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Los Lobos: A Story of Survival

Mark Rowland, Musician, April 1987

YOU CAN'T say Los Lobos is special just because they've been together thirteen years, or because most of the band has known one another since junior high. You can't call them principled simply because they got together to play Mexican folk music, spent years learning how to play specialized instruments and obscure norteña tunes, then gave it up because they felt their niche was becoming too commercial.

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