DOCSLIB.ORG

Los Lobos Liner Notes & Credits

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Los Lobos Liner Notes & Credits Los Lobos Native Sons Liner Notes & Credits Love Special Delivery (Garcia-Espinosa) Tormid Music (BMI) Trombone - Dannie Ramirez, Drums - Aaron Ballesteros, Keyboards - Phil Parlapiano An original tune from Thee Midniters, one of the first Chicano bands out of East L.A. to make it big. They blazed the trail with such songs as “Whittier Blvd.” and “The Ballad of César Chávez.” Cesar: As a kid I’d catch Thee Midniters at Kennedy Hall on Atlantic and try to see how George (Dominguez) was playing those riffs that I couldn’t figure it out at home. Then about 20 years ago Aaron Ballesteros (Thee Midniters’ drummer) was in my home studio, recording other things. I started this riff, just goofing around, and he fell in. I said, “You know what? Why don’t we record it, man?” He did a count off and, unaccompanied, laid down the track you hear now. Perfect. First take. Conrad: In 1967 I played with Aaron in a 9-piece soul band called The Royal Checkmates, and then later in Tierra. Misery (Don Juan Mancha) Jobete Music (BMI) Drums - Jason Lozano, Percussion - Camilo Quinones, Backing Vocals - Barrence Whitfield Originally a hit by Barrett Strong, who also had the hit “Money.” Strong co-wrote some of Motown’s biggest songs. David: This is probably one of my favorite songs on the album. Barret moved to L.A. when Motown did. Conrad: We got good old Barrence on vocals, man. Isn’t that cool? We’ve known his band The Savages forever, man. We even brought ‘em out to the West Coast to tour with us. We had a great time with those guys! Bluebird / For What It’s Worth (Stephen Stills) Ten East-Springalo-Cotillion (BMI) Drums - David Hidalgo, Jr., Percussion - Camilo Quinones When police clashed with young music club goers on the Sunset Strip in ’66, Steven Stills quickly wrote “For What It’s Worth.” “Bluebird” was the follow-up single. Here the band flips the order and makes it a medley, with David replicating the searing guitars of both Stills (left channel) and Neil Young (right). Steve: Buffalo Springfield was a really big influence on the band. Like Los Lobos, they were polyglots unique to their time. Louie: We knew we wanted to do a Buffalo Springfield song, and ended up with two because we couldn't decide! David: When I was a teenager, Buffalo Springfield was one of my favorite bands. I just pitched the idea: “Let's see how close we can get to the originals. Just for the fun of it.” Los Chucos Suaves (Lalo Guerrero) Barrio Libre Music (BMI) Drums - David Hidalgo, Jr., Percussion - Camilo Quinones In 1949, “Lalo Guerrero Y Sus Cincos Lobos” recorded a 10” 78 RPM of “Marihuana Boogie/Los Chucos.” In 1995 Lalo narrated, sang, and collaborated with the five members of Los Lobos on the children’s album, Papa’s Dream. He is known as “The Father of Chicano Music.” David: Lalo Guerrero is one of my heroes. He’s the guy, man. And then we became friends over the years. He was a rock for me. We had to include a Lalo song. Jamaica Say You Will (Jackson Browne) Criterion Music Corp & Open Window Music Drums - David Hidalgo, Jr., Keyboards - Phil Parlapiano A timeless, mythic narrative based on Jackson Browne’s love for a girl who worked in an organic food orchard in Malibu next to the sparkling Pacific Ocean. Steve: A very delicate track. I know it’s a big favorite of Dave’s and he brought it in, but I was surprised—I mean, that’s kind of a heavy lift! Dave knocked it out of the park. Everybody did great work on it. I think we did it justice. David: Another old favorite. Great song. Louie introduced me to Jackson. We’ve worked together on projects and become friends. Louie: I used to go over to David’s house after school and listen to records with him, and this song always resonated for me—such a beautiful melody. And the narrative was something I was attracted to. The storytelling. This song in particular inspired me to write from introspection—and I saw that my songs could be personal, but I could still write them to be universal. To this day, that’s been the template. Never No More (Percy Mayfield, Don Malone) Don Music (BMI) Drums - Jason Lozano, Keyboards - Phil Parlapiano Percy Mayfield moved to L.A. in 1942 and became a legendary west coast bluesman, penning #1 hits like “Please Send Me Someone to Love” and “Hit the Road Jack” (soon after which Ray Charles signed him as his private songwriter). Steve: Halfway through the record we didn’t have any jump blues, which is a big part of our musical vocabulary. I was driving to the studio and called my friend