The San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival Presents
Los Lobos with Special Guest Santana
- When
- Sun Sep 27, 2009
- Where
- SAP Center
- Time
- 8pm
- Cost
- $65 - $150
- Tags
- Music, Rock
Description
Linda Ronstadt, artistic director of the San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival, believes it's her job to showcase not so much the cultures of Mexico or the U.S. as much as the intersection of the two. Embodying her concept of the "virtual Aztlan nation" are Carlos Santana and Los Lobos. Though both have woven elements of Latin music into their work throughout their careers, they have found much wider success as rock stars. "They're not purely Mexican anymore," says Ronstadt, and though some La Raza hardliners might say such a thing as a dis, she holds it up as an example of what can be accomplished by melding the authentic elements of a complicated cultural background. Appropriately, their performance at the festival will salute one of the most important Mexican-American crossover forces to ever live, Cesar Chavez. This blowout finale at HP Pavilion will feature Los Lobos and Little Joe y La Familia, and Santana will take the stage to sing several songs during Los Lobos' set.—Steve Palopoli, sanjose.comMore Info
- Call
- 866-448-7849
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