''Con Safos'' (''With Respect'') is an album by

Ruben and the Jets Ruben and the Jets was an American rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California. The band originated as an alias for The Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa's band, to release '' Cruising with Ruben & the Jets'' (1968). Later, musician Rubén G ...

. The title of the album is a

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tag used by Mexican-American graffiti artists to discourage other graffiti artists from painting over or altering their graffiti, sometimes painted as "c/s". Released in 1974, the album is the second and final release to feature the lineup led by musician Rubén Guevara Jr. The album's eclectic sound draws from genres such as

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and

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Track listing

;Side one #"Cruisin' Down Broadway" - 3:20 #"To Be Loved" - 3:07 #"Stronger" (preview) - 0:32 #"

Speedoo "Speedoo" is a song written by Esther Navarro and performed by The Cadillacs featuring the Jesse Powell Orchestra. It reached number 3 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 17 on the U.S. pop chart in 1955. The song was featured on their 1957 album ...

" - 3:31 (Esther Navarro) #"Honky Tonk" - 3:45 #"Low Ridin' Cruiser" - 3:27 ;Side two #"Stronger" - 3:35 #"Earth to Buffalo" - 1:09 #"I Wanna Know" - 3:08 #"Honky Tonk" (replay) - 0:49 #"

Dust My Blues "Dust My Broom" is a blues song originally recorded as "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. It is a solo performance in the Delta blues-style with Johnson's vocal accompanied by his acoustic guitar. ...

" - 2:47 (

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...

, credited to

Elmore James Elmore James ( Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fam ...

) #"A Thousand Miles Away/You Send Me" - 3:01 #"Durango" - 4:16

Personnel

Personnel adapted from

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. ; Ruben and the Jets * Rubén Guevara Jr. – vocals, tambourine, keyboards * Tony Duran – guitar, keyboards, vocals * Robert "Frog" Camarena – rhythm guitar, vocals * Robert "Buffalo" Roberts – tenor saxophone * Bill Wild – bass guitar, tenor vocals * Bob Zamora – drums *

Jim Sherwood Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood (May 8, 1942 – December 25, 2011) was an American rock musician notable for playing soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, tambourine, vocals and vocal sound effects in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention. He appea ...

– baritone saxophone, tambourine

References

1974 albums Ruben and the Jets albums Mercury Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub