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Los Lobos
And A Time To Dance




Label: London
Released: 1983
Source: Original CD
Size Torrent: 125 MB
Format: FLAC





1983\'s ...And a Time to Dance wasn\'t Los Lobos\' first record, but if you lived outside of East Los Angeles chances are excellent that you\'d never crossed paths with a copy of their self-released debut album (Del Este de Los Angeles (Just Another Band from East L.A.)) before this EP hit the racks. At only seven songs, ...And a Time to Dance didn\'t give the group the space to present more than a quick once-over of their eclectic musical range, but it did make it clear that this was a really great band, with the kind of chops, intelligence, and maturity that can come from a decade of woodshedding. And on ...And a Time to Dance, not only was the band having a great time playing \"spot the genre\" with their audience, they were crossbreeding styles and coming up with great sounds all their own: the straight-up rock & roll of \"Let\'s Say Goodnight\" is fortified with a strong dose of Tex-Mex fire thanks to David Hidalgo\'s accordion, the bluesy swing of \"Walking Song\" gets a spring in its step from a fleet-fingered jazz guitar line, and the two traditional numbers in Spanish both burn with the high spirits and hot tempos of a potent rock & roll band. And it\'s hard not to love a song like \"How Much Can I Do?,\" in which a guy tries to prove his love to his wife by promising to lay off cheap wine and nights out at the nudie bar. If ...And a Time to Dance didn\'t quite make clear Los Lobos were one of America\'s truly great bands, it did make clear they were a lot of fun and a force to be reckoned with, and that\'s quite enough of a message to pass along in seven songs.



Personnel

Louie Perez: Drums, vocals
Steve Berlin: Saxophone
David Hidalgo: Guitar, Accordion, Vocals
Conrad Lozano: Bass, Guitarron, Vocals
Cesar Rosas: Bajo Sexto, Guitar, Vocals



Track Listing

1. Let\'s Say Goodnight
2. Walking Song
3. Anselma
4. Come On Let\'s Go
5. How Much Can I Do?
6. Why Do You Do
7. Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio