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Established in 1998,
Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture
and social history
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THE BAND
David Hidalgo
Vocals, accordion, guitar
Cesar
Rosas
Vocals, guitar, mandolin
Conrad Lozano
Bass, guitarron
Louie Perez
Drums, guitar,
requinto
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Los Lobos
Four East Los Angeles high school buddies formed Los Lobos
(Spanish for "the wolves") in 1973, bought traditional
Mexican instruments at pawn shops and learned the norteņo music
of their forefathers.
They eventually incorporated electric instruments and in 1983,
with The Blasters' saxophonist Steve Berlin (who later joined the
band), recorded an independent EP called . . . And A Time
To Dance.
Produced by T-Bone Burnett it sold only 50,000 copies but it
won many critics' praise, and the band used the profits to buy a
second-hand Dodge van and embark on their first tour of the US.
David Hidalgo and Louie Perez worked on songs for their first
full-length album, How Will The Wolf Survive? - at
the home of Perez's brother-in-law. One of the songs they wrote
in those sessions was A Matter Of Time - a touching
ballad about a Mexican crossing the border and looking for a
better world.
They entered the studio early in 1984 - once more with T-Bone
Burnett. Basic tracks were recorded at the Capitol studio in LA,
with over-dubs and vocals recorded at a garage studio belonging to
a friend of Burnett's. Additional tracks were cut at the Warner
Bros. studios.
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