Eddie Gorodetsky, who has helped us out in the past with song ideas, and that was his recommendation. I Spotified it, said “Okay, this is it!” and ten minutes later we were cutting it. Conrad: My son Jason Lozano played drums with us on it. We had fun playin’ it, that’s for sure. Native Son (David Hidalgo, Louis Perez) Davince Music / No KO Music (BMI) Drums - David Hidalgo, Jr., Keyboards - Phil Parlapiano A bit of a twist in their normal songwriting process: Louie gave Dave just the poetry (with no musical seed) and David had a melody waiting, so they crafted and wove what they had together. Conrad: Those guys are great writers. That’s all there is to it. Louie: We were walking out of the studio one day and I said, ‘Hey Dave, I have an idea. What if we wrote an original song for this record?’ He looked at me and said: “Write an original cover?” He got me on that one. My brother. A man of few words. David: The lyric is beautiful. It tells a great story. Steve: I was so happy Dave and Louie came up with it. It kinda put everything in perspective, theme-wise: Yeah, this is us—Native Sons. Dichoso (Giménez) Cordon Music (BMI) Trombone - Dannie Ramirez, Percussion - Camilo Quinones From Willie Bobo’s 1966 album Feelin’ So Good. Bobo moved to Los Angeles in the early ‘70s and played with some of the biggest names in music, fusing influences from Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin, Soul and Rock, becoming an East L.A. institution. David: We got to know Willie and his son. We would do shows together with Willie and that got us closer to the Latin audience. Cesar did a great job with it. Cesar: I recorded 90% of this at my home, trying to do justice to Willie’s effortless vocals, then later we added horns and replaced my percussion with someone who really could do the job right, Camilo Quinones. Farmer John (Don Harris, Dewey Terry) Venice Music (BMI) Drums - David Hidalgo, Jr. A classic garage-rock standard penned by Don Harris and Dewey Terry, then made popular by The Premiers from San Gabriel, whose success began when their backyard rehearsals started drawing large neighborhood crowds. Cesar: This time around we did it up—we took it uptown with the original Don & Dewey version. More R&B. Up-tempo. Steve: This is one of the first songs I think I played with the guys, way back in the pre-historic age, and it’s a fun one to play. Shout out to East L.A. Conrad: We used to do weddings with this song, back in the day. Louie: One of our first singles was The Premiere’s version of this. David: And every once in a while we’ll play the Neil Young version too! Sail On Sailor (J. Rieley, R. Kennedy, B. Wilson, T. Almer, V. Parks) Brother Publishing Co. (BMI) Drums - David Hidalgo, Jr., Keyboards - Phil Parlapiano, Percussion - Camilo Quinones, Backing Vocals - Enrique “Bugs” Gonzalez How could you cover Southern California music without the Beach Boys? Here’s the big hit from their album, Holland. Conrad: Blondie Chaplin sang the lead on that one. He jammed with us at the Fillmore one time and we did this song. That’s how we learned it. The Beach Boys were one of my all-time favorite bands, ever since I was 13, 14 years old. “Sail On Sailor” was a song I just fell in love with. Steve: Our engineer Chris Sorem did a fantastic job capturing the mystical California vibe of this song—not an easy thing to accomplish. He really helped us hold this record together for a year across all our staggered recording sessions. Louie: Bugs Gonzalez was in town for a livestream benefit with us in the studio, and he’s a fantastic singer, so we asked him to sing on this one. We really appreciate everything Bugs did for us, everything he did with the band. The World Is A Ghetto (S. Allen, H. Brown, M. Dickerson, L. Jordan, C. Miller, L. Oskar, H. Scott) Far Out Music (ASCAP) Drums - Jason Lozano, Vocals - Little Willie G, Backing vocals - Little Willie G, Jason G and Barrence Whitfield, Percussion - Camilo Quinones This track features all-star guests Little Willie G. (who sang on WAR’s original recording), Jacob G. (Willie’s son), R&B legend/soul screamer Barrence Whitfield (of Barrence Whitfield and the Savages), and world-class percussionist Camilo Quinones. David: They’re Homeboys, man. Conrad: Cesar, Dave, and Little Willie G. on vocals. How great is that? Steve: WAR was huge to us early on. You can’t be a band from East LA and not have WAR in the conversation, so… we start with a Midniters song and Willie sings the last verse here to complete the circle.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Excitement Building for Bristol's Old Home Day Celebration
