Perez,Louie Joyride: Friends Take The Wheel CD

Louie P?rez 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, P?rez has written more than four hundred songs. "Joyride" journeys through 17 of those songs, as well as 21 spoken-word presentations of Louie's original poems and stories, uniquely recorded by fans and friends of Louie's "on phones, on porches in the rain, in the studio, whatever." Musicians include Hidalgo, Mitchell Froom, Vonda Shepard, John Doe, Jackie Greene, Rick Trevi?o, Doyle Bramhall II, Syd Straw, Los Texmaniacs' Max Baca and Josh Baca, and such literary stars such as Poets Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez and Grant Hier, novelists Lu?s Alberto Urrea and George Saunders, actors Rose Portillo and Ser Anzoategui. The result is an instant classic of authentic Americana. Double-CD set. Proceeds benefit Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore, and the CD complements Louie's new book of poems and stories entitled "Good Morning, Aztln." Jump in! It's a fun ride.

1. Intro - Guy Vickers 2. The Road to Gila Bend (Music) Feat. David Hidalgo 3. The Road to Gila Bend (Spoken) Feat. Luis Alberto Urrea 4. Wake Up Dolores (Spoken) Feat. Laura Andrade Padilla Dent 5. Same Brown Earth (Spoken) Feat. Grant Hier 6. Be Still (Music) Feat. Quetzal 7. The Valley (Spoken) Feat. Luis Alberto Urrea 8. Lagoon (Spoken) Feat. Luis Torres 9. Song of the Sun (Music) Feat. Doyle Bramhall II 10. Tony and Maria (Spoken) Feat. Luis Alberto Urrea 11. The Hardest Time (Spoken) Feat. George Saunders 12. Made to Break Your Heart (Music) Feat. Syd Straw, Donald Edgar Piper, Hahn Rowe, and Michel Delory 13. Reva's House (Spoken) Feat. Eileen Galindo 14. La Venganza de los Pelados (Music) Feat. Making Movies 15. Margie's Heart (Spoken) Feat. Rose Portillo 16. La Pistola y El Coraz?n (Music) Feat. Josh Baca and Max Baca 17. Ironsides (Spoken) Feat. Ser Anzoategui 18. Rudy's Party (Spoken) Feat. Herbert Sig?enza 19. Luna (Music) Feat. Cambalache 20. Good Morning, Aztl?n (Spoken) Feat. Luis J. Rodriguez 21. The Purple Moon (Spoken) Feat. Grant Hier 22. Forever Nightshade Mary (Music) Feat. Wesley Stace 23. Crayon Sun (Spoken) Feat. Luis Torres 24. Chinese Surprise (Music) Feat. Vonda Shepard and Mitchell Froom 25. Paletero (Spoken) Feat. Ser Anzoategui 26. If (Music) Feat. Mitchell Froom 27. Mustard (Music) Feat. Edward David Anderson 28. 27 Spanishes (Spoken) Feat. Diane Rodriguez 29. Holy Hell (Spoken) Feat. Ginger McBride 30. The Circus Comes to Town (Spoken) Feat. George Saunders 31. Two Janes (Spoken) Feat. Diane Rodriguez 32. If You Were Only Here Tonight (Music) Feat. John Doe 33. Don't Disappear (Spoken) Feat. Ric Salinas 34. Short Side of Nothing (Music) Feat. LP III and Ruby Rosas 35. In 1964 (Spoken) Richard Montoya 36. Father (Spoken) Feat. Luis J. Rodriguez 37. Saint Behind the Glass (Music) Althea Grace 38. Viking (Spoken) Feat. David Greenberger 39. Little Things (Music) Feat. Jackie Greene 40. Cuca's Blues (Spoken) Feat. Rose Portillo 41. The Long Goodbye (Music) Feat. Rick Trevi?o 42. Angels with Dirty Faces (Spoken) Feat. Grant Hier 43. One Time One Night (Spoken) Feat. Luis J. Rodriguez 44. Will the Wolf Survive? (Spoken) Feat. Luis Torres 45. Gates of Gold (Music) Feat. John McCauley 46. A Matter of Time (Music) Feat. David Hidalgo 47. Outro: Part 1. End Credits By Guy Vickers - Part 2. a Matter of Time: A Very Personal Remembrance- By Mary P?rez