Los Lobos is playing for keeps. The East L.A. quintet is three years shy of the fourth decade of their “weird little trip,” as saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin describes it. Berlin left L.A. rockabilly pioneers the Blasters to join Los Lobos in 1984 as the band’s sole gringo. The lineup has remained unchanged ever since. “We’re brothers from different mothers, ” he says.

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