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One afternoon in 1974, the five young Mexican American musicians who had recently christened themselves Los Lobos gathered for a rehearsal in the back yard of Cesar Rosas’s house, a small stucco bungalow fifty yards from the freeway in East Los Angeles. And on that day, the members of Los Lobos turned their attentions for the first time from the rock & roll of their youth to the traditional Mexican songs of their parents and grandparents. Rosas and his friend Frank Gonzales had already begun learning a dance number called “Mil Amores” from an album that Rosas’s mother owned, painstakingly adapting the violin part for mandolin and guitar. Now the other three — guitarist David Hidalgo, bassist Conrad Lozano and drummer Louie Perez — were filling out the arrangement. Over the din of the passing cars, they worked fitfully, running inside the house to listen to a tricky portion of the song for reference, going out for a few more six-packs and, Perez … [Read more...] about Los Lobos: The World of Their Fathers

It was described as the “Day the Music Died.” Over 50 years ago, on February 3, 1959, three of the country’s top rock & roll stars — Ritchie Valens, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Buddy Holly — died in a plane crash. The tragedy reshaped the music world and, although Valens was just 17 years old, he’s had a lasting impact on pop music. Along with his hit song “La Bamba,” Valens also had the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Donna,” which peaked at Number Two after his death. Most people came to know Valens’ story after the La Bamba biopic was released in 1987. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens and Esai Morales as his troubled half-brother Bob, it helped bring Los Lobos’ cover of his signature song to Number One. And Valens was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Now, a musical is in the works that hopes to bring the doomed Fifties teen rocker’s story to an … [Read more...] about Louie Perez and David Hildalgo of Los Lobos Working on Ritchie Valens Musical

A stage musical about pioneering Chicano rock & roller Richie Valens is in the works, with Los Lobos’ Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo on board to provide original music alongside Valens’ hits. Come On, Let’s Go – named after one of the “La Bamba” singer’s hit records – was announced today by producer Brad Garfield, who said the project is being developed for Broadway. Playwright Richard Montoya (Water & Power, Radio Mambo) will write the book, with Pérez and Hidalgo handling original music and lyrics. The musical will also include Valens’ songs. Tony Taccone, who recently ended his tenure as artistic director of Berkeley Rep and who first commissioned Tony Kushner’s Angels In America at San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre, will direct. Producer Garfield, a longtime television director for, among others, CBS Sports, said the new musical will not be a stage version of the 1997 biopic La Bamba (which also … [Read more...] about ‘La Bamba’ Rocker Richie Valens Stage Musical In The Works; Los Lobos Band Members On Board

A stage musical about pioneering Chicano rock & roller Ritchie Valens is in the works, with Los Lobos’ Louie Pérez and David Hidalgo on board to provide original music alongside Valens’ hits. Come On, Let’s Go – named after one of the “La Bamba” singer’s hit records – was announced today by producer Brad Garfield, who said the project is being developed for Broadway. Playwright Richard Montoya (Water & Power, Radio Mambo) will write the book, with Pérez and Hidalgo handling original music and lyrics. The musical will also include Valens’ songs. Tony Taccone, who recently ended his tenure as artistic director of Berkeley Rep and who first commissioned Tony Kushner’s Angels In America at San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre, will direct. Producer Garfield, a longtime television director for, among others, CBS Sports, said the new musical will not be a stage version of the 1997 biopic La Bamba (which … [Read more...] about ‘La Bamba’ Rocker Ritchie Valens Stage Musical In The Works; Los Lobos Band Members On Board

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna captured the collective attention of many, many people on the Internet Wednesday, when the on-again, off-again couple aired their private grievances in a very public sphere. Not that the pair are new to the private-as-public narrative; their every move has been carefully documented on reality TV and social media – both separately and together – over the past few years. But Wednesday’s blow-out peeled back yet another layer of an already chipped facade, and the couple’s volatile exchanges revealed some of the ugliest aspects of their world. What presumably began as a private exchange quickly devolved into a public display of revenge porn on Kardashian’s part, and accusations of domestic abuse on Chyna’s part, both very real offenses with very real-life consequences. And online spectators, for the most part, consumed the drama as entertainment. As of Thursday afternoon, Kardashian’s Instagram account has been … [Read more...] about Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s Confusing, Troubling Saga Explained