Los Lobos Played performed in the newly renovated Genesee Theater in Waukegan last night.
What another fantastic performance from the best, innovative, and underrated band in music today. Los Lobos has the courage to push the edge of the envelope in music and the skills to constantly pull it off.
The show opened with Will the Wolf Survive and never slowed down after that. The crowd was subdued in the beginning as many appeared to be there out of curiosity, but by mid show nobody was sitting. They even pulled out a medley rendition of their most famous and top selling La Bamba.
Toward the latter part of the show, Cesar Rosas told the non-capacity crowd that CDs were available in the lobby of the theater. "Yes my friends, it has come to this..." he joked to roars of laughter. Sadly the size of the venue and crowd combined with a fantastic show reveals the unfortunate reality of the statement.
100 years from now, musical historians and young kids looking for great music will wonder why they weren't the top selling band of their time.
After the show Los Lobos hung out in the lobby and signed those CDs, shirts, etc. and my son and I were able to talk with them and wish them greater and well deserved success.
