Though their latest CD is titled “The Long Goodbye,” David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, frontmen of East L.A. rock group Los Lobos, have no plans to take a final bow from the music industry.The pair, who will perform in a 7 p.m. concert Sunday, Jan. 17, at Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, are celebrating a 40-year songwriting history by amassing a collection of previously unreleased recordings.
“We started this musical conversation back in about 1970, and we haven’t stopped talking,” said Perez, who began writing songs with Hidalgo when they were teenagers.
“They’re very cool songs,” Hidalgo added. “You do get the impression that you’re kind of looking at your graduation picture from high school, but there’s something very honest about it.”
In addition to duets, the pair’s Granite State show will feature stories about how the songs evolved, and the musicians will open up the floor to audience questions as well.
“...It’s important for us to explain how it’s done, to sit down and say, ‘Hey, this is us as songwriters, this is where it all starts,” Perez said.
Perez has been considering this acoustic outing for years, ever since he heard Steve Earle do a solo showcase at the famed McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Los Angeles. Perez was awed by the mood Earle created using just his rough-as-tree-bark voice, one wooden guitar and his memorable tunes.
On their own tour, Hidalgo and Perez will offer a range of fare, from acoustic American folk to classic country tunes. The duo’s laid-back show also will spotlight Hidalgo’s sons, David on percussion and Vincent on bass.
Meanwhile, Perez and Hidalgo have served as main lyricists for Los Lobos, with highlights including “Will the Wolf Survive?” from Los Lobos’ breakthrough album, 1984’s” How Will the Wolf Survive?” and “Kiko and the Lavender Moon” from 1992’s “Kiko.”
They also penned tunes for the Latin Playboys side project and soundtrack compositions, most notably for several of director Robert Rodriguez’s films.
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