LOS CENZONTLES ( the mockingbirds)
Collaboration with David Hidalgo & Taj Mahal
Los Cenzontles is a group of Mexican American musicians blending Mexican folk roots with other genres.
1: 4:33 mid tempo, gravelly throated male vocal, in Spanish, tuba, female chorus
2: 3:40 mid tempo, cool simple percussion, male vocal, in Spanish
****3: 3:37 mid tempo low down Blues, male vocal, in Spanish, fem chorus. long slow fade
at end.
4: 4:43 mid to fast, male vocal, in Spanish, fem chorus strummed strings
****5: 2:13 spoken word in Spanish & English, about looking for work, very cool bluesy background
6: 3:58 slow, picked strings, male vocal in Spanish.
7: 3:21 mid to faster blues tinged rock number about overtime work
***8: 4:08 faster cool dance number, male & female vocals
****9: 5:18 honky tonk Blues, Taj Mahal vocal in English
***10: 4:43 bluesy rock number, vocals in English
****11: 2:35 mid to faster very nice female vocals, banjo
12: 6:52 slow female vocal in Spanish
**13: 3:36 mid to faster female vocal in Spanish
****14: 6:44 tuba, mid tempo, female vocal in Spanish, tuba at 3:00 picks up the pace,
then slower, big time tuba & e guitar rock jam.
15: 2:06 fast spoken word in Spanish over cool mellow rock soundbed. D  Farrell 12/2009