David Hidalgo
David Hidalgo
David Kent Hidalgois an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. He is also a member of the supergroup Los Super Seven and of the Latin Playboys, a side project made up of some of the members of Los Lobos. With Mike Halby of Canned Heat, he formed another band, Houndog, as a side project. He also appeared on national television in the U.S., backing Tom Waits...
understand
It was the climate, and that's what we wanted to do, ... only when they didn't want us to understand what they were saying.
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I knew how to get hold of Lalo, ... and Willie G, who used to be with the Midnighters - I gave Ry the numbers, and it worked out great, because Willie ended up writing a lot of the numbers with Ry, and singing a lot of it. And I played a little rhythm guitar on it, but not much.
age appeal certain ethnic everybody grew group music
We thought it was mainstream, ... We said, do it mainstream. We're American. We grew up here with everybody else. We thought the music would appeal to everyone, not just a certain ethnic group or age group. We thought it was universal.
comparable
To find something comparable to that, but in our own culture, that was refreshing.
draw forgotten
We haven't forgotten that, ... It's something we draw from always.