La Bamba – Los Lobos (1987)

Description

Additional information about this Los Lobos vinyl art.

Los Lobos – The Artist

Los Lobos (Spanish for “the Wolves”) is a Mexican-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, boleros and norteños. The band rose to international stardom in 1987, when their version of “La Bamba”. Vocalist and guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Pérez met at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, California, and bonded over their mutual affinity for musical acts such as Fairport Convention, Randy Newman and Ry Cooder. They later enlisted fellow students Frank González, Cesar Rosas and Conrad Lozano to complete the group’s lineup, in 1973. The band members were unsatisfied with playing only American Top 40 songs and began experimenting with the traditional Mexican music they listened to as children.This style of music received a positive reaction from audiences, leading the band to switch genres, performing at hundreds of weddings and dances between 1974 and 1980. However, Los Lobos took notice of the popular groups on the Hollywood music scene and added influences of rock to its sound.

La Bamba – The Song

‘La Bamba’ is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as “La Bomba”. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens. “La Bamba” has been recorded by numerous artists, notably by Los Lobos whose version was the title track of the 1987 film La Bamba, a bio-pic about Valens; their version reached No. 1 on many charts in the same year. The traditional aspect of “La Bamba” lies in the tune, which remains almost the same through most versions. The name of the dance referenced within the song, which has no direct English translation, is presumably connected with the Spanish verb “bambolear”, meaning “to sway”, “to shake” or “to wobble”. In one traditional version of this dance performed at weddings and ballet folklórico shows, couples utilise intricate footwork to create a bow signifying their union.

The Bow Tie – The Shape

This record has been cut into a Bow Tie. The bow tie or dicky bow is a type of necktie. A modern bow tie is tied using a common shoelace knot, which is also called the bow knot for that reason. It consists of a ribbon of fabric tied around the collar of a shirt in a symmetrical manner so that the two opposite ends form loops.

La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck and Joe Pantoliano. The film also covers the effect that Valens’ career had on the lives of his half-brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig, and the rest of his family. The film is titled after a traditional Mexican folk song of the same name, which Valens transformed into a rock and roll rendition in 1958.

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