Los Lobos: Dream in Blue - American Music Series

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Commendation Quotes: "Los Lobos is a slice of pure East L. A. that I never even knew existed. Chris Morris is a wildass ethnomusicologist, social critic, raconteur, and L. A. music bon vivant for the new millennium. Viva Chris?El Gato de East Los."Commendation Quotes: "With the exception of U2, no other band has stayed on top of its game as long as Los Lobos. . . . This is what happens when five guys create a magical sound, then stick together for thirty [now forty] years to see how far it can take them."Table of 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 Corazon 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 ViewingCommendation Quotes: " . . . pioneering border fusionists, multiple Grammy winners, and one of the two indisputably most influential Chicano musical acts in history, along with Ritchie Valens."Commendation Quotes: "These peerless musicians created nothing less than the soundtrack of the Mexican American experience."Commendation Quotes:"Los Lobos is a slice of pure East L. A. that I never even knew existed. Chris Morris is a wildass ethnomusicologist, social critic, raconteur, and L. A. music bon vivant for the new millennium. Viva Chris El Gato de East Los.""Review Quotes: "Morris is the ideal teller of this tale, drawing on decades of his own fandom and reportage and a wealth of experience in both consumer and trade journalism (including long, distinguished runs at the Reader, the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard). . . . Morris writes with care and insight about each Los Lobos record, providing rich geographical, cultural, and historical context along the way."--Michael Sigman"The Huffington Post" (08/25/2015) Publisher Marketing: 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 four decades, Los Lobos (Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, and Steve Berlin) have ranged through virtually the entire breadth of American vernacular music, from rockabilly to primal punk rock, R&B to country and folk, Mexican "son jarocho" to Tex-Mex "conjunto" and Latin American "cumbia." Their "sui generis" sound has sold millions of albums and won acclaim from fans and critics alike, including three Grammy Awards."Los Lobos," the first book on this unique band, traces the entire arc of the band s career. Music journalist Chris Morris draws on new interviews with Los Lobos members and their principal collaborators, as well as his own reporting since the early 1980s, to recount the evolution of Los Lobos s music. He describes the creation of every album, lingering over highlights such as "How Will the Wolf Survive?," "La Pistola y El Corazon," and "Kiko," while following the band s trajectory from playing Mexican folk music at weddings and dances in East L. A. to international stardom and major-label success, as well as their independent work in the new millennium. Giving one of the longest-lived and most-honored American rock bands its due, "Los Lobos" celebrates the expansive reach and creative experimentalism that few other bands can match." Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2015 (EAN 9780292748231, Hardcover)

Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 16 (EAN 9780292748231, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Morris, Chris Chris Morris holds a BA from the College of New Jersey and an MA from Rutgers University, and works full time on Wall Street. He brewed his first beer at age twenty and was hooked. He made a website, started a blog and registered his brewery, Black Dog Brewing Company. He took his blogging to the next level when he started writing for the Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper. He hopes to start his own brewery soon, but until then, he's enjoying exploring the craft beer world.