Los Straitjackets

Los Straitjackets – Rock En Espanol Volume One
With their identities safely obscured behind lucha libre wrestler masks, Los Straitjackets revive the raw surge of early 60’s instrumental garage bands: the thick bottoms of big beat drums, a feisty bouncing bass, and a pair of attacking, slashing guitars. However, here they’ve donned an additional tactical weapon – lyrics. With a ring corner now flooded with the heavyweight vocal assistance of Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, the Fly-Rite Boys’ Big Sandy, East L.A. legend Little Willie G, and background harmonies by the Los Lonely Boys, The Los Straitjackets are irresistibly impressive in their Spanish language rock and roll tribute. With much of their focus on early vintage éxitos of Mexican garage acts (Los Teen Tops, Los Rockin’ Devils, etc), the disc is filled with Mexican translations of American hits. But don’t consider this a gimmicky disc of covers. Everything here is heartfelt and reminds you how glorious and wildly fun rock and roll should be.