Papa's Dream Explained
Papa's Dream is a children's album by Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero, released in 1995 through Music for Little People/Warner Bros. It features, among others, the Children's Coro of Los Cenzontles Musical Arts Center of San Pablo, California.[1] [2] [3]
Track listing
- NoteEven numbered tracks 2–14 and odd numbered tracks 15–31 are untitled and narration only.
Personnel
- Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero
- David Hidalgo – guitar, vocals, accordion, violin, drums, hidalgarron, requinto jarocho, guitarrón jarocho
- Cesar Rosas – vocals, guitar, vihuela jarana
- Conrad Lozano – bass, guitarrón
- Louie Pérez – drums, jarana
- Steve Berlin – saxophone, keyboards
- Lalo Guerrero – narration, vocals, lead vocals (13, 20)
- Additional musicians
- Victor Bisetti – percussion
- Gilberto Gutierrez – jarana, mosquito, zapateado (1)
- Jimmy Durchslag – trombone (26)
- Mark Guerrero – backing vocals (28)
- Hugo Arroyo – vocals (18, 28)
- Anne Danzer – vocals (26)
- Victoria Fernandez-McRorie – narration
- Herman Obregon – narration, backing vocals (22)
- Carmen Navarro – narration
- Fauna Dillon-Ostrow – narration
- Iona Dillon-Ostrow – narration
- Johanna Perez – narration
- Kai Ostrow – narration
- Nancy Esteva – narration
- Walter Emilio Perez – narration
- Los Cenzontles Children's Coro – vocals
- Eugene Rodriguez – choir conductor, backing vocals (3, 28)
- Production
- Los Lobos – producer
- Eugene Rodriguez – producer
- Leib Ostrow – producer
- David Wells – engineer
- Cesar Rosas – engineer, mixing
- Phred Cirillo – engineer
- Michael Prince – mixing
- Warren Dennis – mixing, mastering
- Chip Dunbar – mastering
- Jim Fulton – narration assembly
- Tanya Mayo – narration coordinator
- Al Carlos Hernandez – story creation, writing
- Phillip Rodriguez – story creation, writing
- Sandy Bassett – art direction, design
- Rafael Lopez – illustration
Notes and References
- Maria Herrera-Sobek Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions 0313343403 2012 " Papa's Dream. Music for Little People/Warner Bros. Records, 1995"
- Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011- 0857125958 p.978 ", with Lalo Guerrero Papa's Dream (Warners 1995), "
- Chris Morris Los Lobos: Dream in Blue 029274823X 2015 p.124 "The Chicano star—who of course had his own experience in the children's market with his Las Ardillitas records — became the narrator and centerpiece of Papa's Dream, which mated the music (curated by Eugene Rodriguez) with a script by Phillip Rodriguez and Al Carlos Hernandez. In keeping with its target audience, the narrative was thin but easy to follow: “Papa Lalo” (Guerrero) takes his “sons” (Los Lobos) and “grandkids” the Children's Coro of Los Cenzontles Musical Arts Center of San Pablo) on a “Chicano blimp”... "
