Latin Playboys was a musical group formed by

David Hidalgo David Kent Hidalgo (born October 6, 1954, in Los Angeles.) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. Hidalgo frequently plays musical instruments such as accordion, violin, 6-string banjo, cello, requ ...

Louie Pérez Louis Frausto Pérez, Jr. (born January 29, 1953) is an American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist for Los Lobos and Latin Playboys. Pérez started with Los Lobos playing primarily jarana (a small Mexican guitar) and singing. He is one ...

Mitchell Froom Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. He was a member of the bands Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is currently the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, including R ...

and

Tchad Blake Tchad Blake (born 1955) is an American record producer, audio engineer, mixer and musician. A native of Baytown, Texas, he has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including Al Green, American Music Club, Ani DiFranco, Apartment 26, Arc ...

, active in the 1990s.

History

The band began with a series of demo recordings made by Hidalgo on a home cassette tape four-track machine. The demos were intended for Hidalgo's main group, Los Lobos, but producer/keyboardist

thought the demos were interesting enough on their own to justify a new side-project. With Los Lobos member

, and Froom's frequent production partner

, Latin Playboys was officially formed. The group released two albums, ''Latin Playboys'', in 1994, and ''Dose'', in 1999. The songs "Manifold de Amour" and "Forever Night Shade Mary," both from the 1994 self-titled debut album, are featured on the soundtrack album for the 1995 film ''

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''. In 1999 the band performed in Toronto at Lee's Palace. Critic

Richie Unterberger Richie Unterberger (born January 19, 1962) is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing. Life and writing Unterberger attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote for the university newspaper '' ...

described their music as "a twisted and avant-garde take on roots music." An acoustic version of "Crayon Sun" was recorded by Pérez and Hidalgo for the 2020 Netflix documentary ''The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez''.

Discography

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Latin Playboys Latin Playboys was a musical group formed by David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake, active in the 1990s. History The band began with a series of demo recordings made by Hidalgo on a home cassette tape four-track machine. The ...
'' (Self Titled), 1994

;Track listing # "Viva la raza" 2:48 # "Ten Believers" 3:17 # "Chinese Surprize" 3:07 # "Mira!" 1:25 # "Manifold de Amour" 2:02 # "New Zandu" 3:13 # "Rudy's Party" 2:31 # "If" 1:41 # "Same Brown Earth" 3:45 # "Lagoon" 2:28 # "Gone" 2:52 # "Crayon Sun" 3:09 # "Pink Steps" 2:06 # "Forever Night Shade Mary" 3:04

'' Dose'', 1999

;Track listing # "Fiesta Erotica" 3:09 # "Cuca's Blues" 3:14 # "Ironsides" 1:46 # "Mustard" 3:28 # "Nubian Priestess" 1:59 # "Dose" 2:33 # "Latin Trip" 2:58 # "Tormenta Blvd." 2:08 # "Lemon 'n Ice" 3:50 # "Locoman" ( LP version) 2:48 # "Toro" (LP version) 0:38 # "Paletero" (LP version) 3:13 # "Paula y Fred" (LP version) 3:06

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