In 1988, LOS LOBOS covered I Wan'na Be Like You for STAY AWAKE
, the 1988 Disney tribute album.Now, more than twenty years later, Los Lobos has recorded an entire album of Disney cover songs! LOS LOBOS GOES DISNEY
was released this past September as an Amazon exclusive before hitting the rest of the world. I'm happy to say that the entire album is full of great music and amazing covers by an amazing band.Today's cover song is the lead track off the disc, Heigh-Ho from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Mexican-America band from East LA gives this tune a dramatic energy that only they could do. Their American Chicano rock style is perfectly represented in this cover and using the horn section instead of whistling is brilliant! Los Lobos is coming up on their forty year anniversary in 2013 and it doesn't look like they're slowing down!
EXTRA: Here is a music video that Disney has released to go along with the album!
3 comments:
How did I miss this news? That just may be the very first studio cover I've heard of Not in Nottingham, one of my favourites!
...not to mention Oo-De-Lally! Not enough artists have covered the Robin hood soundtrack.
The album is great!!! And that coming from someone that really doesn't dig with Los Lobos often... Is just that they treated the songs with so much respect... And I agree with Fongolia that the covers from Robin Hood are the best on the album. For Disney lovers, and GOOD Music lovers, it's a 'must have'.
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