    Bears looking at some rebuilding Story on Page B1 THURSDAY,Newfound AUGUST 27, 2015 FREE IN PRINT, FREE ON-LINE • WWW.NEWFOUNDLANDING.COM Landing COMPLIMENTARY Excitement building for Bristol’s Old Home Day celebration BY DONNA RHODES [email protected] ty and address the state’s BRISTOL — It’s time latest drug epidemic. once again to gather the Registration will take family and join your place beside the tennis friends and neighbors courts at 7:30 a.m., and for the annual Bristol the first 35 entrants will Old Home Day, which receive a free tee shirt. will be held on Saturday, The race then hits the Aug. 29, at Kelley Park, road at 8 a.m. off North Main Street in Also from 8 until downtown Bristol. 11 a.m., there will be a Leslie Dion, one of buffet breakfast served many who have worked at the Union Lodge on hard to make this year’s Pleasant Street for those celebration another big who want to start the success, said it will be day off with a great meal. the perfect time to bring At 9 a.m., the public is the kids to the park for asked to come cheer on some summertime fun an adult softball league’s before the new school championship game and year begins. everyone is also invited “This year, we have to join in the horseshoe a great line-up of kids tournament behind the games, like Water Wars, Middle School at 10 a.m., an inflatable obsta- which will offer cash cle course, and a ‘hose prizes for winners.
    [Show full text]
  • April 2019 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society in This Issue
    LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Hi Blues Fans, The final ballots for the 2019 WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY Best of the Blues (“BB Awards”) Proud Recipient of a 2009 of the Washington Blues Society are due in to us by April 9th! You Keeping the Blues Alive Award can mail them in, email them OFFICERS from the email address associ- President, Tony Frederickson [email protected] ated with your membership, or maybe even better yet, turn Vice President, Rick Bowen [email protected] them in at the April Blues Bash Secretary, Open [email protected] (Remember it’s free!) at Collec- Treasurer, Ray Kurth [email protected] tor’s Choice in Snohomish! This Editor, Eric Steiner [email protected] is one of the perks of Washing- ton Blues Society membership. DIRECTORS You get to express your opinion Music Director, Amy Sassenberg [email protected] on the Best of the Blues Awards Membership, Open [email protected] nomination and voting ballots! Education, Open [email protected] Please make plans to attend the Volunteers, Rhea Rolfe [email protected] BB Awards show and after party Merchandise, Tony Frederickson [email protected] this month. Your Music Director Amy Sassenburg and Vice President Advertising, Open [email protected] Rick Bowen are busy working behind the scenes putting the show to- gether. I have heard some of their ideas and it will be a stellar show and THANKS TO THE WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY 2017 STREET TEAM exceptional party! True Tone Audio will provide state-of-the-art sound, Downtown Seattle, Tim & Michelle
    [Show full text]
  • Produced Byray Manzarek
    PRODUCED BY RAY MANZAREK Originally released April 1980 Originally released May 1981 Originally released July 1982 Originally released September 1983 Frank Gargani Debbie Leavitt Power... Passion... Poetry! Attack the world. Let’s do some damage. What a band. Four monsters of skin. My favorite rockers of the then time. John Doe - Mr. Handsome - of the deep rich voice, the hard, strong jaw, the angular bass stance and the hot/cool lyrics. Their harmonies - some would say Schoenberg - his partner Exene, of the wailing scream in the night, the clear eyed pinning of American failings, the fine words of Diana Bonebrake love and booze and madness in the midnight dawn of Los Angeles. “Johny Hit and Run Paulene...” and he’s got a sterilized hypo filled with a sex-machine drug, and he only has 24 hours to shoot all Paulenes between the legs. So get busy, boy. And he does. Listen to those words! That naughty, naughty Johny. I love ‘em. And Exene’s “The World’s a Mess, it’s in My Kiss.” I just love that crazy combination: World - Mess - Kiss. And Billy Zoom on guitar, or is that at least 3 or 4 guitars. How does he do it? It’s so massive, so sharp, so bright, so fucking LOUD!!! And he is so silver smooth and cool. Effortless fingering, impeccable on the frets. Doesn’t he ever make a mistake? Is he a flesh and blood Valhalla guitar god? Yeahhh! And who is that madman beating the living shit out those drums? Ladies and Gentleman... D.
