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Cesar Rosas, Soul Disguise
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1414755
Disk length: 44m 17s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1999
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Little Heaven | 3:40 |
| 2. You've Got to Lose | 3:23 |
| 3. Tough to Handle | 3:55 |
| 4. Angelito | 3:18 |
| 5. Struck | 3:04 |
| 6. Shack and Shambles | 4:00 |
| 7. Better Way | 4:17 |
| 8. Soul Disguise | 4:24 |
| 9. Treat Me Right | 3:38 |
| 10. Adios Mi Vida | 3:04 |
| 11. Racing the Moon | 3:26 |
| 12. E. Los Ballad #13 | 4:00 |
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Review
On this fine solo-album debut, it comes as no surprise to find veteran Los Lobos singer-songwriter-guitarist Cesar Rosas revisiting the R&B, soul, roots-rock, and norteño ingredients that made his East L.A. band's musical stew so compelling. What's revealing is Rosas's willingness to deconstruct his Grammy-winning band's sound back to its constituent components, making Soul Disguise play like a loving journey across borders both musical and national. Rosas largely eschews the slick production values of '90s-vintage Los Lobos for considerably more grit and funk. Here he tackles with playful abandon everything from traditional Tex-Mex (his own "Angelito" and a cover of "Adios Mi Vida," both with legend Flaco Jiminez adding his distinctive accordion flourishes) to a swampy version of Ike Turner's "You've Got to Lose." Rosas stubs his toe only once, on the '70s-ish acoustic utopian ballad "Better Way." Similar journeys have been made by everyone from Steve Miller and Ry Cooder to precliché ZZ Top; it's Rosas's excursions into Stax and New Orleans R&B territory (like the delicious "Struck" and the funky "Shack and Shambles"), along with his sharp border-music and blues-roots sense, that makes Soul Disguise so distinct and satisfying. --Jerry McCulley
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