This was the first #1 US hit with lyrics that were entirely in Spanish Based in Los Angeles, Los Lobos formed in 1973 and released their first major-label album in 1984, which earned critical acclaim and a following for the band on the West Coast. When we spoke with their founding member Louie Perez in 2012, he explained: "The reason why we got involved in the first place is because we were asked by the Valens family if we would do this. It came from his mom and his sisters who had to give their blessing to the filmmaker and director to make this movie. They said, 'We want… read more
This was the first #1 US hit with lyrics that were entirely in Spanish Based in Los Angeles, Los Lobos formed in 1973 and released their first major-… read more
This was the first #1 US hit with lyrics that were entirely in Spanish Based in Los Angeles, Los Lobos formed in 1973 and released their first major-label album in 1984, which earned cri… read more
Los Lobos is a Mexican-Americanrock band from East Los Angeles, California, USA, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, blues, and traditional Spanish / Mexican music such as boleros and norteño. Vocalist/guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Pérez met at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, and bonded over their mutual affinity for obscure musical acts such as Fairport Convention, Randy Newman and Ry Cooder. Pérez recalls, "We’re looking at each other, 'You like this stuff? I thought I was the only weird one.' So I went over to h… read more