Anti
2008
Friend For Life
About This Album
Friend for Life is a recording that for all practical purposes should never have been made. It has nothing to do with anything that's out there on the gringo American music scene -- and that's part of what makes it so necessary. Until you've heard this record, don't say the words "alternative" and "music" in the same sentence again. It seems to exist out of time and out of place -- though not space. Ersi Arvizu will be virtually unknown to all but the most ardent of music fans, in particular those who loved the Latin soul sounds of East L.A. in the 1960s, or who were fans of the killer rockers El Chicano in the '70s. Even Ry Cooder, the album's producer, didn't know who she was until a few years ago when he discovered her voice on some old singles by the Sisters, a vocal trio (with two sisters) who scored nationally with "Gee Baby Gee" and "Ooh Pooh Pah Doo," on Bob Keane's Del-Fi label. Cooder did his homework and found her in a recording studio cutting demos for an El Chicano reunion -- it is her voice you hear on the classic singles "Sabor a Mi" and "I'm a Good Woman," which helped to cement the Latin rock explosion that began with Santana.
Track List (try tracks 2,3,4 and 5)

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