History
Los Lobos released an independent LP in 1978 and an EP in 1983. Their first major-label, critically acclaimed release was 1984's T-Bone Burnett-produced How Will the Wolf Survive? In 1986, members of Los Lobos appeared alongside Tomata du Plenty in the punk rock musical Population: 1. In 1987, they released a second album 
entitled By the Light of the Moon. In the same year, they recorded some Ritchie Valens covers for the soundtrack to the film La Bamba, including the title track which became a number one single for the band. In 1988 they followed with another album, titled La Pistola y El Corazón and featuring original and traditional Mexican songs, which sold poorly.
The band's first noteworthy public appearance occurred in 1980 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles when they were hired by David Ferguson and CD Presents to open for Public Image Ltd. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the band toured extensively throughout the world, opening for such acts as Bob Dylan, U2 and the Grateful Dead.
Los Lobos returned with The Neighborhood in 1990, and the creative and wildly experimental Kiko (produced by Mitchell Froom) in 1992. In 1991, the band contributed a lively cover of Bertha , a song which they often performed live, to the Grateful Dead tribute/rain forest benefit album Deadicated. In 1994 they also contributed a track, Down Where the Drunkards Roll, to the Richard Thompson tribute album Beat the Retreat.
In 1995, Los Lobos released the prestigious and bestselling record Papa's Dream on Music for Little People Records along with veteran guitarist and singer Lalo Guerrero. The band also scored the film Desperado. The album track "Mariachi Suite" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, and stands as their last Grammy Award to date (the other two Grammy Awards were in the category of Best Mexican-American Performance in 1983 and 1989 for the song Anselma and the album La Pistola y El Corazon.
Los Lobos signed to Hollywood Records in 1999, and released This Time. Hollywood also reissued 1977's Del Este de Los Angeles. In 2000, Rhino/Warner Archives released the Cancionero: Mas y Mas boxed set.
In 2002, the band released their Mammoth Records debut, Good Morning Aztlan; they released The Ride in 2004. The Ride featured artists such as Tom Waits, Mavis Staples, Bobby Womack and Elvis Costello covering Los Lobos music along with the band.
Los Lobos released its first full-length live-show DVD Live at¨the Fillmore in 2004. The DVD captures the band's act over a two-day period in July at the famed San Francisco venue.
In 2007 the group performed the song Billy 1, Bob Dylan's cover from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid album, recorded in I'm Not There soundtrack.
One of the group's albums is an album of Disney movie covers released in September 2009 on Disney Sound. Their latest Hollywood Records release is "The Town and The City". The epic "The Town and The City" is told in the first-person, with each song serving as an episodic step.
Los Lobos were the scheduled closing act for the 2009 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival.
Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo were featured artists in the Experience Hendrix Tour in 2010.
Members
Louie Pérez -Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Jarana huasteca
Cesar Rosas -Vocals, Guitar, Bajo SextoConrad Lozano -Vocals, Bass, Guitarron
Steve Berlin -Keyboards, Horns
Discography
Albums
Just Another Band From East L.A. (As Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles), 1978 (LP), reissued on CD in 2000
How Will the Wolf Survive?, 1984
By the Light of the Moon, 1987
La Pistola y El Corazón, 1988
The Neighborhood, 1990
Kiko, 1992
Music for Papa's Dream, 1995
Colossal Head, 1996
This Time, 1999
Good Morning Aztlán, 2002
The Ride, 2004
Ride This - The Covers EP, 2004
Live at the Fillmore, 2005
Acoustic En Vivo, 2005
The Town and the City, 2006
Los Lobos Goes Disney, 2009
Tin Can Trust, 2010
Compilations
Just Another Band From East L.A. - A Collection, 1993
Wolf Tracks - Best of Los Lobos, 2006
[edit] Soundtrack and compilation appearances
- Eating Raoul [Original Soundtrack], 1982 - US 2 tracks,
- La Bamba [Original Soundtrack], 1987 - US 2xPlatinum, numerous tracks, including "La Bamba", "C'mon Let's Go" and 6 others
- Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films, 1988 - "I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)"
- Bull Durham, 1988 - "I Got Loaded."
- Desperado: The Soundtrack, 1995 (primary score composer and performer)
- The Sopranos: Music from the HBO Original Series, 1999 - "Viking"
- Live at the World Café - Volume 9, 1999 - "This Time"
- Look at All the Love We Found (Sublime Tribute Album), 2005 - "Pawn Shop"
- Nacho Libre, 2006 "Saints Behind The Glass"
DVD
- Live at the Fillmore, 2004
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Main | US | US Country | US Mod | US Latin | US AC | CAN | CAN AC | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | "Under the Boardwalk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | |||||||||
| "Farmer John" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1983 | "Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ...and a Time to Dance | |||||||||
| 1984 | "Let's Say Goodnight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Don't Worry Baby" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | How Will the Wolf Survive? | ||||||||||
| "Will the Wolf Survive?" | 26 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1987 | "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes" | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | By the Light of the Moon | |||||||||
| "Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "Come On, Let's Go" | 33 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | La Bamba (soundtrack) | ||||||||||
| "La Bamba" | 11 | 1 | 57 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | "One Time, One Night" | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | By the Light of the Moon | |||||||||
| 1990 | "Down on the Riverbed" | 33 | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | The Neighborhood | |||||||||
| 1991 | "Bertha" | 37 | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead | |||||||||
| 1992 | "Bella Maria de Mi Alma" | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | Just Another Band from East LA: A Collection | |||||||||
| "Reva's House" | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | Kiko | ||||||||||
| "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
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