Episode 1236 - David Hidalgo

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

David Hidalgo has been making music and touring the world with his bandmates in Los Lobos for almost 50 years. From their start playing in schools, in restaurants and at weddings to their crossover into the LA music scene, David tells Marc how Los Lobos became a quintessential American rock band, with influences and techniques as diverse as Los Angeles itself. They also talk about the new Los Lobos album, Native Sons, which pays tribute to other LA-based artists. Plus, Tom Scharpling stops by so you can get to know him better.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you, what the fuckers, what the fuck buddies, what the fuck nicks, what the fuck
0:16.0	tuplets, if there are any out there, how are you?
0:19.5	What's happening?
0:20.8	Everybody okay?
0:21.8	Are we good?
0:23.4	I talked to David Hidalgo from Los Lobos.
0:27.5	Yes.
0:28.5	Now, the weird thing about me and Los Lobos is that, you know like, look, with any band,
0:34.0	I know the albums I know, and then I listen to a few new albums, but going back into the
0:38.7	Los Lobos catalog, I start to realize, holy fuck, this is probably one of the best bands
0:44.3	that ever lived.
0:45.6	This band makes most other bands look like fucking novelty acts.
0:50.5	These guys are hardcore pros, paying their dues on the wedding circuit and dance club
0:58.4	sort of Latino dance club circuit, Mexican music, Mexican folk music, Mexican dance music,
1:05.6	doing the weddings.
1:06.7	That was like their hamburger for the Beatles, was the, you know, playing these events.
1:11.9	And man, there is no band that's tighter and looser simultaneously than Los Lobos.
1:17.0	No band understands each other in such a fluid and connected way, can create so much space.
1:24.4	Such a beautiful goddamn sound of true American music.
1:30.0	I guess people compare them to the band because the band was one of the first kind of consciously
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