Los Lobos - Tributos

It seems that if you want to put together a tribute album, you should have Los Lobos on speed dial. 

This is a collection of songs the band Los Lobos has recorded for 15 different tribute albums over the years, ranging from a Disney movie tribute in 1988 to a Latin-flavored Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute in 2016. And truth be told, there may be other tribute albums out there that the band has contributed to that I haven't yet come across.

Below is a track list of songs, including the tribute album they come from:

1. Bootleg - Quiero Creedence (2016)
2. And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down - Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm (2009).
3. A Man of Somebody's Dreams - A Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Caffney (2010)
4. The Fat Man - Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (2007)
5. Pawn Shop - Look at All The Love We Found: Tribute to Sublime (2005)
6. Sleeping on the Sidewalk – Killer Queen – A Tribute to Queen (2005)
7. Never Take the Place of You - The Q People: A Tribute to NRBQ (2004)
8. Johnny 99 - Badlands - A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (2000)
9. Are You Experienced? – Searching for Jimi Hendrix (1999)
10. Midnight Shift - Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) (1996)
11. Lonely Avenue - Till the Night Is Gone - A Tribute to Doc Pomus (1995)
12. Down Where the Drunkards Roll - Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson (1994)
13. Alone in the Crowd - I Only Wrote This Song for You - A Tribute to Johnny Thunders (1994)
14. Bertha - Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1991)
15. I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song) - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988)

What might strike you off the bat is the variety -- Fats Domino to Sublime, Queen to Grateful Dead. But after each song is put through the Los Lobos blender, they come out sounding as if the band itself wrote these. Each track manages to be respectful of the original recording, and true to the band's own unique sound.

In the end, this is a great collection of interpretations—and it really doesn't even scratch the surface. Los Lobos has also contributed cover songs to several soundtrack albums and even put out Ride This—The Covers EP, a CD of seven cover tunes. If you like this collection, there's plenty more where this came from.

For a cover, I took the artwork that was used for a Los Lobos tribute beer from Garage Project Brewery and altered it a bit.