| Los Lobos' latest record is called "The Ride," and that's just what their current tour offered to the musical hitchhikers who jumped on board October 4 at Club Quattro Shinsaibashi. The Lobos drove us around the bilingual highways of the North American desert, windows down and beer cans popped. On a route that took us from Texas over to Los Angeles and down into Mexico, only the speed changed, from mellow cruising to pedal-to-the-metal ass-hauling. |
 As befitting their mature waistlines, Los Lobos' performance was satisfyingly chunky. The guitars were fuzzy, the baritone fat, and the bass thumping; even the ladies in the crowd had more padding than anyone is accustomed to seeing in wafer-thin Japan. Numbers like "Georgia Slop," "You Can't Run," "I Got Loaded" and "Charmed" were thick with backstreet barroom atmosphere. The big winner of the evening was "Evangeline," that rousing paean to a teenage hellraiser along for the ride: "Evangeline is on the road / Just barely 17 when she left home / Don't know where she is or where she's goin' / She is the Queen of Make-Believe, Evangeline." |
The four main boys in the band have been together for 30 years now, and in superficial ways it's starting to show: with sagging jowls and bursting bellies, a couple of them could stand in for members of the Soprano family. Reflecting at one point on the graying of the band, guitarist/singer Cesar Rosas joked, "It's not like it used to be." Maybe not, but it sure ain't bad. While it may take the group a little longer to rev the engines these days, the crowd was well and truly theirs within twenty minutes, by the first notes of the funky blues "Don't Worry, Baby." |
| In all, seven band members, most dressed in black, worked the Quattro stage: three guitars + bass + drums + percussion + wind/keyboards. As for the Fab Four, head wolf and musician extraordinaire David Hidalgo managed to play, over the course of the evening, lead guitar, fiddle, accordion, and drums. He even brought his son Vincent out for extra-chunky guitar work on the gang-banger tune "Viking." Multi-instrumentalist Steve Berlin handled the saxophone, keyboards and flute. Cesar was steady as ever on rhythm guitar in black shades and fine voice, and Louie Perez kept the backbeat tight. |
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| Crowd pleasers included a sing-along rendition of "Ue o Muite Arukou," a "Chains of Love" tribute to Ray Charles, who's getting a lot of love these days, and of course finally "La Bamba," a natural vehicle for David's high, vibrant voice. |
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report by jab and photo by yegg
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 mag files : Not just along for The Ride (04/10/07 @ Liquidroom Ebisu) : review by sean, photo by yusukeテキーラ・ショットガン！ (04/10/07 @ Liquidroom Ebisu) : review by taiki, photo by yusukephoto report (04/10/07 @ Liquidroom Ebisu) : photo by yusukeRiding with Los Lobos (04/10/04 @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro) : review by jab, photo by yeggphoto report (04/10/04 @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro) : photo by yeggphoto report (04/10/03 @ Asagiri Arena) : photo by hanasan |
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The official site of LOS LOBOS is; http://hollywoodrecords.go.com/ loslobos/ The latest album  "THE RIDE" ( 国内盤 / US import / UK import )
*Never now the reason why, but the US import of the above album is pretty expensive in Japan. It might be damaged by the newly broght law to ban importing CD, DVD as such, but if you jump to amazon.com, you may find the same product with low price. Sometimes, it is cheaper to buy CD and DVD from amazon.com than at a shop in Japan if you buy certain amount... even including the shipping cost.
The Ride Ride This Kiko Just Another Band from East L.A. Mas Y Mas: The Los Lobos Box (4CD box set) |
previous works ;
"Good Morning Aztlan" ( 国内盤 / US import / UK import ) "This TImen" ( 国内盤 / US import / UK import ) "Colossal Head" ( 国内盤 / US import ) "Los Lobos Collection" ( US import ) "Kiko" ( US import / UK import ) "The Neighborhood" ( US import ) "La Pistola y El Corazon" ( US import ) "By the Light of the Moon" ( US import ) "How Will The Wolf Survive?" ( 国内盤 / US import / UK import ) "Del Este de Los Angeles" ( US import / UK import ) "Just Another Band from East L.A" ( US import ) and more... check the albums? |
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previous works by jab  2004Ron Sexsmith is Canadian Ron Sexsmith : (29th Sept @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro)Soul Flower Power Soul Flower Union : (12th June @ Shinsaibashi Club Quattro) |