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Los Lobos: ‘One Time, One Night in America’ (July 4 video, lyrics)
Sometimes homies Los Lobos sound like they are John Cougar Mellencamp’s or Tom Petty’s brothers from another mother. This is one of those times. These all-American stars sing all-American stories, like One Time, One Night in America. Respect.
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Mas…Los Lobos: ‘One Time, One Night in America’ (July 4 video, lyrics)
Los Lobos: Will the Wolf Survive? (classic music video)
How much better can it get? Will the Wolf Survive? is the 1984 music video that exploded East Los homies Los Lobos into stardom. And don’t the guys look young⁈ Released 35 ago years today! Yikes.
How Will the Wolf Survive? is the major label debut album of Los Lobos. In 1989, it was ranked #30 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. In 2003, the album was ranked number 461 on the magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Dave Alvin, Flaco Jimenez, David Hidalgo y Los Cenzontles: ‘Hey, Baby, It’s the Fourth of July’
Roots rock singer/guitar slinger and East Los homie (Downey) Dave Alvin sings a classic ode to America, folky roots, broken hearts, independence and Mexican kids shooting fireworks Hey, baby, it’s the Fourth of July! Alvin is backed in this version by Los Cenzontles, Tex-Mex accordion superstar Flaco Jimenez and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos.
Here’s the original music video, so old it’s in black and white!
Mas…Dave Alvin, Flaco Jimenez, David Hidalgo y Los Cenzontles: ‘Hey, Baby, It’s the Fourth of July’
Los Cenzontles, David Hidalgo: Robert Palmer’s “Every Kinda People”
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos team up for a fresh Chicano version of Robert Palmer’s Every Kinda People.
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David Hidalgo y Los Cenzontles salute los braceros (video, lyrics)
This homage to Mexican braceros sets archival photos and portraits to Best of Me by Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo of Los Lobos and Taj Mahal from their American Horizon CD. [Portraits by Craig Sherod. Edited by Maureen Gosling.]
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Mas…David Hidalgo y Los Cenzontles salute los braceros (video, lyrics)
Los Lobos Live: Kiko and the Lavender Moon (video, lyrics)
Is Kiko and the Lavender Moon the best song from Los Lobos best LP? If you’re wondering why the band looks so young in this video — that’s because it’s over 20 years old.
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Mas…Los Lobos Live: Kiko and the Lavender Moon (video, lyrics)
Election Day? LET’S DO THIS! ‘Good Morning, Aztlan!’ (Videos X 3)
You can’t run to try to hide away
Here it comes, here comes Election Day
Where you are, never really far away
Good morning, Aztlan!
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Mas…Election Day? LET’S DO THIS! ‘Good Morning, Aztlan!’ (Videos X 3)
New from Los Lobos: ‘Poquito Para Aqui’ (live video)
Poquito Para Aqui is our favorite song (so far) from the new Los Lobos album, Gates of Gold.
New from Los Lobos: ‘Gates of Gold’ (audio)
LA’s best band, Los Lobos, is releasing their first album of new material in five years, Gates of Gold.
We’ve got the entire record here and then individual tracks, courtesy NPR.
What do Los Cenzontles say? ‘Good Morning, Aztlan!’ (video)
Buenas dias, Aztlan! And TGIF! Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) re-imagine the Los Lobos classic Good Morning, Aztlan! with some scenes that sure look familiar!
And the Los Lobos version is here:
Mas…What do Los Cenzontles say? ‘Good Morning, Aztlan!’ (video)
Los Lobos live: ‘Good Morning Aztlan!’ (video)
Good morning, pochos, and Good Morning Aztlan from Los Lobos, LA’s best band evah.
David Crosby, David Hidalgo, La Marisoul: The Dead’s ‘Ripple’ (video)
David Crosby of CSN is in there, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos is in there, La Marisoul is in there, Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is in there along with a cast of hundreds from around the world in the Playing for Change version of the Dead anthemic Ripple.
Mas…David Crosby, David Hidalgo, La Marisoul: The Dead’s ‘Ripple’ (video)
Los Lobos: ‘Will the Wolf Survive?’ (#TBT 1989 music video)
This is where it all began for Los Lobos — with their 1989 major label debut: Will the Wolf Survive?
Los Cenzontles and David Hidalgo: ‘Riding to the Water’ (video)
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos team up for Riding to the Water from the new Cenzontles CD.
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Mas…Los Cenzontles and David Hidalgo: ‘Riding to the Water’ (video)
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Los Lobos
We couldn’t be prouder! Congratulations to one of America’s best bands, East Los homeboys Los Lobos, on accepting the Latin Recording Academy Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award last night.
Which video to feature? How about Kiko and the Lavender Moon from the tour-de-force album of the same name, “one of the best albums ever recorded.”*
* Comic Saenz. November 20, 2014.
‘La Bamba’ all around the world (Playing for Change video)
You know how it works, with the tracks and the headphones and the mics and the overdubs and the mashup. This project started in East Los with Los Lobos via Playing For Change, a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music. ¡Mira La Bamba! How many of these musicians do you know? HINT: Does La Santa Cecilia ring a bell?
You won’t believe how much your favorite music act costs
How much would it cost to hire your favorite act for a show?
How much for Los Lobos (photographed at their Greek Theatre Cinco de Mayo show)?
How much for Christina Aguilera? For Shakira? Justin Bieber? Selena Gomez? Snoop? Los Lonely Boys? Ozomatli?
A Priceonomics report crunched the numbers and here are a few of the uprising results.
Mas…You won’t believe how much your favorite music act costs
Watch: Los Lobos live at Cinco de Mayo fiesta at Greek Theatre
It was the third annual Cinco de Mayo Festival at the Greek Theatre in the Hollywood Hills Saturday night. Just another band from East L.A., Los Lobos, played Feria de las Flores and shared this video tonight.
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Mas…Watch: Los Lobos live at Cinco de Mayo fiesta at Greek Theatre
Los Lobos on Austin City Limits! Live stream @ 6 PM PDT
Mira Los Lobos, Los Angeles’ best band, live! Starting at 6 PM Pacific Daylight Time this evening.
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Los Lobos do it Disney style: ‘Heigh Ho Heigh Ho’ (music video)
Los Lobos, Los Angeles’ best band ever, dipped some pixie dust for this Disney music video from 2009. The group is portrayed by the seven dwarves who add new Spanglish lyrics to Heigh ho heigh ho, it’s off to work we go. Snow White, as white as ever, is the center of attention, dancing to the Lobos beat. In the final exciting scene, a somewhat less-white Prince Charming appears and it looks like he got his hair done by Ritchie Valens. YMMV.
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New Kiko live Los Lobos video: ‘When the Circus Comes (to Town)’
Los Lobos? We say they’re the best Los Angeles band ever. Others dismiss them as just another band from East L.A. Either way, here they are in a just-released video, lamenting lost love live at the San Diego House of Blues in When the Circus Comes from the masterful Kiko album.
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Los Lobos ‘One Time, One Night (in America)’
Our first TGIF music video proudly features “just another band from East LA.” Sometimes homies Los Lobos sound like they are John Cougar Mellencamp’s or Tom Petty’s brothers from another mother. This is one of those times. These all-American stars sing all-American stories. Respect.