    [Show full text]
  • Deer Tick – Negativity
    DEER TICK – NEGATIVITY John McCauley and Deer Tick have long walked a tightwire between total despair and fractured resilience, but Negativity represents a heroic leap forward on virtually all fronts for the Providence, Rhode Island-based band. Recorded earlier this year in Portland, Oregon with legendary producer/musician Steve Berlin (The Blasters, Los Lobos, and last year’s McCauley side project, Diamond Rugs), the album –Deer Tick's fifth full-length studio release, and follow-up to 2011’s acclaimed Divine Providence – is McCauley’s most personal work thus Far as well as the band’s most undeniable and universal, their Famously Freewheeling musical approach reFined here into a gloriously cohesive whole. Negativity was penned over the course oF a genuinely eventful 2012, an annus horribilus in which McCauley’s father pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and tax Fraud, ultimately leading to prison. “Mr. Sticks” – which takes its title From the senior McCauley’s childhood nickname – is “about my father going to jail and all the things he may miss,” but when the son sings “With a hug and a kiss/You may say goodbye to all you've ever known,” you get the sense he might be talking to himselF. For iF that seemingly untenable situation weren’t enough, McCauley’s own personal liFe was equally shambolic, his notoriously excessive behavior and impossible liFestyle escalating to the point where his imminent wedding engagement was Finally called oFF. Like any true artist, he channeled the anger, melancholy, and regret into his work, resulting in what can be safely declared his finest collection of songs to date, impassioned and interior and increasingly mature, both as expression oF emotion as well as pure unadulterated songcraFt.
    [Show full text]
  • Strange Brew√ Fresh Insights on Rock Music | Edition 03 of September 30 2006
    M i c h a e l W a d d a c o r ‘ s πStrange Brew Fresh insights on rock music | Edition 03 of September 30 2006 L o n g m a y y o u r u n ! A tribute to Neil Young: still burnin‘ at 60 œ part two Forty years ago, in 1966, Neil Young made his Living with War (2006) recording debut as a 20-year-old member of the seminal, West Coast folk-rock band, Buffalo Springfield, with the release of this band’s A damningly fine protest eponymous first album. After more than 35 solo album with good melodies studio albums, The Godfather of Grunge is still on fire, raging against the System, the neocons, Rating: ÆÆÆÆ war, corruption, propaganda, censorship and the demise of human decency. Produced by Neil Young and Niko Bolas (The Volume Dealers) with co-producer L A Johnson. In this second part of an in-depth tribute to the Featured musicians: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, Canadian-born singer-songwriter, Michael harmonica and piano), Rick Bosas (bass guitar), Waddacor reviews Neil Young’s new album, Chad Cromwell (drums) and Tommy Bray explores his guitar playing, re-evaluates the (trumpet) with a choir led by Darrell Brown. overlooked classic album from 1974, On the Beach, and briefly revisits the 1990 grunge Songs: After the Garden / Living with War / The classic, Ragged Glory. This edition also lists the Restless Consumer / Shock and Awe / Families / Neil Young discography, rates his top albums Flags of Freedom / Let’s Impeach the President / and highlights a few pieces of trivia about the Lookin’ for a Leader / Roger and Out / America artist, his associates and his interests.
