Description
Louie Perez is a master musician and innovative visual artist who has spent the last forty years as founding member and principal songwriter for the internationally acclaimed group Los Lobos. Working with his songwriting partner, David Hidalgo, Perez has written more than four hundred songs. Many of those songs, along with previously unpublished poems and short stories as well as paintings, sketches, and photos, are collected in this deeply personal, yet universally appealing volume. The book also features essays by musicians, artists and scholars who artfully dissect the significance of Perez' work. Good Morning, Aztlan is, without question, a different kind of memoir.
About the Author
Louie Perez is an American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist for the multiple Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos. Perez songs have been showcased on every Los Lobos recording, beginning with And A Time To Dance and continuing through the band's most recent album, Gates of Gold. Perez also co-wrote songs with his writing partner David Hidalgo for two critically praised albums by Latin Playboys. In addition, Perez wrote songs for Tony Kushner's 1994 adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan at the La Jolla Playhouse in California. He co-wrote the book for About Productions' play Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe which premiered at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles.Many recording artists, including Waylon Jennings, Jerry Garcia, and Robert Plant, have covered Perez's songs. His prose work has been published in a number of periodicals, including the Los Angeles Times Magazine, LA Weekly and the New York arts journal BOMB. As a visual artist, he has exhibited his paintings and sculpture in many prominent galleries and museums in Los Angeles and New York.
Reviews
I've been blessed to watch Louie Perez evolve from a beginning songwriter who mimicked the traditional yet inspirational lyrics of American rhythm & blues and Mexican corridos into a damn good 'serious' songwriter whose best work stands equal to that of those two master songwriters of spiritual exploration Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan."" - Dave Alvin of the Blasters
Book Information
ISBN 9781882688579
Author Louie Perez
Format Paperback
Page Count 170
Imprint Tia Chucha Press
Publisher Tia Chucha Press
Weight(grams) 520g
About the Author
Louie Perez is an American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist for the multiple Grammy Award-winning band Los Lobos. Perez songs have been showcased on every Los Lobos recording, beginning with And A Time To Dance and continuing through the band's most recent album, Gates of Gold. Perez also co-wrote songs with his writing partner David Hidalgo for two critically praised albums by Latin Playboys. In addition, Perez wrote songs for Tony Kushner's 1994 adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan at the La Jolla Playhouse in California. He co-wrote the book for About Productions' play Evangeline, the Queen of Make Believe which premiered at the Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles.Many recording artists, including Waylon Jennings, Jerry Garcia, and Robert Plant, have covered Perez's songs. His prose work has been published in a number of periodicals, including the Los Angeles Times Magazine, LA Weekly and the New York arts journal BOMB. As a visual artist, he has exhibited his paintings and sculpture in many prominent galleries and museums in Los Angeles and New York.
Reviews
I've been blessed to watch Louie Perez evolve from a beginning songwriter who mimicked the traditional yet inspirational lyrics of American rhythm & blues and Mexican corridos into a damn good 'serious' songwriter whose best work stands equal to that of those two master songwriters of spiritual exploration Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan."" - Dave Alvin of the Blasters
Book Information
ISBN 9781882688579
Author Louie Perez
Format Paperback
Page Count 170
Imprint Tia Chucha Press
Publisher Tia Chucha Press
Weight(grams) 520g
