13 Facts About Los Lobos

1.

Los Lobos are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California.

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Songs by Los Lobos have been recorded by Elvis Costello, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Yankovic, and Robert Plant.

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However, Los Lobos took notice of the popular groups on the Hollywood music scene and added influences of rock to its sound.

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4.

In 1986, members of Los Lobos appeared alongside Tomata du Plenty in the punk rock musical Population: 1.

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5.

Los Lobos returned with The Neighborhood in 1990, and the more experimental Kiko in 1992.

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6.

In 1995, Los Lobos released the prestigious and bestselling record Papa's Dream on Music for Little People Records along with veteran guitarist and singer Lalo Guerrero.

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7.

Los Lobos signed to Mammoth Records in 1997 and released This Time in 1999.

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8.

Los Lobos released its first full-length live-show DVD Live at the Fillmore in 2004.

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9.

In September 2006, Los Lobos released The Town and the City to much critical acclaim.

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10.

In 2007, Los Lobos performed a cover of Bob Dylan's "Billy 1" for the soundtrack to Todd Haynes's film I'm Not There.

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11.

In 2009, the group under contract to Disney Music released an album of Disney covers, Los Lobos Goes Disney and participated in a tribute album to the late Doug Sahm, Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm .

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In 2017, Los Lobos appeared in the multi award-winning documentary film The American Epic Sessions directed by Bernard MacMahon, where they recorded, “El Cascabel”, live direct-to-disc on the first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s.

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13.

Los Lobos was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in 2018.

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