    [Show full text]
  • Cantate (Fall 2006)
    Published by the California Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association - Volume Nineteen, Number One - Fall 2006 Dr. Howard S. Swan, “Dean of American Choral Directors,” died in 1995 at the age of 89. He was professionally active well 2006 Howard S. Swan Award Winner into his eighties, not only as a conductor, but also as a speaker and writer. His integrity, high view of the artistic/human role of the choral director, and compelling ability to challenge and Shirley Nute inspire students and colleagues to greater vision Shirley B. Nute is one of Association including secretary, and higher standards awakened the collective California’s most honored choral senior high vice president, and conscience of the choral world. It is for this rea- music professionals. She received a president. Additionally she was son that the book containing his writings and bachelor’s degree, with majors in vice president of the southern speeches is entitled Conscience of a Profession: Howard Swan, Choral Director and Teacher choral conducting and voice, from section of the California Music (Hinshaw, 1987). Robert Shaw, in his introduc- Occidental College where she stud- Educators Association. She has tion to this invaluable collection, writes, “There ied with Howard Swan. She was been a vice president of the Los isn’t a choral conductor alive who doesn’t have awarded a master’s degree received Angeles Master Chorale something to learn from Howard Swan.” from Columbia University where Associates Executive Board and Swan’s career at Occidental College in Los she sang in the New York served as co-chairperson of the Angeles spanned nearly four decades (1934- Collegiate Chorale under the direc- Associate's educational out- 1971), after which he went on to teach at tion of Robert Shaw.
    [Show full text]
  • Broadway Guest Artists & High-Profile Key Note Speakers
    Broadway Guest Artists & High-Profile Key Note Speakers George Hamilton, Broadway and Film Actor, Broadway Actresses Charlotte D’Amboise & Jasmine Guy speaks at a Chicago Day on Broadway speak at a Chicago Day on Broadway Fashion Designer, Tommy Hilfiger, speaks at a Career Day on Broadway AMY WEINSTEIN PRESIDENT, CEO AND FOUNDER OF STUDENTSLIVE Amy Weinstein has been developing, creating, marketing and producing education programs in partnership with some of the finest Broadway Artists and Creative teams since 1998. A leader and pioneer in curriculum based standards and exciting and educational custom designed workshops and presentations, she has been recognized as a cutting edge and highly effective creative presence within public and private schools nationwide. She has been dedicated to arts and education for the past twenty years. Graduating from New York University with a degree in theater and communication, she began her work early on as a theatrical talent agent and casting director in Hollywood. Due to her expertise and comprehensive focus on education, she was asked to teach acting to at-risk teenagers with Jean Stapleton's foundation, The Academy of Performing and Visual Arts in East Los Angeles. Out of her work with these artistically talented and gifted young people, she co-wrote and directed a musical play entitled Second Chance, which toured as an Equity TYA contract to over 350,000 students in California and surrounding states. National mental health experts recognized the play as an inspirational arts model for crisis intervention, and interpersonal issues amongst teenagers at risk throughout the country. WGBH/PBS was so impressed with the play they commissioned it for adaptation to teleplay in 1996.
