Los Lobos
Good musicians play good music, no matter what style they may be known for or where it came from. These guys have been around for a long time, playing what they want and not necessarily what the commercial music industry wants to hear. Good for them.
Los Lobos (“The Wolves”) are an American rock band, influenced by rock and roll, Tejano music, country music, folk, R&B, blues and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños.
During the late 19th century, German and Czech migrants to Northern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest brought different styles among them, including the polka. These European immigrants influenced the music scene by bringing the accordion and the polka rhythm, which were part of the popular music of their homeland. Soon, local bands adopted these elements, and a new unique style gradually resulted from a blend with Mexican ranchera styles. This new style soon became a unique norteño genre, thus named because it was primarily popular in the northern regions of Mexico.
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Los Lobos is awesome! Nothing says “California” to me like this group. I have one of their songs on my computer I listen to over and over …loud, with a set of headphones. It is the intro song to the movie “Colors” …”One Night in America.” It took me years to find it, then I downloaded it a few years ago. One of my all time favorites!
They also do the commercial hit, “La Bamba” , the old Richie Valens song.
I don’t know why I am surprised you like Los Lobos. I found the song you mentioned under the title “One Night One Time” in iTunes and will probably buy it and maybe a couple more from them. Richie Valens didn’t speak Spanish and had to learn the lyrics by rote to perform La Bamba. I also like a version of La Bamba by Tonio K.
Your right, it is “One Time, One Night.” I like the story. It is worth buying.
Richie Valens died in the same plane crash as Buddy Holly. They had just played at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. Valens traded his seat with Waylon Jennings (I think) and the plane went down on the way to Minnesota in a snow storm. I think the Big Bopper died in this crash, too.
I had an aunt, uncle and cousins in Clear Lake, Iowa, and used to go there for a week each summer. I have been to the Surf Ballroom many times (as a child).
It was Waylon Jennings who gave up his seat to Valens, I think it had something to do with the bus they were traveling on. It had no heat, and people were getting sick. Jennings reportedly had a hard time coming to grips with the situation.
Does the Surf Ballroom still exist?
I don’t know. My cousins moved and my aunt and uncle are dead now.
The Surf Ballroom is still open. Their site is worth looking at and taking the “photo tour.” They have kept the retro feel of the place and it doubles as a museum and modern concert hall.
http://www.surfballroom.com