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We really felt the love on Saturday night as we rang in 2023 and the start of our 50th anniversary year; receiving this one-of-kind gift was icing on the cake. Thank you to our community of Lobos friends and supporters! The gift – a custom book featuring photos of the band over their career – was hand painted and crafted from an actual accordion by Santa Cruz artists Peter and Donna Thomas, spearheaded by John Leopold and Jon Luini and supported by a small group of friends and fans.

“Over the years we have met and made so many great relationships with the band and the family who loves Los Lobos. For the beginning of their 50th year, we joined together to give them a special gift to show our love for all the great times that the band has given us all” shared John Leopold (Managing Director @ Arhoolie Foundation)

What perfect timing for Fender to be releasing a replica of Jerry Garcia’s legendary “alligator” Strat guitar! The guys were lucky enough lucky enough to spend some time with the original backstage at The Greek this weekend with Tedeschi Trucks Band. See it in all of its glory, and hear some clips of Dave and Susan playing!

We’re pumped to be performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow night at 11:35/10:35c PM! Tune in to watch us, Al Franken, Bob Odenkirk and Rep. Katie Porter – it’s going to be a great show.

30 for 30: 30 days of celebration for 30 years of ‘Kiko’!

Three decades have passed since the release of Los Lobos’ sixth record, and it still remains one of the most celebrated albums in their catalog. For an album so monumental and so loved, we have to do something big to celebrate!

Over the next 30 days, we will be spotlighting the record, sharing something every day. We’ll be featuring clips of each song, archival band interviews, and more — and we want you to join us!

We want to hear how this album has been part of your lives: share you stories & memories, favorite songs and live performances, or go all out and recreate that iconic album cover (who has a yellow chair!?). The entire Lobos fan community is part of the history of this music and we want you to be part of this milestone.

Watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyRna1bDAX8

We are incredibly honored, humbled and excited to win “Best Americana Album” at the 64th Grammy Awards among an incredible group of fellow nominees!. Steve upon accepting the band’s 4th Grammy award in its storied career:

“The concept of this record was gratitude. It was a thank you to the city that we started in and the artists and records that inspired us to try and make a living out of this. I think it’s an important concept and I just want to thank everybody who had anything to do with our career. Next year will be 50 years – it’s amazing to think about and these things never get old, so thank you.”

This makes the 4th for the band, following 1984’s Best Mexican-American Performance for “Anselma”, 1990’s Best Mexican-American Performance for “La Pistol y El Corazon”, and 1996’s Best Pop Instrumental Performance for “Mariachi Suite”, from Papa’s Dream.

Read the OC Register article and watch Steve’s acceptance speech.