The pride of East L.A. – Los Lobos – have announced details about their first new album since 2006 called Tin Can Trust. TCT hits online and physical retailers on August 3 and includes a cover of the Grateful Dead’s West L.A. Fadeaway along with seven David Hidalgo-Louie Pérez collaborations. Susan Tedeschi even gets in on the action, guesting on the opening track.
Los Lobos started covering West L.A. in 2009 and the group’s connection with the song goes way back to July 31, 1988 when Hidalgo sat in on West L.A. with the Dead at Laguna Seca. You can stream a SBD recording of that show on the Live Music Archive.
Here’s one last look at what we missed this week…
- Another six-pack of Dead tunes comes to Rock Band
- CoS talks shop with the founder of the Nateva Festival
- The Fela Kuti reissues program sounds fucking sick
- John Legend and The Roots prep an all-covers album
- The Motet will tackle Earth, Wind & Fire for Halloween
- Roger Hodgson lists songs that Supertramp can’t play
Finally, Medeski Martin & Wood will webcast a master class and live studio performance on June 9 and 10 at 7PM through Nevessa Production’s website. On June 9th, the trio will play Radiolarians material as well as a fully-improvised set. On June 10th, the band will present a master class entitled Form and Improvisation. For $24.95 you’ll be able to watch both webcasts as they happen as well as watch the video on demand for 30 days.