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In four pages this paper presents an overview of the Chicano musical band Los Lobos that includes background history, past and present compositions, and their links with the United States and Latin America. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography.
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File: TG15_TGloslobos.rtf
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refers to the Chicano movement that commenced in America about thirty years ago, but its roots go far deeper (Chavez 1). In the 19th century as a consequence of
the 1846 to 1848 Mexican-American War, all people living in the Mexican lands that became part of the United States automatically received US citizenship (Chavez 1). However, this inclusion
according to David G. Guti?rrez, author of Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, resulted in a "Mexican-American dilemma" (Chavez 1-2). These people may have been granted the citizenship
status of the Caucasian American majority, but were still not granted equal rights because of their ethnicity and differences from the societal mainstream (Chavez 2). Like other ethnic groups,
they were relegated into segregated communities throughout the United States that developed their own unique cultural identities. This is particularly evident in the popular Latin American musical forms that
emerged in the US. Those individuals who hailed from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba pioneered merengue and salsa "tropical rhythms" that often fused with American pop while
the Mexicans or Chicanos preferred m?sica norte? or Tex Mex rancheras (Manuel 109-110). By the 1970s, the Chicanos of East Los Angeles began celebrating their cultures and communities in song
with the Chicano variations of Woodstock festivals being staged throughout the area (Garofalo 277). It was in this musically charged environment that four high school buddies - David Hidalgo,
Louis Perez Jr., Cesar Rosas, and Conrad Lozano - decided to form their own band in 1973. All Mexican Americans, they were influenced more by the popular songs of
the times than they were in their musical heritage. According to drummer Perez, "We didnt want to hear that when we grew up... We wanted to hear James Brown"
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