Los Lobos - 1987-08-22 - Pier 84, NY NY (Ex Aud)

Los Lobos
1987-08-22
Pier 84
New York, NY
Excellent Audience Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Evangeline
02. Why Do You Do
03. Tears of God
04. Will the Wolf Survive?
05. Is This All There Is?
06. Anselma
07. I Got To Let You Know
08. One Time, One Night
09. My Baby's Gone
10. Buzz Buzz Buzz
11. Come On, Let's Go
12. The Hardest Time
13. All I Wanted To Do Was Dance
14. Let's Say Goodnight
15. Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio
16. Serenata Norteña
17. I Got Loaded
18. Don't Worry Baby
19. Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
20. Shakin' Shakin' Shakes

Encore:
21. Prenda Del Alma
22. Georgia Slop
23. La Bamba

Los Lobos - 1987-08-22 - Pier 84, NY NY (Ex Aud)

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 excellent audience recording captures Los Lobos in New York on August 22, 1987, 31 years ago today, just as La Bamba was topping the charts.