Los Lobos, the Grammy-winning East L.A. band, is on tour this summer in support of a brand new studio album. The new release, titled Tin Can Trust will hit streets on August 3, 2010. The band’s summer schedule brings them coast to coast, including a run of select shows with John Hiatt & The Combo. A complete list of currently confirmed dates is included below.
With Tin Can Trust—Los Lobos’ first release for Shout! Factory and first collection of new original material in four years— the venerable quintet once again redefines itself and expands its scope, while never losing sight of where they come from. And, like so much of Los Lobos’ previous work, Tin Can Trust is an album that speaks to the time and place in which it was conceived; the album’s title can be traced back more than a century, but for the band, it’s apt for the rickety state in which so many of us find ourselves—and our world—today.
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 Pérez (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-Pérez 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 norteño “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 Pérez, “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.”
Look for Los Lobos on tour this summer in support of Tin Can Trust. Confirmed tour dates include:
Friday, June 11 Dinuba High School - Dinuba Car Show "Cruise Night" Dinuba CA Sunday, June 27 Saskatchewan Jazz Festival - Bessborough Garden Mainstage Saskatoon SK Tuesday, June 29 Taste of Chicago Chicago IL Friday, July 2 Hop Farm Festival Kent ENGLAND Saturday, July 3 Cavea Auditorium Rome ITALY Sunday, July 4 Latino Americano Milan ITALY Monday, July 5 Castello Udine ITALY Tuesday, July 6 Teatro Communale Brescia ITALY Saturday, July 10 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara CA With Steve Miller Band Sunday, July 11 Greek Theatre Los Angeles CA With Steve Miller Band 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 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 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 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 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 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
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