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.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”... "
Track listing
Note Even 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
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