Los Lobos

Just Another Band from East L.A.: A Collection
$18.96
This is the one to buy. Two cd set starts off with more latin based music on the first disc and slowly turns more to rock & roll including a great cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?" These guys are all excellent musicians who are greatly underappreciated by most of the people I know--"La Bamba" was both a blessing and a for them as far as I'm concerned. These guys play an eclectic blend of music and can play anything so well. See them live and you'll know what I'm talking about.

The Town and the City
$13.98
because this is a great album, and because this band has the upmost integrity, musical talent, soul, heart, very interesting arrangements, and any other element you can think of - they have it in spades...

they are musically unique, yet have roots, and a body of work that is nothing short of ASTOUNDING...

Viva Los Lobos!!

How Will the Wolf Survive?
$7.98
Every so often a band makes its presence known in a way that forever changes the musical landscape. Los Lobos is such a band, and "How Will the Wolf Survive?" is the album that helped transform American roots music. Following the amazing success of Little Feat's "Waiting for Columbus", The Blasters, Fabulous Thunderbirds and Los Lobos almost single handedly created the "new" American music. This blues based, danceable, ryhthm genre had always been around in one form or another, but now Norteno, Cohunto and more traditional Mexican folk sounds were being mixed in to this heady gumbo to create something entirely unique. The variety and texture to the songs on "How Will the Wolf Survive?" are incredible in their simplicity and delightful to the ear. There may be many reasons why this music sounds so good and true, but adding Steve Berlin and T-Bone Burnett would have to be of primary importance. David Hidalgo, along with the rest of this multi-talented group pushed the listening public to new appreciation of roots music and laid the groundwork for revolutionary works like "Kiko" and solidified Los Lobos as an important American band. All their records are highly recommended.

Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos
$18.98
These guys have always been one of my favorite live acts and have yet to disappoint me with their albums. To appreciate this CD you have to enjoy their mix of styles which is why I give them a 5. Tthis covers their entire career.