• Live,  Roots Rock

    Los Lobos: Live at the Furthur Festival, 1996

    The first time I saw Los Lobos live was August 4th, 1996 as part of the Furthur Festival, launched by Bob Weir and Mickey Hart (two surviving members of the Grateful Dead) the year after Jerry Garcia’s passing. Along for…

  • Roots Rock

    New Deer Tick – “Miss K”

    It’s brand new. It’s catchy. I can dance to it. And it’s DEER TICK! come on miss kwrap your lovin arms around metalk dirtyturn me onlet’s get goin “Miss K” is the newly released first single from Deer Tick’s forthcoming…

  • Live,  Local

    Los Lobos returning to Arizona on May 5th

    Last summer, thanks to the passing of Arizona’s anti-immigration bill SB1070, many artists made the decision to boycott the state. One of my very favorite bands, Los Lobos, was one of those who decided to say no to Arizona. They…

  • Los Lobos in a car
    Live

    Two Times One Night: Los Lobos at the Compound Grill

    Los Lobos delivered as expected last night at the Compound Grill in Scottsdale. The wife was a great sport, and powered through two full shows with me – an 8pm dinner show and a 11pm late show. Friends Jen and…

  • Nudges

    A Nudge in the Right Direction

    Happy New Year, folks. I’ll get into the groove of posting some tasty tunes soon, but for now, here’s a few nudges and news nuggets to keep you occupied. Oh, Twitter. I decided to join up and blast out random…

  • Live,  Local

    Live Los Lobos

    You know, this blog will turn four years old this year, and it turns out I’ve never graced the pages with live Los Lobos before. Huh? That’s just wrong. Here’s a great soundboard show from last year’s Edmonton Blues Festival.…

  • Jam

    This Land Is Your Land – Vintage Dead and Lobos

    Jumpin’ back to 1989, here’s Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir singing “This Land is Your Land” with the boys from a band I get more and more obsessed with by the day: David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, and Steve Berlin from…