Con Safos
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| Released | 1974 | |||
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| Length | 36:31 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Denny Randell | |||
| Ruben and the Jets chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Con Safos (With Respect[2]) is an album by Ruben and the Jets. The title of the album is a graffiti tag used by Mexican-American graffiti artists to discourage other graffiti artists from painting over or altering their graffiti, sometimes painted as "c/s".[3]
Released in 1974, the album is the second and final release to feature the lineup led by musician Rubén Guevara Jr.[4] The album's eclectic sound draws from genres such as blues, rhythm and blues, progressive rock and rock and roll.[1]
Track listing
[edit]- Side one
- "Cruisin' Down Broadway" - 3:20
- "To Be Loved" - 3:07
- "Stronger" (preview) - 0:32
- "Speedoo" - 3:31 (Esther Navarro)
- "Honky Tonk" - 3:45
- "Low Ridin' Cruiser" - 3:27
- Side two
- "Stronger" - 3:35
- "Earth to Buffalo" - 1:09
- "I Wanna Know" - 3:08
- "Honky Tonk" (replay) - 0:49
- "Dust My Blues" - 2:47 (Robert Johnson, credited to Elmore James)
- "A Thousand Miles Away/You Send Me" - 3:01
- "Durango" - 4:16
Personnel
[edit]Personnel adapted from AllMusic.[1]
- Ruben and the Jets
- Rubén Guevara Jr. – vocals, tambourine, keyboards
- Tony Duran – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Robert "Frog" Camarena – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Robert "Buffalo" Roberts – tenor saxophone
- Bill Wild – bass guitar, tenor vocals
- Bob Zamora – drums
- Jim Sherwood – baritone saxophone, tambourine
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eder, Bruce. Con Safos at AllMusic
- ^ Carey, Matthew (October 12, 2021). "Doc On "God Of Funk" Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara—Chicano Singer, Activist—Opens New Season Of KCET's 'Artbound'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ Stromberg, Matt (October 13, 2021). "The Many Lives (and Names) of Chicano Icon Rubén Guevara". Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Los Angeles magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ Guevara, Rubén Funkahuatl (April 13, 2018). Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520297227 – via Google Books.
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