Los Lobos : : Dream in Blue / / Chris Morris.

Los Lobos leaped into the national spotlight in 1987, when their cover of “La Bamba” became a No. 1 hit. But what looked like an overnight achievement to the band’s new fans was actually a way station in a long musical journey that began in East Los Angeles in 1973 and is still going strong. Across...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2015
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:American Music Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (182 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PROLOGUE Cinco de Mayo
  • 1 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD Life and Music in East L.A
  • 2 — HOMEBOYS Growing Up and Garfield
  • 3 — A BEGINNING The Founding of Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles
  • 4 — RECORDING POR LA RAZA The Making of Si Se Puede! and Just Another Band from East L.A
  • 5 — HAPPY HOUR Going Electric at Las Lomas and a Baptism of Fire at the Olympic
  • 6 — WOLVES OF HOLLYWOOD Los Lobos’ Arrival on the Punk Scene and at the Whisky
  • 7 — ARRIVALS Steve Berlin, Slash Records, T Bone Burnett, and the Grammys
  • 8 — QUANTUM LEAP How Will the Wolf Survive?
  • 9 — BREAKDOWNS The Graceland Session and By the Light of the Moon
  • 10 — NUMERO UNO WITH A BULLET La Bamba
  • 11 — ROOTED AND ROCKED La Pistola y El Corazón and The Neighborhood
  • 12 — LET’S TRY THIS Kiko, Latin Playboys, and Colossal Head
  • 13 — SIDE TRACKS Papa’s Dream, Soul Disguise, Houndog, Dose
  • 14 — IN THE MOUSE’S HOUSE Disney, Hollywood Records, This Time, and Good Morning Aztlán
  • 15 — HOMECOMINGS The Ride, The Town and the City, Tin Can Trust
  • EPILOGUE 40: Back at the Whisky
  • GRACIAS VERY MUCH
  • LISTENING, READING, AND VIEWING