[Always mindful of their cultural history, Los Lobos jumped at the chance to record there, particularly since San Francisco, like their native Los Angeles, supports a sizeable Chicano (Mexican-American) populace.] Well, it’s more of a...

I knew how to get hold of Lalo, … and Willie G, who used to be with the Midnighters – I gave Ry the numbers, and it worked out great, because Willie ended up writing...

It was the climate, and that’s what we wanted to do, … only when they didn’t want us to understand what they were saying.

It was kind of tongue-in-cheek, a goof-off to surprise our parents, … But we couldn’t play it. It became a challenge. You could compare it to country blues, or bluegrass – there’s a tradition of...

To find something comparable to that, but in our own culture, that was refreshing.

We thought it was mainstream, … We said, do it mainstream. We’re American. We grew up here with everybody else. We thought the music would appeal to everyone, not just a certain ethnic group or...

We haven’t forgotten that, … It’s something we draw from always.