{"id":14585,"date":"2012-08-06T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=14585"},"modified":"2012-08-06T10:18:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T14:18:28","slug":"i-want-to-%e2%99%a5-los-lobos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/i-want-to-%e2%99%a5-los-lobos\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want to \u2665 Los Lobos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I want to \u2665 Los Lobos.<\/p><\/div>\n

I want to \u2665\u00a0Los Lobos<\/strong>. For years I was happy to have no interest in them. I didn’t care for the movie La Bamba<\/em> and quickly tired of hearing the band’s cover of Ritchie Valens<\/strong>‘ big hit, a song that had already worn out its welcome through its near-“novelty song” status since childhood. I didn’t tune into the roots-rock thing. I associated them with The Blasters<\/strong> and that album cover of the first Blasters record, the one with the cartoon image of the big, sweaty face<\/a>. Phil Alvin’s voice gave me the willies. Somehow his voice colored my initial ability to \u2665 Los Lobos.<\/p>\n

After the band had been around for years I finally heard 2 songs that first made me appreciate the band: “Kiko and the Lavender Moon,” off the Mitchell Froom<\/strong> (of all producers!<\/a>)-produced Kiko<\/em> (1992) and a cover of the Grateful Dead<\/strong> (of all bands!<\/a>) song “Bertha.” I’ve always had a soft spot for “Bertha.”<\/p>