    [Show full text]
  • Adams Avenue Street Fair
    FREE SAN DIEGO ROUBADOUR Alternative country, Americana, roots, Tfolk, gospel, and bluegrass music news September-October 2004 THIRD ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Vol. 4, No. 1 official program adams ave. street fair - what to see , where to 7 S t a g e s • 8 0 M u s i c a l A c t s • go , how to get there • O s v Welcome ………………3 e h Street Fair Headliners …8 r t Performing Artists …10-19 o 4 o Schedules, Map ………12 0 B 0 s F P t Welcome Mat ………3 o f Mission Statement o a Contributors d r , C Full Circle.. …………4 A r San Diego Music Awards & Lou Curtiss t s s s t e Front Porch …………6 Stag & CeeCee James r 7 A Victoria Robertson C , Acoustic Music San Diego r d a Adams Ave. Street Fair o f o See pp. 8-19 t F Of Note. ……………19 s 0 Victoria Robertson B 0 Joe Morgan o 4 Northstar Session o t r Ramblin’... …………20 h e s Bluegrass Corner v Zen of Recording O José Sinatra Jim McInnes’ Radio Daze Funk • Country • World • Blues • Jazz • Folk • Zydeco • Rockabilly • Latin ‘Round About ....... …22 Sept.-Oct. Music Calendar The Local Seen ……23 nce again, the last weekend in September brings and many more — and continues to draw musicians to San Diego from all over the country who seek fame and exposure. Photo Page us the the largest, most diverse, free music festival Othat may exist in the world today. At the Adams Fun and family-oriented, there is so much to enjoy at the Avenue Street Fair, located between Bancroft Street and 35th Adams Avenue Street Fair: Three beer gardens, carnival rides, Street in Normal Heights, more than 80 different musical acts a pancake breakfast, and more than 400 food and arts and will take the stage over a two-day period: Saturday, September crafts booths.
    [Show full text]
  • Samantha Fish Homemade Jamz Jarekus Singleton
    Buddy GDamnUYRight... JONNYLANG Q&A SAMANTHA FISH HOMEMADE JAMZ JAREKUS SINGLETON JOHNNY WINTER MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD Reissues Reviewed NUMBER THREE www.bluesmusicmagazine.com US $5.99 Canada $7.99 UK £4.60 Australia A$15.95 COVER PHOTOGRAPHY © JOSH CHEUSE courtesy of RCA RECORDS NUMBER THREE 4 BUDDY GUY Best In Town by Robert Feuer 3 RIFFS & GROOVES From The Editor-In-Chief 8 TOM HAMBRIDGE Producing Buddy Guy 20 DELTA JOURNEYS “Catching Up” by Art Tipaldi 22 AROUND THE WORLD 10 SAMANTHA FISH “Blues Inspiration, Now And Tomorrow” Kansas City Bomber 24 Q&A with Jonny Lang by Vincent Abbate 26 BLUES ALIVE! 13 THE HOMEMADE JAMZ Lonnie Brooks 80th Birthday Bash BLUES BAND Harpin’ For Kid Ramos Benefit It’s A Family Affair 28 REVIEWS by Michael Cala New Releases Box Sets 17 JAREKUS SINGLETON Film Files Trading Hoops For The Blues 62 DOWN THE ROAD by Art Tipaldi 63 SAMPLER 3 64 IN THE NEWS TONY KUTTER © PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY PHONE TOLL-FREE 866-702-7778 E-MAIL [email protected] WEB bluesmusicmagazine.com PUBLISHER: MojoWax Media, Inc. PRESIDENT: Jack Sullivan “As the sun goes down and the shadows fall, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Art Tipaldi on theWestside of Chicago, the blues has come to call.” CUSTOMER SERVICE: Kyle Morris GRAPHIC DESIGN: Andrew Miller Though the temperatures in Memphis during January’s 30th International Blues Challenge were in the 20s with wind chills cutting to below zero, the music on Beale CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David Barrett / Michael Cote / ?omas J. Cullen III Street was hotter then ever. Over 250 bands, solo/duo, and youth acts participated Bill Dahl / Hal Horowitz / Tom Hyslop in this exciting weeklong showcase of the blues in 20 Beale Street clubs.
