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band

Los Lobos Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, ...

, released in September 2015. It was released worldwide through

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and in Europe through Proper Records. It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2010's ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Los Lobos * David Hidalgo – vocals, guitar, drums, bass, keyboards *

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– vocals, guitar, bajo sexto * Louie Pérez – guitar, jarana * Conrad Lozano – bass * Steve Berlin – saxophones, keyboards Additional musicians *

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– drums *

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– backing vocals (1) *

Marcos J. Reyes Marcos Reyes ~ Marcos J. Reyes, born in 1960 in Bakersfield, California to parents from Chihuahua, Mexico, has been the Latin percussionist for the American progressive soul band War (American band), War since 1998. Career Beginning by practicin ...

– percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 8) * Mitchell Froom – keyboards (2, 7) * Oscar Utterstrom – trombone (2) * Sammy Avila – organ (3, 6, 10), piano (10) * Robert Crowell – alto saxophone (5) * Josh Baca – accordion (6) * Juan Perez – bass (6, 10) Technical *

– producer * Shane Smith – engineer, mixing (except 1) * Darren Frandsen – assistant engineer * Matt Jacobson – assistant engineer * Jesse Druehl – assistant engineer * Joe Trevino – additional engineer * Adam Landry – additional engineer * Cesar Rosas – additional engineer, photography * Dave Beeman – additional engineer * Stephen Koszler – additional engineer * Niko Bolas – mixing (1) * Dave McNair – mastering (except 3, 6, 8, 10) * Stephen Marsh – mastering (3, 6, 8, 10) * Mando Tavares – production coordination * Al Quattrocchi – art direction * Jeff Smith – art direction * Tornado Design – art direction * Louie Pérez – photography * John Gilhooley – photography * Noé Montes – photography

References

Los Lobos albums 2015 albums 429 Records albums Proper Records albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub