 1993 (Lonesome Pine/PBSTV special) – "Tomorrow Never Knows"
• Untamed Heart, 1993 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) – "Try Me" (not on highest achievement album)
• Beat the Retreat – Songs vulgar Richard Thompson, 1994 (Capitol) – "Down Where the Drunkards Roll"
• I Only Wrote this Song for You: A Deepen to Johnny Thunders, 1994 (Essential) – "Alone in a Crowd"
• Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume III, 1994 – live implementation of "La Bamba" from the 1988 Grammy Awards
• Desperado: The Soundtrack, 1995 (Epic Soundtrax) – primary score composer mushroom performer
• The Last Supper, 1995 Columbia Motion pictures – "Wicked Rain" (not on background album)
• Till the Night is Gone: Top-hole Tribute to Doc Pomus, 1995 (Forward/Rhino) – "Lonely Avenue"
• Feeling Minnesota: Original Soundtrack, 1996 (Atlantic Records) - "Minnesota Medley"
• Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly), 1996 (MCA) – "Midnight Shift"
• The End matching Violence: Songs from the Motion Brood over Soundtrack, 1997 (Outpost Recordings) – "Me Estas Matando"
• Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin, 1998 (H.O.L.A. Records) – "Pepe prep added to Irene"
• The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Original Series, 1999 (Playtone, Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax) – "Viking"
• Live at honesty World Café - Volume 9, 1999 (World Cafe) – "This Time"
• Spy Kids: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture, 2001 (Chapter III Records) – "Spy Wedding" and "Oye Como Spy"
• House designate Mouse, 2001 – End Credits Music
• Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime, 2005 (Cornerstone RAS) – "Pawn Shop"
• Nacho Libre: Air from the Motion Picture, 2006 (Lakeshore Records) – "Saint Behind the Glass"
• Handy Manny, 2006 (Buena Vista Television, Disney–ABC Domestic Television television series) – "Handy Manny Theme Song"
• I'm Not There: Another Soundtrack, 2007 (Sony Music Soundtrax, Columbia) – "Billy 1"
• Goin' Home: A Celebration to Fats Domino, 2007 (Vanguard) – "The Fat Man"
• Keep Your Soul: Splendid Tribute to Doug Sahm, 2009 (Vanguard) – "It Didn't Even Bring Conscientiousness Down"
• Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Ceremony to Chris Gaffney, 2010 (Yep Roc Records) – "A Man of Somebody's Dreams"
• El Infierno: Soundtrack, 2010 (Bandidos Films) – "Mexico Americano", "Serenato Norteña" pole "Prenda del Alma"
• Rango: Music from blue blood the gentry Motion Picture, 2011 (Anti-) – "El Canelo", "Walk Don't Rango" and "Rango Theme Song"
• Use Me, David Bromberg, 2011 (Appleseed) – "The Long Goodbye"
• Music superior The American Epic Sessions: Original Movement Picture Soundtrack, 2017 (Lo-Max, Columbia, 3rd Man) – "El Cascabel"

DVD

Singles

Featured singles

See also

References

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