    [Show full text]
  • Home • About • Archives • Sitemap • Full Width • Gallery • Contact Us • • • Torpedopop Breaking News I've Been
    Brian Wilson: Songwriter, 1962 – 1969 | TorpedoPop | Page 1 of 11 • Home • About • Archives • Sitemap • Full Width • Gallery • Contact us • RSS FEED • MAIL SUBSCRIPTION TorpedoPop Breaking News • I've been listening to the remastered "The Queen Is Dead" this weekend. Sounds great. Nice done and Happy Birthday Johnny Marr! 14 days ago • New review up. The Wrong Words – The Wrong Words http://t.co/p0p8m8n via @ AddToAny 133 days ago • Training 591 days ago http://wenker.se/archives/1507 11/14/2011 Brian Wilson: Songwriter, 1962 – 1969 | TorpedoPop | Page 2 of 11 • News » • Articles » • Reviews » • Torpedo » • Look! Listen! » • Discography • Filmography » Brian Wilson: Songwriter, 1962 – 1969 By Gary Pig Gold On 11/01/2011 At 7:15 Category : Articles , English Tags : beach boys , brian wilson Responses : No Comments 0 Like 16 Share 0 Related Posts • The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions Box Set 08/27/2011 • “The Greatest Rock Movie You’ve Never Seen,” according to Steven Van Zandt 05/07/2010 http://wenker.se/archives/1507 11/14/2011 Brian Wilson: Songwriter, 1962 – 1969 | TorpedoPop | Page 3 of 11 As we all eagerly await our grand new SMiLE boxes, Gary Pig Gold reminds us of….. TEN REASONS WHY “BRIAN WILSON: SONGWRITER, 1962 – 1969 ” SHOULD BE THE LAST BEACH BOYS DOCUMENTARY YOU NEED EVER WATCH 1. Veteran SoCal socio-musical historian Domenic Priore, sitting alongside a tiki totem beneath a strategically placed orange branch, more than ably launches our story over a wealth of Eastmancolor’d freeway and beach footage, drawing, as only he can, that all-important connection from Gidget to Dick Dale all the way to teenage Brian’s Hawthorne, California music room.
    [Show full text]
  • Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: an Analysis Into Graphic Design's
    Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design’s Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres by Vivian Le A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Accounting and Business Information Systems (Honors Scholar) Presented May 29, 2020 Commencement June 2020 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Vivian Le for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Accounting and Business Information Systems presented on May 29, 2020. Title: Visual Metaphors on Album Covers: An Analysis into Graphic Design’s Effectiveness at Conveying Music Genres. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Ryann Reynolds-McIlnay The rise of digital streaming has largely impacted the way the average listener consumes music. Consequentially, while the role of album art has evolved to meet the changes in music technology, it is hard to measure the effect of digital streaming on modern album art. This research seeks to determine whether or not graphic design still plays a role in marketing information about the music, such as its genre, to the consumer. It does so through two studies: 1. A computer visual analysis that measures color dominance of an image, and 2. A mixed-design lab experiment with volunteer participants who attempt to assess the genre of a given album. Findings from the first study show that color scheme models created from album samples cannot be used to predict the genre of an album. Further findings from the second theory show that consumers pay a significant amount of attention to album covers, enough to be able to correctly assess the genre of an album most of the time.
    [Show full text]
  • Sweetland Amphitheatre to Host Steve Earle & the Dukes and Los Lobos Saturday, August 28Th
    Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 2021 Sweetland Amphitheatre to Host Steve Earle & the Dukes and Los Lobos Saturday, August 28th Tickets Available at sweetlandamp.com LaGrange, Ga. August 25, 2021 – Two incredible acts are teaming up for a fantastic night of music at Sweetland Amphitheatre Saturday, August 28th - Steve Earle & the Dukes and Los Lobos. Steve Earle & the Dukes Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protégé of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his debut record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre. Subsequent releases like The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) received consecutive GRAMMY® Awards. Los Lobos The journey of Los Lobos began in 1973, as the band earned their stripes playing revved-up versions of Mexican folk music in restaurants and at parties. The band evolved in the 1980s as it tapped into L.A.’s burgeoning punk and college rock scenes. Early on, Los Lobos enjoyed critical success, winning the Grammy® for Best Mexican-American Performance for “Anselma” from its 1983 EP And a Time to Dance. In 1987 with the release of the Ritchie Valens biopic, La Bamba, the quintet’s cover of Valens’ signature song topped the charts in the U.S.
    [Show full text]