Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers:

@bdp24:

"And Los Lobos: Also in the mid-80’s I went to see Peter Case’s pre-solo career group The Plimsouls at a tiny "club" on Ventura Blvd. named The Garage (it was an actual garage, a converted car repair shop). My gal and I got there in time to hear the opening act---whose name was unfamiliar to me---start their set. As soon as they did. she and I looked at each other in utter disbelief, our mouths agape. They were INCREDIBLE! It was of course Los Lobos, of whom I became an instant fan"


I saw Los Lobos on their "Will the Wolf Survive" tour at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. What particularly shocked me was what great Blues players Rosas and Hidalgo were. 

That's Brunswick, Maine... down the road from Freeport. 

CCR. Van Morrison. Fleetwood Mac.

stuartk

nice mention on "Will The Wolf Survive?"

Happy Listening!

Brunswick is the only town I know of named after a bowling ball.

Petty wrote amazing simple songs that just worked and the Heartbreakers were great. But best band? As Zappa said (about guitar players, but still...), "It's not a pushup contest." I was and still am a The Band fan, and when they were past their prime I (and lots of fellow musicians I knew in the 70s) sort of transferred my "fave" label to Little Feat as a live act for sure, as Lowell George was astonishing as an all around singer-producer-guitar player...Steely Dan were amazing but they toured rarely back then, and sort of weren't a band per se after a few albums...Los Lobos kill me, and certainly deserve props as a great American band.