Los Lobos - 1987-06-30 - Bremen, Germany (FM)

Los Lobos
1987-06-30
Schauburg
Bremen, Germany
FM Broadcast
224 kbps
Artwork Included

01. My Baby's Gone
02. Come On Let's Go
03. A Matter of Time
04. The Hardest Time
05. All I Wanted to Do Was Dance
06. Let's Say Goodnight
07. Serenata Norteña
08. Prenda Del Alma
09. I Got Loaded
10. Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
11. Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
12. La Bamba
13. Don't Worry Baby  

Los Lobos - 1987-06-30 - Bremen, Germany (FM) 

In summer of 1987, the movie La Bamba was released, telling the tale of Ritchie Valens rise to stardom and tragic death, along with Buddy Holly, in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. Don McLean. Of course, immortalized that event as “the day the music died” in his classic tune, American Pie. During the movie’s closing credits, Lou Diamond Phillips, who played Valens in the movie, performed La Bamba, along with a then little known band Los Lobos. They would not be unknown for long. On June 30, 1987, their cover of La Bamba was released as a single and went to #1 on the Billboard charts. Then, just a week later, on July 7, Los Lobos released By Light of The Moon, an album of original material, whose theme focused on how and why the American dream eluded so many of the country’s working class. The disc received rave critical reviews, with Rolling Stone, All Music, and Robert Christgau, just to name 3, all singing its praises. Songs such as The Hardest Time; One Time, One Night; River of Fools; Tears Of God and The Mess We’re In, mixed rock, blues, country and tex-mex influences, with rhythms that could get you up dancing and lyrics that reached into your soul. If you don’t own it, you should. This FM broadcast captures Los Lobos right as they hit it big, in Bremen  June 30, 1987, 31 years ago today.