Product description Super Seven ~ Super Seven .com This southwestern super session brings together Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, Chicano country stars Freddy Fender and Rick Treviño, Texas rocker Joe Ely, norteño accordion wizard Flaco Jimenez, and Tejano bandleader Ruben Ramos to pay homage to the Texan-Mexican tradition. The music is acoustic and generally string-driven, with guitars and violins recalling early mariachi and dancing accordion lines. There are some great party tunes, but ballads are the rule, and Treviño and Fender both show superb grace in their vocals. Ely turns in a heartfelt version of Woody Guthrie's "Deportee," but almost all the songs are in Spanish (with translations in the booklet). Each features only one or two of the headlining singers and there is none of the crowded feel of some all-star efforts, just a relaxed and swinging exploration of the classic Tejano sound. --Elijah Wald P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review ...[T]o the participants' Anglo fans, the language barrier can't disguise the dignity and passion of tunes like Tex-Mex legend Freddy Fender's Piensa En Mi... -- Entertainment Weekly...[Texas] is full of regional music whose romantic allure has yet to be sold beyond the Hispanic community. Los Super Seven ... is just the album to change that. -- Rolling Stone See more
R**L
Beautiful traditional mexican music compilation
I know everybody calls this music and the artists who sing it "tex-mex"or "conjunto music". On other occasions this may be right f.e. The TexasTornados, Los Lobos etc. but this wonderful CD - except for 2 songs -is 100% traditional Mexican music varying from huapango to bolero,from norteño to jarocho. No one would say after listening to itthat all these 7 musicians, except one, were North American born citizensalthough of mexican origin.I would like to render my respects especially tothe late Freddy Fender who passed away only 3 weeks ago.One day before he died I reviewed his "La música de Baldemar Huerta" CD andrated it with 5 stars because you can't give 6! Quite a surprise to find outhe also participated with the Super Seven besides his incredible contributionto the Texas Tornados. He started out as the Be-Bop Kid, then became a C&W star andended up being probably the best and most important contributor to theMexican-American music blends.Besides the mentioned "Baldemar Huerta" CD, this Super Seven gatheringis without any doubt one of the nicest CD's of my 45 years record buying history!
D**D
brilliant!
I got this on the basis of the reviewers and I gotta say, this is a wonderful addition to my collection. I just want to get off my..;) and dance! I feel my Mexicana sangre just boiling and usually do end up shaking it!
M**T
good musicians. A little too laid back traditional Mexican ...
CD was well recorded, good musicians. A little too laid back traditional Mexican music, not what I was expecting
J**D
FIRST OF THREE GREAT ALBUMS!
What a great price on a classic CD. We had lost our original copy, so glad to replace it with this inexpensive one.
D**N
Five Stars
amazing album one of my favs these guys are fantastic musicians
C**H
Great Latino music at good price
I love this type of music and recommend this if you like Los Lobos,Texas Tornados, Flaco Jimenez, Doug Sahm ,Los Lonely Boys,etc.
R**A
MEXICAN CLASSICS CON MUCHO CORAZON Y ALMA, LOS LOBO'S & GUEST NAILED IT
MEXICAN CLASSICS CON MUCHO CORAZON Y ALMA, LOS LOBO'S & GUEST NAILED IT
J**S
A gift for a dear friend from Texas
A gift for a dear friend from Texas, so I hope they like the music in the CD as much as we did.
B**A
Five Stars
My favourite latino album
M**R
Five Stars
tops
D**R
Five Stars
Great music
