"NEWEST'" Favorite album

"Tin Can Trust", from Los Lobos - IMHO, their best in many years.

Gasm, thanks for the heads up on Mitch Easter. I had no idea he was still at it. It's also good to see enthusiasm for Gabriel's latest. I'll have to check that one out, too.

Marty

Quick heads up to "Kiko" fans: Tin Can Trust is a much more traditional Lobos record than Kiko. "Trust" mixes 1 part electric blues + 1 part Mexican folk + a heavy dash of David Hidalgo's guitar. I love "Kiko", but it's kind of a Lobos outlier. In a way, "Tin Can Trust" feels more like a companion piece to Petty's "Mojo". Both are steeped in the sounds and of the late '60's and both seem (IMHO) to capture the "mojo" of that time.

Marty

Exocet, if you don't already have it, you might want to chase down "Two Letter Words". It's less well known than some other RT live recordings because it was (IIRC) originally exclusively available thru his website. I've got lots of RT's live albums going way, way back and each has its own charms, but - overall - this is my favorite.

Marty