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The 11 tracks on Tin Can Trust offer the perfect balance of Los Lobos' parts: the band's lineup has remained uninterrupted since 1984, when saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin joined original members Louie Perez (guitar, drums, vocals), David Hidalgo (guitar, violin, accordion, percussion, vocals), Cesar Rosas (guitar, vocals) and Conrad Lozano (bass, vocals), each of whom had been there since the beginning in 1973.
Seven songs on the album are distinguished and genius Hidalgo-Perez collaborations, including the opening track “I'll Burn It Down," which features a guest vocal harmony from blues-rocker Susan Tedeschi. Three others were written in whole or in part by Rosas--including the album's two Spanish-language numbers: the cumbia “Yo Canto" and the norteo “Mujer Ingrata"--and display Los Lobos' signature seamless infusion of Mexican folk songs into rock music. Also included in Tin Can Trust--a cover of the Grateful Dead's “West L.A. Fadeaway"-- offering a nod to the bands' shared history that extends back into the 1980s when the Angelenos befriended and opened shows for their northern peers.
As with every new recording Los Lobos makes, Tin Can Trust moves Los Lobos into yet another new dimension while simultaneously sounding like no one else in the world but Los Lobos. Los Lobos' unified vision and strong work ethic are evident throughout the self-produced album, but so is something even greater: “an intuitiveness," says Los Lobos songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Louie Perez, “that happens only from being in a band for so long." As Rolling Stone once wrote, “This is what happens when five guys create a magical sound, then stick together for 30 years to see how far it can take them."
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Los Lobos Tour Dates:
Wednesday, July 14--Thursday, July 15 Minnesota Zoo--Weesner Amphitheatre Apple Valley MN
Friday, July 16 Sioux Falls Jazz Fest Sioux Falls SD
Saturday, July 17 Grand Targhee Resort Alta WY
Friday, July 23 Door Community Auditorium Fish Creek WI
Saturday, July 24 Hillside Festival Guelph ONT
Friday, July 30 Tropicana Field St. Petersburg FL
Saturday, July 31 Music on the Green Festival New Haven CT
Tuesday, August 3 Bowery Ballroom New York NY Record Release show
Wednesday, August 4 Clayton Opera House Clayton NY
Thursday, August 5 Thursday At The Square Buffalo NY
Friday, August 6 Flood City Music Festival Johnstown PA
Saturday, August 7 North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh NC
Sunday, August 8 Birchmere Alexandria VA
Monday, August 9 Ram's Head On Stage Annapolis MD
Thursday, August 12 Sandia Amphitheatre Albuquerque NM with John Hiatt & The Combo
Friday, August 13 Arvada Center Arvada CO with John Hiatt & The Combo
Saturday, August 14 Chautauqua Auditorium Boulder CO with John Hiatt & The Combo
Friday, August 20 Visalia Fox Theater Visalia CA
Saturday, August 21 Rodney Strong Winery Healdsburg CA with John Hiatt & The Combo
Sunday, August 22 Mountain Winery Saratoga CA with John Hiatt & The Combo
Saturday, August 28 Eagle River Pavilion Eagle ID with John Hiatt & The Combo
Sunday, August 29 Evergreen State Fair Monroe WA
Monday, August 30 PNE Centre Vancouver BC with John Hiatt & The Combo
Wednesday, September 1 Winspear Centre For Music Edmonton ALB with John Hiatt & The Combo
Thursday, September 2 Jack Singer Auditorium Calgary ALB with John Hiatt & The Combo
Friday, September 3 Casino Regina Show Lounge Regina Sask. with John Hiatt & The Combo
Saturday, September 25 Plaza Guadalupe San Antonio TX
Friday, October 8 Folly Theater Kansas City MO
Wednesday, October 13 University of California--Davis Davis CA
Sunday, October 17--Sunday, October 24 Rhythm & Blues Cruise San Diego CA
Friday, December 3 One World Theatre Austin TX
