Few rock bands still with original members span decades, let alone 45 years touring — as Los Lobos is celebrating this year. - NBCLatino
There's the Rolling Stones and U2, and then there's Los Lobos. Few rock bands still with original members span decades, let alone 45 years touring — as Los Lobos is celebrating this year.
Pérez and his high school"homies" — fellow band members David Hidalgo, Conrad Lozano and Cesar Rosas — started out in their native East L.A. playing a blend of rock, blues and Mexican-inspired music. Today, the group is crisscrossing American and European cities until the fall, playing from their vast acoustic and electric catalog.
Louie Perez with his sister Carmen, courtesy of Louie Perez. This photo inspired several paintings in Perez's book Good Morning AztlanPérez's father, a decorated World War II veteran, crossed the U.S. border from Mexico. So did his mother with her family when she was a teen, Perez said, adding that she worked in cattle fields and sweat shops, like countless immigrants have done for generations.
Pérez, who's also an album art director, recently published a book focusing on those deep connections to his cultural roots.the musician gives the East L.A. barrio where he grew up the name Aztlán, the mythical place from where the Aztecs originated. In the 1970s and ’80s, East L.A.
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