Papa's Dream

Papa's Dream
Studio album by Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero
Released	February 14, 1995
Studio	CRG Studio, Rowland Heights, California Banquet Sound Studios, Sebastopol Komotion International, San Francisco, California
Genre	Children's music
Length	51:07
Label	Music For Little People
Producer	Los Lobos, Eugene Rodriguez, Leib Ostrow
Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero chronology
Just Another Band from East L.A. – A Collection (1993) Papa's Dream (1995) Colossal Head (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]

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.[3][4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La Bamba"	Traditional / Eugene Rodriguez, Gilberto Gutierrez (additional lyrics)	3:05
3.	"Wooly Bully"	Domingo Samudio	3:18
5.	"Buzz, Buzz, Buzz"	John Gray, Bobby Day	2:34
7.	"Route 90"	Clarence Garlow, Leon René / Lalo Guerrero (new lyrics)	3:06
9.	"Corrido For Papa Lalo"	Traditional / Phillip Rodriguez (lyrics)	2:53
11.	"La Bicicleta"	Traditional	0:50
13.	"Cielito Lindo"	Traditional / E. Rodriguez, Gutierrez, Guerrero (new lyrics)	2:45
16.	"La Mañanita Alegre"	Traditional / E. Rodriguez, Gutierrez (new lyrics)	2:37
18.	"El Pato"	Traditional / E. Rodriguez (English lyrics)	2:27
20.	"De Colores"	Traditional / Guerrero (additional lyrics)	2:24
22.	"La Mañanitas Tapatias"	Traditional / Guerrero (English lyrics)	2:44
24.	"La Piñata"	Traditional / E. Rodriguez (new lyrics)	0:39
26.	"La, La, La"	Clarence Paul	3:16
28.	"La Bamba"	Traditional / E. Rodriguez, Gutierrez (new lyrics)	2:46
30.	"Wooly Bully Banda (Reprise)"	Samudio	1:03

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

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "Papa's Dream – AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
2. Mirkin, Steven (February 17, 1995). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
3. Maria Herrera-Sobek Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions 0313343403 2012 " Papa's Dream. Music for Little People/Warner Bros. Records, 1995"
4. Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011- 0857125958 p.978 ", with Lalo Guerrero Papa's Dream (Warners 1995), "
5. 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”... "