- Latin Playboys
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Name = Latin Playboys
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Origin =United States
Genre =Blues ,Experimental rock ,Tex-Mex ,Neo-Psychedelia
Years_active = 1994–1999
Label = Slash,Warner Bros. Records , Atlantic
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Past_members =David Hidalgo Louie Pérez Mitchell Froom Tchad Blake Latin Playboys is a musical group comprising
David Hidalgo ,Louie Pérez ,Mitchell Froom andTchad Blake , active in the 1990s.History
The band began with a series of
demo recordings made by Hidaldo on a homecassette tape 4-track machine. The demos were intended for Hidalgo's main group,Los Lobos , but producer/keyboardist Froom thought the demos were interesting enough on their own to justify a new band. With Los Lobos member Pérez, and Froom's frequent production partner Blake, Latin Playboys was formed.The group released two albums, "Latin Playboys", in 1994, and "Dose", in 1999. The songs "Manifold de Amour" and "Forever Night Shade Mary," both from the 1994 self-titled debut album, are featured on the soundtrack album for the 1995 film "Desperado".
Critic Richie Unterberger described their music as "a twisted and avant-garde take on roots music. Latin Playboys draw from
blues , border music, experimental studio trickery, and cinematic sound textures." [ [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=LATIN|PLAYBOYS&sql=11:jxfuxqqgldke Latin Playboys] ,Allmusic , accessed 2007-08-13]Discography
Albums
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1994 Latin Playboys (Self Title)Track listing:
# Viva La Raza
# Ten Believers
# Chinese Surprize (in film Desperado)
# Mira!
# Manifold De Amour (in film Desperado)
# New Zandu
# Rudy's Party
# If
# Same Brown Earth
# Lagoon
# Gone
# Crayon Sun
# Pink Steps
# Forever Night Shade Mary (in film Desperado)*
1999 Latin Playboys (Dose)Track listing:
# Fiesta Erotica 3:09
# Cuca's Blues 3:14
# Ironsides 1:46 (in film Desperado)
# Mustard 3:28
# Nubian Priestess 1:59
# Dose 2:33
# Latin Trip 2:58
# Tomenta Blvd. 2:08
# Lemon 'N Ice 3:50
# Locoman (LP Version) 2:48
# Toro (LP Version) 0:38
# Palatero (LP Version) 3:13
# Paula Y Fred (LP Version)References
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