The Neighborhood (album)
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The Neighborhood is the eighth album by the American rock group Los Lobos
Los Lobos
Los Lobos are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños.-History:The...

. Released in 1990. Contains contributions from among others Levon Helm
Levon Helm
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....

 and John Hiatt
John Hiatt
John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...

.
Peaked at # 103 at the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 in September of 1990.

Track listing

All songs written by David K. Hidalgo and Louie F. Pérez, Jr., except where noted.
  1. "Down on the Riverbed" – 4:05
  2. "Emily" – 3:49
  3. "I Walk Alone" – 3:00
  4. "Angel Dance" – 3:13
  5. "Little John of God" – 2:19
  6. "Deep Dark Hole" – 2:24
  7. "Georgia Slop" (Jimmy McCracklin
    Jimmy McCracklin
    Jimmy McCracklin is an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. His style contains West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career that has spanned seven decades, he says he has written almost a thousand songs and has recorded hundreds of them...

    ) – 2:45
  8. "I Can't Understand" (Cesar J.Rosas; Willie Dixon
    Willie Dixon
    William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...

    ) – 4:00
  9. "The Giving Tree" – 3:07
  10. "Take My Hand" – 4:45
  11. "Jenny's Got a Pony" – 4:03
  12. "Be Still" - 3:34
  13. "The Neighborhood" – 4:07

Personnel

  • David K. Hidalgo
    David Hidalgo
    David Hidalgo is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Los Lobos. He is also a member of the supergroup Los Super Seven and of the Latin Playboys, a side project band made up of some of the members of Los Lobos...

     - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, 6-string bass, tiple, accordion, bajo sexto, violine, Hawaiian steel, koto guitar, drums, percussion
  • Cesar J. Rosas
    Cesar Rosas
    César Rosas is a singer, songwriter and guitarist for Los Lobos. Rosas also participates in the Latin supergroup Los Super Seven. Perhaps the most recognizable member of Los Lobos, Rosas is known for his trademark black sunglasses and slicked-back, black hair. His singing voice is reminiscent of...

     - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bajo-sexto, huanpanguera
  • Louie F. Pérez, Jr.
    Louie Pérez
    Louie Pérez is an American songwriter, percussionist and guitarist for Los Lobos, and Latin Playboys....

     - drums, percussion, guitars, jarana, hidalguer
  • Conrad R. Lozano
    Conrad Lozano
    Conrad Lozano is the bass player for Los Lobos.Conrad uses a Lakland Joe Osborne 4 string Bass and runs it through an Ampeg bass amp. His down-to-earth style and walking bass sound is the driving force of the East Los Angeles band Los Lobos. He also sings backing vocal harmony on most of the Los...

     - vocals, fender precision and 5-string bass, guitarron, upright bass
  • Steve M. Berlin
    Steve Berlin
    Steve Berlin is an American saxophonist, keyboardist and record producer, best known as a member of the rock group Los Lobos and, before that, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, The Blasters, and The Flesh Eaters...

     - tenor, baritone and soprano saxophones, organ, clavinet, percussion

Additional personnel

  • Jerry Marotta
    Jerry Marotta
    Jerry Marotta is a drummer currently residing in Woodstock, New York. He is the brother of Rick Marotta, who is also a well-known drummer and composer....

     - drums (track 1, 3)
  • Danny Timms - organ, wurlitzer, piano (track 1, 12)
  • Alex Acuña
    Alex Acuña
    Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist, in the Afro-Cuban jazz style.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved...

     - percussion, shekere, hand drums (track 1, 3, 4)
  • John Hiatt
    John Hiatt
    John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...

     - vocals (track 1, 10)
  • Jim Keltner
    Jim Keltner
    James Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...

     - drums, percussion (track 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
  • Levon Helm
    Levon Helm
    Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm , is an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band....

     - vocals, mandolin (track 2, 5)
  • Mitchell Froom
    Mitchell Froom
    -Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...

    - harmonium (track 4)
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