Los Lobos is a
Mexican-American rock band from East Los Angeles, California, USA, heavily influenced by
rock and roll,
Tex-Mex,
country music,
folk,
blues, and traditional
Spanish /
Mexican music such as
boleros and
norteño. Vocalist/guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Pérez met at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, and bonded over their mutual affinity for obscure musical acts such as Fairport Convention,
Randy Newman and
Ry Cooder. Pérez recalls, "We’re looking at each other, 'You like this stuff? I thought I was the only weird one.' So I went over to h…
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